Get Your Run On

It seems like eons ago, but it was just back in May, that we told you about Apple and Nike’s sport kit. If you’ve been using lack of availability as an excuse to avoid exercise, that’s simply not going to fly anymore. The Nike + iPod Sport Kit is now for sale online at the Apple Store.

There are two components to the kit: a wireless sensor that goes in your shoe, and a receiver that attaches to your iPod’s dock connector. Start moving and the sensor tracks your time, distance, pace, and calories burned, reporting that information back to you through your headphones. How’s that for motivation? “You’ve now run .25 miles and burned three calories.”

The kit only costs $29, but you might end up spending a lot more than that to ensure that you can use it. In order to work, the kit requires a special pair of Nike+ shoes, and it only works with an iPod Nano. Which means that I’ll have to continue tracking my runs the old-fashioned way: with a watch, maps, and a calculator.

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