“Fitness trackers, running watches, activity bands – they’re all only as good as the functions you use them for. By that I mean, what’s handy for one woman could be damn useless to another,” Amy Hopkinson writes for Women’ Health. “But, take a watch that can run on one charge from AM to PM, while reporting on my half marathon training, mindful miles and movement competition with friends and I’m happy to lend a wrist to test it out.”
“Clocking current pace and average pace is more than helpful, but actually, what’s better in a race – or when training for a consistent pace – is knowing precisely how long the last mile took you to run. That’s what rolling mile does,” Hopkinson writes. “For example, if you’re 3.5 miles into a 5-mile run then your rolling mile pace is measured from 2.5 miles. I’ve used this to keep on track on tempo runs. ”
“There’s nothing more annoying than reaching your first mile of 10 only to remember that you’ve left the hob on – easily done when prepping pre-run porridge at 6 am,” Hopkinson writes. “But rather than turn back, if you watch has cellular you can now use Walkie-Talkie to quickly plead with your partner or housemate to rectify the issue while you run. You could also ask them to run a bath at mile nine too. Don’t tell them I said that.”
Read more in the full review here.
MacDailyNews Take: This review seems centered around Apple’s Workout app, not the Nike Run Club app (Apple Watch Nike+) which is a very good thing since the Nike Run Club app is not recommended. If anyone knows a way (that actually works) to get all — years worth — of Nike+ running data free to import into something like Strava, please let us know!
Make the interns do it. By hand.
Too sadistic.
Plus they have very important work to do soon.
“If anyone knows a way (that actually works) to get all — years worth — of Nike+ running data free to import into something like Strava, please let us know”
Download Garmin Connect
Sync Garmin Connect to Nike Running as a run partner
Download Strava
Sync Garmin Connect to Strava.
Now you have all three apps synchronised.
This API connection method has been available for about two years.
Oh and it’s 3-way so runs on Garmin sync to Strava and NRC… runs in Strava sync to other two. You’re no longer constrained to just one one app.
Thank you, we’ll give it a try!