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Nike+ Watch and NRC First Weekend Run Thoughts
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I posted earlier about having difficulty pausing and stopping my run with sweaty hands/fingers and a wet screen during runs in the rain. I just realized, now with it being colder (last night's run, it was 38 degrees outside), I wear my Nike running gloves and I am able to pause and stop my workout with no problems with my gloves on 
Unfortunately, there appears to be no way to start the plan from the watch. It's like the watch app and phone app don't communicate with each other much. For instance, starting a run on the phone doesn't start it on the watch.
Today I wanted to try a power walk in stand alone mode "no iphone" so I paired a LG Tone Headset to my Series 2 that had a playlist already stored. I started the music using the music app. I started the NRC app.
throughout my walk I switched between the now playing app and NRC to control the music.
now here is where it goes NUTS! it seemed when I would double click back and forth between apps my mileage would jump higher by a couple of miles! When I finished my 4 mile power walk the app logged 10.5 miles! WOW!
I never saw this before as I always carry my iphone....hmmm.....
weird...
anyone else see this?
throughout my walk I switched between the now playing app and NRC to control the music.
now here is where it goes NUTS! it seemed when I would double click back and forth between apps my mileage would jump higher by a couple of miles! When I finished my 4 mile power walk the app logged 10.5 miles! WOW!
I never saw this before as I always carry my iphone....hmmm.....
weird...
anyone else see this?
Edit: Found my answer two comments above.
Really? It works for me. When I start a run on my phone and open the NRC app on the watch, it is synched.
But it's really disappointing, that I can't start a "my coach" run on the watch but only on the phone.
Really? It works for me. When I start a run on my phone and open the NRC app on the watch, it is synched.
But it's really disappointing, that I can't start a "my coach" run on the watch but only on the phone.
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As luck (or murphy) would have it - my Nike+ crashed & rebooted half-way through my 5k last night !
Took 2 minutes to restart with me looking at the apple logo.
Good to know: the 2.5km's were not lost, and also synced back to the NRC app on the iPhone ! So there were 2 runs last night, albeit with messed up average pace and splits.
NRC app on the watch must keep a live log file just in case ...
Took 2 minutes to restart with me looking at the apple logo.
Good to know: the 2.5km's were not lost, and also synced back to the NRC app on the iPhone ! So there were 2 runs last night, albeit with messed up average pace and splits.
NRC app on the watch must keep a live log file just in case ...
Last time I started a run on my phone, it didn't seem to start on my watch.
After reading that it worked for you, I decided to give it another go.
I started a run from my phone (not a MyCoach run, just a regular one), then I opened the NRC app on my watch. At first it showed the Start button, but a few seconds later, it switched to showing the miles run.
I thought ok, maybe the other times I didn't wait long enough for the app to sync, and went on my way. I glanced a few times at the watch to check how many miles I'd moved.
I got back home, and I stopped the run on my watch, then checked the phone to make sure the phone app had also stopped, and to look at my pace, the map, etc. and everything seemed to be fine.
I then open the Activity app on the phone, and there are TWO Nike workouts! With numbers that are very similar but not quite the same. For instance, one says 1.92 miles, the other says 1.95 miles.
So... It just seems very buggy.
Roger that. I find that the swatch helped motivate me to run in the morning before work. Running motivated me to stop cramming cheese and ice cream in my face.
Bingo. Being on a training plan for a target race is also a good motivator both to do the workouts you really don't feel like, and leaving the donut in the box in the break room.
Both: Weight loss is a combination of eating healthily and exercising regularly. The equation can be simplified into Calories in vs Calories out.
The relationship is symbiotic: keeping fit helps boost one's metabolism, further enhancing weight loss.
At least this has worked for me, and I find the watch helps with motivation.
It takes a trifecta:
- Proper diet and nutrition based on your activity level and BMR (slightly negative if wanting to lose body fat).
- Weight training to increase your lean to fat mass ratio (lean burns even more fat) strengthen bones, tendons and joints too.
- Cardio to burn Kcal (body fat) and strengthen the cardiovascular system.
The point, without over-analyzing the matter, was that it is trivially easy to "eat back" every calorie expended from a typical run or workout.
Go to the gym for thirty minutes and buy a giant smoothie on your way out.
Run a 5K race, grab a gatorade, two bananas, and a whole bagel slathered with peanut butter.
Ride your bike ten miles with friends, stop at Starbucks for a peppermint mocha and cranberry orange scone.
Calories in > Calories out, exactly.
Unless your name is Trump. Then you build a wall, against Calories, and eat anything you want.
When I was training for my first marathon, I gained weight because I was eating much more to compensate for the additional mileage. Plus, I was hungry all the time. Now, I run pretty much the same mileage every week and if I eat less, I lose weight. If I eat more, I gain weight. As others have said, calories in and calories out is all the matters.
Our bodies get used to whatever exercise we do on a regular basis.
Our bodies get used to whatever exercise we do on a regular basis.
Touche, but running is a religion - so where does this thread leave us ?
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I think you've nailed it: your body adjusts and simply gets used to it over time.
So I ran this morning using my Watch. I also took my phone for music. I did 5K. I synced the app and rated the run after I got back. Now all of my runs are removed from my NRC app. My Watch shows all my runs and miles for the week but the app shows nothing.
How can I get my activities back in the phone app?
How can I get my activities back in the phone app?
I deleted it and then reinstall the app. I log into the app again and all of my data was restored.