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Official MacRumors Nike+ January and 2008 Challenges

ziwi said:
It does have it's upside though from a training perspective. Outdoor is great for most of the time, but in really bad weather or when you need to create a specific workout when you do not have, say, a hill terrain or if you are just learning how to do intervals and training your body for a pace - it does serve a purpose, plus it has to be better on the joints than the road - especially for the more filled out folks who are getting started.
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well, i still think running on a treadmill is different than normal running. i do know people who do workouts on treadmills, mainly tempo runs (treadmills here go 4:48 a mile). but not intervals. the treadmill does serve a purpose though. and is tons better than not running at all
 
ziwi said:
it does serve a purpose, plus it has to be better on the joints than the road - especially for the more filled out folks who are getting started.
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I don't know about that... my knees (which are bad) always hurt after running on the treadmill.
 
Ha!

iDAG said:
Yeah, right now in most of the country it is winter right now and most people don't run or they go use a treadmill (unless you're hard core like me and go run outside when it's 20 degrees). So I bet once it warms up, more people will start running or run more mileage. :cool:
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Except for the few of us in Phoenix, where the hot summer is treated like winter would be in most places (we seldom stay very long outside, we rush from car to building, etc.).

Maybe this year will easier if I can just find some damn shade.
 
appleretailguy said:
Except for the few of us in Phoenix, where the hot summer is treated like winter would be in most places (we seldom stay very long outside, we rush from car to building, etc.).

Maybe this year will easier if I can just find some damn shade.
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at least you don't have the humidity, like here in Georgia. it can get really bad in the summer
 
Hmm...

twoodcc said:
at least you don't have the humidity, like here in Georgia. it can get really bad in the summer
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I've been to Atlanta and Birmingham in the summer (June-July-August) and while I agree the humidity makes it uncomfortable and sweaty, the searing heat and lack of ANY moisture makes breathing one helluva chore here in the valley where no on would be able to live without air conditioning.

If I had to pick one place to RUN in, it would be the Southeast, but I certainly wouldn't like walking out of my house into a steam room every day.
 
appleretailguy said:
I've been to Atlanta and Birmingham in the summer (June-July-August) and while I agree the humidity makes it uncomfortable and sweaty, the searing heat and lack of ANY moisture makes breathing one helluva chore here in the valley where no on would be able to live without air conditioning.

If I had to pick one place to RUN in, it would be the Southeast, but I certainly wouldn't like walking out of my house into a steam room every day.
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well let's just say that i run with quite a few canadians here, and everytime, when they first get here, they have trouble. and i'm talking about some fast canadians, not your average person. (i'm on the track team at Georgia State)

but the farthest west i have been is Texas, so i can't really say which is worst. but i do know first-hand here, considering i work outside and run everyday in it.
 
Yeah...

twoodcc said:
well let's just say that i run with quite a few canadians here, and everytime, when they first get here, they have trouble. and i'm talking about some fast canadians, not your average person. (i'm on the track team at Georgia State)

but the farthest west i have been is Texas, so i can't really say which is worst. but i do know first-hand here, considering i work outside and run everyday in it.
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Let's just agree they are both hellish, if for slightly different reasons.
 
There's Gold In Them There Hills

Unfortunately, living in Northern California (63˚ and sunny) I have nothing to complain about. I walked over to my favorite coffee shop this morning wearing light slacks and a short-sleeved t-shirt. Life is sweet.
 
UID: gotzero

I would like to join the 500 mile 2008 club. I have been using the ipod thing for awhile but registered for the website today.

My shoes burst yesterday running on the ice, I guess the air bag got cut. Grabbing new ones tomorrow.
 
gotzero said:
UID: gotzero

I would like to join the 500 mile 2008 club. I have been using the ipod thing for awhile but registered for the website today.

My shoes burst yesterday running on the ice, I guess the air bag got cut. Grabbing new ones tomorrow.
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welcome to the club :)

sorry to hear about your shoes. maybe you'll have better luck with the new ones
 
Newbie

Hey Guys

I'm new to both the Mac Forums and running challenges in general.

I'm a singer in a band and we're on tour for about 11 months of the year, and have been so for the last 4.5 years, and throughout that time my fitness have decreased incredibly.

What with the amount of time I spend on Planes, Tourbuses, inside hotel & dressing rooms and getting fed (not being able to cook for myself), it's been tough.

I've always disliked running, but have basically come to the point where I need to do something about it. So one of the other guys in the band and I bought a Nike+ kit and set a challenge. He's been running for months so his fitness is much higher than mine, but I really wanted to beat him in our first challenge (most km's in 30 days) so I've been just pushing myself to run for 45mins to an hour each day. A week in and I'm already 15k's ahead of him - pride is a wonderful motivator.

Anyway, that's my story.

I saw something about your mileage challenge a few months ago and really want to get involved, but the bloody Nike+ site won't let me join it - it just either goes back to the home screen or back to the "Join Challenge" screen. In other news - it's not updating the other challenge that I have running either...

Is it just their suckful flash site - or am I doing something wrong?

Looking forward to Participating.

Cheers
 
Macsational said:
Is it just their suckful flash site - or am I doing something wrong?
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It's not you I had the same problem, if you send a Private Message to ziwi with your nike+ ID or email then you'll get added. It took a day or so but you'll get added.

Welcome to the club, make sure you join the main MacRumors distance run too!

On your other challenge, I have noticed that although my run and goals get updated the challenges take up to 5 hours to get the runs added! So be patient and hopefully they will arrive!
 
Grazie!

sreedy said:
On your other challenge, I have noticed that although my run and goals get updated the challenges take up to 5 hours to get the runs added! So be patient and hopefully they will arrive!
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Thanks for that, but my last run was 2 days ago as I had a travel day & Crown Royal filled evening last night, but it still hasn't updated - so that's almost 48 hours.

Wierd thing is - the run is logged in the main page of my Nike+, but it just won't update onto the challnge. My first few took a couple of hours to go on, but this is just silly.

Oh I hate, I hate, I hate Flash sites!

Cheers
 
Macsational said:
Thanks for that, but my last run was 2 days ago as I had a travel day & Crown Royal filled evening last night, but it still hasn't updated - so that's almost 48 hours.

Wierd thing is - the run is logged in the main page of my Nike+, but it just won't update onto the challnge. My first few took a couple of hours to go on, but this is just silly.

Oh I hate, I hate, I hate Flash sites!

Cheers
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yeah, the site isn't the greatest. hopefully it'll finally update for you.

glad to have you aboard! like sreedy said, ziwi has to send you an invite to the challenges. he just needs your nike id or your email address (that you use on the nike+ site)
 
Just signed up, but I guess I have to go out and get a Nike+ now...too bad I can't backlog miles but I've only been doing 15/week so far. Look's like I'll have to play catch up.
 
Nike+

It's just a great product. I got a hat w/earphones built in and the whole experience is fantastic.
 
Just finished modifying my Mizuno Wave Riders (better than any Nike shoe ever produced) and going for a run...let the challenge begin.
 
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