Okay that's good enough for me until RunKeeper. As longs as the rest works properly i'll stay away from the Nike app. The hours i've wasted to get my data out of the Nike+ system (before rungap) is just not worth the hassle right now.
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I use Strava, and have been holding out on getting a watch. Is NRC + RunGap good enough for the time being?
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For this reason, I'm still wearing my Garmin on the other arm, until the bugs are worked out.
Also, you'll get no elevation in the Nike app, but Strava will calculate it for you.
So I'd say give it a go if you're okay with those percentages.
I've done around 12-13 runs with NRC since it was updated on my Series 2, some watch only, some with my phone. Twice, my maps haven't updated for whatever reason. Also, occasionally the update to Run Gap would take a few hours. SOMETIMES.
For this reason, I'm still wearing my Garmin on the other arm, until the bugs are worked out.
Also, you'll get no elevation in the Nike app, but Strava will calculate it for you.
So I'd say give it a go if you're okay with those percentages.
Bug fixes:
- improved run activity syncing reliability
- reduced battery consumption
- manual run entries now allow a faster min/km pace
- other bug fixes and performance improvements
Saw that, BUT, running with the watch yields a similar experience for me.... no Nike Fuel, no splits. Sooooo... Next update maybe....
I was really excited when I saw an update for the app, but alas it didn't really address any of my issues. I really wish there was a way I could view my average pace per lap
Looks like mostly under the hood updates. Hopefully the sync is improved as stated since the original version took hours at times to completely sync.
But for the love of humanity .. please make the heart value readable. Not sure why it is relegated to a tiny font in the upper corner of the screen. It should be one of the metrics that you can scroll thru with the DG. And while your at it, why not add the current/average HR value to the voice feedback.
There are many of us that train via HR.
Define "good enough"...
What are you looking for out of the app?
For me for pretty casual lunchtime runs where I'm mostly just looking at HR and to track distance and load it up to Garmin Connect / Strava, the NRC app in standalone mode does fine.
If I were going to run from home to a nearby high school track to do speed workouts, it wouldn't do fine.
Just back from a 6-mile run with the latest version NRC app and the Series 2 .. one additional observation
https://www.strava.com/activities/777247778
It appears they fixed the Voice Feedback also .. the music now "ducks" (lower volume) when you get your Voice Feedback updates. It is now much easier to hear.
Also seemed to sync faster, so I was able to pull it into RunGap quicker, and then on to Strava.
The NRC really does work pretty well for me, now if they would just make the heart rate readable, I would be really happy with it.
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Which is the best app for seeing the GPS route?
Can you import the route from workout activity imported to the phone to any other app?
Is there any way of seeing any of the data on your iPad?
Can you import the route from workout activity imported to the phone to any other app?
Is there any way of seeing any of the data on your iPad?
Got a pop up from Rungap saying Nike+ support might finish at any time due to the unreliable nature of the way they get the data out. Very annoying. Hopefully we get another option soon. Switching back to Pear for the time being, though i might wear my Garmin as well just in case.
Looking forward to a run keeper update? Has anyone heard about an update to iSmoothRun. I must admit that I prefer their interface to both Runkeeper and Strava.
Their website just says they hope to have a update by the end of the year. I too prefer the iSmoothRun interface
With their recent update, iSmoothRun just works and the options for customization are terrific. I am looking forward to seeing how this works with Apple Watch alone. The end of the year is near...
I am a beta tester for iSmoothRun and nothing has hit TestFlight yet, so I would say that a general release isn't imminent. Hopefully we will see a beta version soon.
I am currently beta testing RunKeeper, and it works pretty well and seems pretty buttoned up in the beta version. I would expect it would be released soon.
Just got a mail from Runkeeper support that the new app with GPS support is submitted for approval to the app store. Shouldn't be long now.
Good to hear. Just finished a 6-mile run with the RunKeeper beta app, and didn't have any issues. Did take a long time to sync however, but it did eventually.
I prefer the Nike Run Club app to RunKeeper mainly because the voice feedback on NRC works when running without your phone, it has auto-pause, and in general feels more integrated into the watch. RunKeeper would certainly be a competitor if they get the voice-over working on the watch and make pausing easier.
It will be great to see how Runkeeper performs. I must admit that I have been very pleased with iSmoothRun for a number of reasons. Auto pause and GPS confirmation are definitely helpful. The one feature that I have enjoyed with iSmoothRun has been the ability to maintain a disjointed exercise as one event, I run commute with a ferry ride in between, it handles this beautifully. Would be great to target those activities as commuting as you can in Strava but probably too much to ask. Glad to see there is some progress being made, if slow...