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Nike Unviels New iPhone/iPod App

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 No Comments by Chronic Triathlete

I’m personally not a big fan of listening to music while running — except on the treadmill. But I know that a lot of people find running without music as crazy as running without shoes… wait, I do that too. Anyway… Nike just launched a new version of their iPhone/iPod Nike + GPS Touch app. Thought you might want to know about it. You can download it here (iTunes link).

Though my Nike Free do support the little in-shoe foot pod thing, I have not tried it. However, I’ve read and had runners tell me that it’s pretty good. The interface design is pretty stellar and it’s socially connected so you can share your workouts with people on Facebook.

It apparently also offers in-run motivational messages from athletes to help keep you going. Kinda cool.

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Onwards

Saturday, February 27, 2010 Comments Off by Chronic Triathlete

I love this

Onwards is a video by illustrator James Jarvis and Director Richard Kenworthy of Shynola. Jarvis, who is a fantastic and rather popular pop artist, is also a runner… and a pretty serious one too (sub 00:35:00 10k!).

Onwards

Nike invited Jarvis to create a video about running. The video above is the end result. I think it’s beautiful.

When I first watched it,  I was blown away by how he had captured many of the subtleties of running. Then I did some searching and learned how the project all came together. See below.

From the inside

Nike also made a little documentary called Onward From the Inside where Jarvis talks about how his art and his running both feed each other. As an artist myself I really appreciated his words and found a lot within them that I could relate to.

It’s a three-part series. I’ve posted them in order below. You can also go to YouTube and see 1, 2 and 3 there.

Link Love?!

Sorry, but not Link Love again this week. I’ve just been too damn busy. I guess I’ll have to reevaluate the weekly nature of the Love. Stay tuned.

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Snow Run 2K10

Monday, February 22, 2010 No Comments by Chronic Triathlete

Just getting back to life here again in NYC and catching up on what I missed. Apparently some friends of a friend at Niketown NYC decided that going for a run during last week’s snow storm was a good idea. Looks like a pretty awesome idea to me.

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