Runometer.com General Discussion

Tolerable test. Brighten don't idle me :)

2012-02-05T10:56:12-06:00

Hi! Whan are you doing?
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Nike accuracy & google maps?

2012-02-05T10:56:12-06:00

Great site!

Friends of mine who keep in touch with a bulletin board like this (phpBB) started a thread on getting in shape about 10 weeks ago. I bought the Nike+iPod then. I got about 25 runs logged since then.

Early on it was very accurate out of the box. I was running on a course about 3.2 miles. I compared the Nike+iPod to both Google Earth/Maps, and my bike's odometer as standards. The bike's odometer is calibrated by my measurement of the circumference of the front wheel of the bike. There is an excellent correlation between the bike's odometer and Google Maps, under 1% difference. Out of the box, the Nike+iPod was accurate within a tenth of a mile. I then calibrated my Nike+iPod at an all weather high school track both walking and running. It actually made the calibration worse - it was now reading 3.5 miles instead of 3.2. I have since upped my runs to exactly four miles, and my pace has improved. Just lately I deleted the calibration and returned to default settings. Now the Nike+iPod reads 3.7 miles consistently on the 4 mile run.

It would be nice to figure out the binary code in the Calibration File stored in the ipod. I could change it to match my run. Opening it in Notepad brings up random symbols, it doesn't seem to be in ASCII code.

Here is a great page describing the inner workings of the Nike+iPod. I learned it would be tough to replace the battery. I also learned that it only measures footstrike frequency and duration, and estimates distance from this.

One of the problems with my run is that the first 2 miles go up a 220 foot hill, then the second 2 miles I run back down. To figure out altitude, you just can't beat US Geological Survey Quadrangle maps (1:24000 scale). GPS can't beat their accuracy. These maps are hand drawn using stereo aerial photos, and are accurate within 10 feet. I suspect Google Earth gets their altitude data from these surveys. I think running up or down a hill affects one's stride length and foot strike, deviating from the calibration.

I use the Nike+iPod to tell me relative pace, but I use maps to measure distance. I just bought a Garmin GPS, but I haven't run with it. It's kind of bulky.

Thanks a lot Rich for your great information.

Newbie here

2012-02-05T10:56:12-06:00

hi guys i'm newbie here specially with runometer.

what does that mean all about.

i got confused specially with the logo a shoe.

Great Tool!!!

2012-02-05T10:56:12-06:00

Hey hrish thanks for the quick response also, I changed the TZ in my profile but as you said the runs are not updated with that. It's not a big deal though but people are asking me that I am running at ODD hours :D

Once again, thanks a lot for the info

Best regards, and keep up the good work

Dear Jose,

Thanks a lot for your kind words - we're glad our efforts are well received. Please feel free to send us your suggestions for improvements, features, etc.

As regards time zones, you have the ability to set your timezone in your profile (off the main page), along with some other (mostly optional) profile information. There MAY be some parts of the app that we have not gotten around to making completely tz-aware, most of the significant parts do in fact respect the profile tz setting

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to let you guys know that this is a great tool, I got hooked up to the nike+ thing since I can keep track of what I am doing but the Nike+ site is not as friendly as I would like to. Too much flash for me, this one is functional and I can keep my routes, even here in Mexico.

Congratulations to those involved in this project! Very well done!!,

Jose Martinez from Monterrey Mexico :D

P.S. Question: Is there a way that we can see our run times in Central Time or other one different from UT Time?

Thanks!

Great Tool!!!

2012-02-05T10:56:12-06:00

Great Tool!!!

2012-02-05T10:56:12-06:00

Vista widget?

2012-02-05T10:56:12-06:00

Yep - its on the cards, along with a Yahoo widget as well. There are some app features we are focusing on at the moment - as soon as we are done with those, we'll be moving on to the widgets.

Hrishi
Runometer.com

[quote:18922bbb91="rammo+"">Any chance of a Vista widget? :)

Vista widget?

2012-02-05T10:56:12-06:00

Any chance of a Vista widget? :)

Extreme Makeover: Runometer Edition

2012-02-05T10:56:12-06:00

i think the logo's perfect, tells you exactly what the site does, nice one.

Nike+iPod running down

2012-02-05T10:56:12-06:00

I do notice big valleys in my graphs when I haven't stopped at all, but the overal time/distance seesm to be ok, like you say it's like my sensor turns off for a split second.