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Title: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: BroadStreetBruiser on September 05, 2008, 08:54:31 PM
I've had this thing for a while and I never do the distance workout, mainly time since I do the elliptical.

Today I went out and ran a quick mile on a track. Now I know 4 laps = 1 mile.

However the Ipod told me I had completed the mile @ maybe 3 1/2 laps.

My question is which is accurate? I'm going to assume the track but how exactly is the nike fob calculating the mile and is THAT accurate?

Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: Bast000 on September 05, 2008, 10:03:55 PM
haha oh brother.  why not just do as much cardio as you feel like doing and leave it that.  epic new to dieting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  thanks for not replying to my desperate messages! haha yes
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: CARTEL on September 05, 2008, 10:06:04 PM
It probably depends on which lane you are running in.
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: LatsMcGee on September 05, 2008, 11:22:09 PM
Cardio sucks.
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: calfzilla on September 05, 2008, 11:24:24 PM
It probably depends on which lane you are running in.
Quoted for truth. 
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: JasonH on September 06, 2008, 01:35:02 AM
It probably depends on which lane you are running in.

It doesn't matter which lane you are running in - in a 400m race at the Olympics for example they all run 400m irrespective of what lane they're in.
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: webcake on September 06, 2008, 01:41:35 AM
It probably depends on which lane you are running in.

lol, wtf?

So in a 400m race, some people run less/more than other people in the same race, because they're in different lanes  ::)
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: HTexan on September 06, 2008, 02:08:51 AM
you need to calibrate it.
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: calfzilla on September 06, 2008, 03:54:13 AM
You will notice in a 400m race, the starting lines are not all even.  Closer to the inside you are the further back you start.   :P
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: webcake on September 06, 2008, 03:57:07 AM
You will notice in a 400m race, the starting lines are not all even.  Closer to the inside you are the further back you start.   :P

Yeah, but you still run the same distance!!
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: Luga74 on September 06, 2008, 05:10:10 AM
it's like a pedometer. There should be a function where you calibrate it to you steps...not everyone's steps are the same due to different height/strides. My wife uses hers all the time. It seems pretty cool though I never used it.
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: Stu on September 06, 2008, 06:50:07 AM
Yeah, but you still run the same distance!!

I think the point is that if you start on the start/finish line in lane 8 you will run further than if you start on the start/finish line in lane 1, that is why in a 400m race the starting point for each lane is staggered.
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: ManBearPig... on September 06, 2008, 07:54:29 AM
haha, i can imagine QueerStreetCruiser now with his little Ipod nano armband and tight shorts.  HA HA LOL OH BROTHER.
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: CARTEL on September 06, 2008, 12:51:19 PM
Yeah, but you still run the same distance!!

Oh webcke, you are priceless  ;D
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: Army of One on September 06, 2008, 12:56:49 PM
you need to calibrate it.

Ding Ding! Give this man a prize, yeah I have one, need calibrating before its accurate.
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: BroadStreetBruiser on September 06, 2008, 02:59:06 PM
Ding Ding! Give this man a prize, yeah I have one, need calibrating before its accurate.

I'm pretty sure it's calibrated but i'll try that one again.
Title: Re: NIKE+Ipod Question
Post by: calfzilla on September 06, 2008, 03:39:05 PM
Seriously are people really that stupid that they can't understand the complexity of a track?  We need Adonis to come on here and copy and paste a bunch of blueprints, schematics and technical data of the avg high school running track.