I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I don't feel like digging for it. If I were to calibrate a Nike+ sensor using a distance of a mile and a time of 6:40 for instance, would I then have to run every subsequent mile in 6:40 for the distance readings to be accurate? What if I wanted to do a threshold run at a significantly faster pace (say 5:20), would I need to have another sensor calibrated for such a pace in order to give more accurate readings? Thanks.
if you bought a nike+ sensor then you are obviously not that interested in accurate pace and distance. buy a garmin.
How much will knowing the exact distance and pace help you in your training? How much faster will it make you? Figure that out, then decide if you want to spend hundreds of dollars on a GPS watch.
Neither of these posts were helpful. I don't want to know that I need to buy a Garmin, or that I should think twice before buying one. I just want to know specifically about calibrating a Nike+ sensor, as indicated in the subject line. Please don't go off on tangents.
read the manual genius!
It doesn't give specifics about that, GENIUS.
too cheap for a Garmin wrote:
It doesn't give specifics about that, GENIUS.
There is your answer.
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just run baby!
I have been "just run[ning]" for the past 12 years, without all of the gadgets and such, oftentimes without a watch. But a friend got me this Nike+ thing and I just thought I'd give it a try. I'm not one who's hooked on knowing what my pace is at all times or exactly how much mileage I've run. But I think it would be nice to know some of that stuff to have empirical data that I can use to improve my training in the future based off what worked for me and what didn't in terms of mileage and pace.
I think the sensor is based on footstrikes -- when you calibrate, it's essentially a measure of your average stride length over a mile -- so if your cadence/stride pattern/stride length is consistent regardless of pace then it should be as reliable as such a device can be.
Alright let me try to honestly help you. I've been using Nike+ over the last 2 months. The default settings made it underestimate my distances. Then I calibrated it and it was overestimating by 10% (a 10 mile race ended up saying 11 miles). It is tricky to get calibrated. I did mine by measuring a 1/2 mile distance then running that at my "normal pace". It seems to now be pretty accurate with distances no matter how fast I run. The Nike+ website is good for keeping track of your times and distances. I think it's a handy device and will keep using it.
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