Running With a GoPro?

I've had some experience with one of the early predecessors of the GoPro: the GoPoo model. It was great at capturing my "movements" while running, but the videos were often crappy.

You should wear the helmet and mount the GoPro on that.

You don't want to upload videos of yourself being unsafe.

oops! wrote:

I've had some experience with one of the early predecessors of the GoPro: the GoPoo model. It was great at capturing my "movements" while running, but the videos were often crappy.

That was good quality. Post in some more threads please. +1

oops! wrote:

I've had some experience with one of the early predecessors of the GoPro: the GoPoo model. It was great at capturing my "movements" while running, but the videos were often crappy.

This is why I love LetsRun.

Definitely. Be sure and wear a t-shirt that reads "I'm a Douche Bag."On second thought, no need for the shirt.

trirunner96 wrote:

I have a GoPro with a chest mount, a helmet mount, and a pole mount so I thought I'd use that. Have you guys had any success with that?

Definitely mount it on your pole, gotta keep the center of gravity low.

and don't forget to only film yourself when running 10k pace or faster, so when your aunts and cousins watch the video later they know you're really fast.

Thanks so much guys!

oops- do you know where I could get this GoPoo? I think adding some of these general movements to the video with some heavy dubstep in the background might look really cool.

triman1968- you're definitely right about wearing a helmet. I'm going to be tired and there are going to be slick surfaces. Which type of helmet do you think I should wear? Ski helmets have always worked well in the past for the Go Pro in general, but they seem a bit heavy for running. I could try a bike helmet too though...

SwixGreenAndParaffin - Since it's going to be a bit cold when I'm running, I think I'll need to wear more than a t-shirt. Do you know where I could get a Douchebag sweatshirt or maybe a douchebag hat?

Fragpole- when using the pole mount, do you recommend holding it out in front of me to have the camera looking down at me? or should I try holding it with one arm straight out to the side to get a good profile view?

reed- thanks for the tip about only filiming the fast stuff, running fast on camera always looks a lot better. Which mount do you think I should use for this though? I was thinking the chest mount would be the most out of the way for running fast, and if I was running really hard on a trail it might look like im a super fast rabbit or something. Put some intense classical music to that and it might turn out really well

My friend makes some pretty cool surfing videos with GoPro.

Not sure if you're being sarcastic now as pretty much all those replies were sarcastic and you responded to them seriously. I think whatever you will turn out fine as long as it's not edited like those D1 XC pump-up videos on flotrack.

Hardloper wrote:

My friend makes some pretty cool surfing videos with GoPro.

Not sure if you're being sarcastic now as pretty much all those replies were sarcastic and you responded to them seriously. I think whatever you will turn out fine as long as it's not edited like those D1 XC pump-up videos on flotrack.

Thanks for a serious response. I was originally looking for some legit advice, and then this thread got trolled pretty hard, so I was like whatever I'll go with it.

I think I'll just go out there and try new things and see what works and what doesn't, but if anyone has any serious ideas I'll be happy to hear them.