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Thursday, 16 April 2015

how Nike+ Running works

Here is a basic introduction to how Nike+ running works
and how it's been useful in my project {mostly keeping
track of and organizing progress} and basic features.

With the running app you can set up a program for
a set number of weeks and it comes up with a
standardized program based on your level
(intermediate) and goal distance. Unfortunately, I quickly
learned you can't adjust things like run frequency. Although I began
with the half marathon Passion Project program, I don't exactly
 follow the schedule because I can't run five days a week. But it does
give me a good idea of how much I ought to be progressing
 each month as well as certain goals to reach.




To set up a run, you can either just start
with a basic run or choose options
like time run, distance run, or record run.












This would be an example of setting a distance run. (You can
select the distance you want and  it'll report back your
progress during your run.)
This is one of the weekly progress screens
shown in the program. It displays the
set amount of miles per week (run 5 days
for a total of 16mi) and lets you know
how many miles you ran as well as
pace and farthest distance.


This is a sample of after you finish your run, taken
from a run done in March. It gives you the option to
 select where (terrain wise) you have run and then tells
you the basic details, including time, average pace,
calories burned and your route distance. 
The app also notifies me when I should be running
and about what distance I should be running for.
As is seen, on a 10 mile week then not
every run is for 10 miles. There is the "peak" run,
and then smaller runs to maintain fitness. Usually
I get daily notifications for this which can be
helpful!

2 comments:

  1. I love how you explained how to use this app! I use apps for my project as well and find them very helpful! After readying this I may even try this Nike App out :) very informative, keep it up!

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  2. This is a clear explanation of the app, and the support of the pictures is very effective. It is unfortunate that the app doesn't allow some levels of customization (number of runs per week).

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