Thursday, August 21, 2008

The umph factor

I don't like plugging products of multibillion dollar companies that will never send a penny my way, but Nike: Here's your free (and lucrative might I add) endorsement.

I finally got around to getting to know my Nike+ Sportsband product. It's a nifty USB band and shoe chip that wraps around your wrist to keep track your distance, time, pace and calories burned; a fan favorite of runners. Sync it up to your computer when you are ready and the doodad graphs your progress.

Sounds great huh?

Wrong.

It's as humiliating as viewing a candid photograph of yourself in wet Spandex. It just confirms my suspicion, that my running pace is horrendous.

That's me?! Surely the camera adds 10 pounds/ surely the USB band is slow by 10 minutes a mile.

Unfortunately, technology doesn't lie.

Only one thing can cheer me up now... Roo's baseball video of Kip's unintentional bunt and sprint to first base.

Way to put that "e" in effort indeed.

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