A Bug in Nike+ GPS 3.2

As said previously, I have to uninstall and reinstall the application in order to let it start. I did so and it starts now. What's better than before is now we have all history data synchronized from the Nike website so we don't start from zero this time.

But there is still something wired for example the pace shown in the Summary page, it's clearly incorrect : 4'08'' / Km. As shown also in the same page, I run 5.21 Km in 35 minutes.  And the data was correct in my previous screen shot, but not now:

Also the map showing the pace, it's not correctly built.

No run last Sunday

It was rainy last Sunday so there was no run. However I'd like to share with you another competition I've been in: "The Best European Country". The competition lasted for one year, started 25 March 2010 and finished 24 March this year. France won the first place.

18th Run, Grasse

Yes! It's today the competition "10kilo de Grasse" I've registered weeks ago.

The dark side is that it's a rainy and cold day and my new shirt with long sleeves that my wife bought weeks ago is not delivered yet so I have to run with my bare arms wet.

But the light side is that my friend Jerome lives there and he helped me a lot and was there supporting me together with my wife and my little Pierre. Also, the road is quite flat even though Grasse is a town in the mountain area. Also again, Grasse is a beautiful town who is famous of it's perfume. Running there shall be enjoying even in the rain.

Not a lot to say about the run, just one thing that impressed me quite a lot, it's cold with the rain, but when waiting to start, I didn't feel the cold at all, because, look at the photo below, we are packed.

Here is my number, somebody has his or her name on it, but I don't, not sure how they did it.

During the run, I kept my rhythm quite well and finally, I made it in 50'50 according to my Nike+ GPS which recorded 9.87 kilo. The official result will come soon.

Unfortunately, there is always a problem with the last part of the run which is not correctly shown on the map. I doubt there is a bug somewhere, either the Nike+ GPS, either the Google map. As it's always the last part of the run that can not be correctly shown which is about 1 kilo, I'd like to name it as "the last kilo bug". (I'm a programmer, I usually number bugs but sometimes I name bugs too. :D )

Finally, great thanks to my friend Jerome who is very hospitable and helped me a lot the whole day. Also great thanks to my wife and my little Pierre who were there supporting me in the cold rain.

Registered to 10Km at Grasse, 28 Nov, 2010

I registered to the 10km at Grasse 2010!

It's little late and I missed the good price, which is 11 euros before 1 Nov, and 9 euros before 10 Oct. Now it is 13 euros :( But OK, as a payback, I have the right to run on the Avenue Thiers dedicated to the runners, and a T-shirt. 

The run is interesting also because Grasse is a beautiful town itself and it's famous for it's long history and most importantly, the perfume making. So it will be a good reason to bring my wife and my little Pierre together with me there.

Grasse is a town located in the mountain area, however the organizer managed to figure out a route that is perfectly flat.

   

This year's event is more interesting because there will be a "La Grassoise" run meaning literally Grasse women which aims at attracting more female runners. The distance is only 5.6km and requires two person, a man with a woman to register together and run together! Also all female runners will receive a surprise at the end.

Haile Gebrselassie Stops Running

Just read this in the news. A runner of miracle.

Here is the wiki of him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Gebrselassie

Courir pour une fleur, the Followup

Got an email weeks ago from the organizer, with a nice bird view picture of the start point. Share with you.

 

If you are interested in the final result, here it is, in brief, man’s first is 31’06 and woman’s first is 38’. Twice faster than me…

http://www.le-sportif.com/exe/main_resultats_fiche.asp?resma_id=520&cafi=MINIMAILING

Registered to “Courir pour une fleur 2010”!

I finally registered myself to this competition!

The goal is not to compete but just to run with others in the roads reserved for the runners, which should be quite fun. The last time I was involved in such a competition is already more than 10 years ago!

This time, I will take the 10km run, hope to finish in less than 70 minutes.