Nike+ GPS Version 2.1 Release!

There is another update from Nike+.

The version 2.1 enhanced previous one with one feature, now you can shuffle your music. Well, personally, this is not quite interesting for me because I do not listen while running, listening distracts me. But it should be interesting those who enjoy music while running.

Also the Facebook post is improved, I'll see how it is improved with this afternoon's run :)

Go to App Store and get your v2.1 quick!

15th Run, Sophia Antipolis - Carrefour

Yesterday's rain made the mountain trails extremely slip so dangerous. My colleagues were discouraged and preferred not to go, as a result, I went alone. At least, I can run on the road which is less risky.

Also I'd like to take this opportunity to buy a piece of sausage for tomorrow's small party to celebrate the 2010 Beaujolais Nouveau arrival, proposed by my French colleagues. So I went running, and on the way back, I paused my Nike+ and went into the supermarket Casino hunting some sausages. Interestingly, they put the sausages right at the entrance, how smart they are :D  Finally, I end up with one piece from Corse, hope it's a good choice.

Here are the results. One thing to mention, it seems that Nike+ managed to calculate the time and the pace correctly with the pause-continue. However, the pace shown on the map is not correctly calculated, the paused time is not subtracted.

14th Run, Golf-Juan, Juan les pins

It's late autumn here in the region. By the definition of the so called Mediterranean Climate, the winter is wet. 

It rained quite a lot last week, including the Wednesday, as a result, we didn't run that day because it's unsafe to run in the mountain area in or right after the rain.

This Sunday is not ideal neither, it rained a little the morning and it was cloudy all the afternoon. However, I felt strongly that I need to run, not only because I need keep in a ready state for the competition end November, but also because running makes me feel better. I'm addicted or what?

I set off faster than usual, and got quite exhausted soon because the last run had been seven days ago. At that moment, I realized the importance of the Wednesday's run. Then I had to slow down for all the rest until finally, I regain some energy and courage to accelerate just a little in order to finish the 10km in 1 hour.

Here comes the result:

I run a pipe :D

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.

13th Run, Cap d'Antibes

It was a great weekend to run. Unfortunately I went out a little late at 4:40pm and at November, the sun goes down at 5pm. As a result, I ran with the lamps by the roadside and the headlight of cars all on. A little bit annoying but never mind, I finished my 12km.

Here comes the result:

Also with this Sunday's 12km, I ran accumulated more than 100km already since I started tracking my runs with the Nike+ GPS.

I burned out 6872 Calories which, by a rough calculation, can push a car to move 8 meters :D

However, this run has not been populated to Facebook when started neither when ended for unknown reason.

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

12th Run, Sophia Antipolis

This weekend was probably the worst day I've ever had here in Cote d'Azure, it had rained continuously for four days, ruined completely not only my Sunday's run but also the holiday of Toussaint which was Monday and Tuesday that I was off too.

So today it's necessary to have a good run and fortunately it's really a nice day with great sunlight and comfortable temperature. We were three today and we took the usual route. The girl took a shortcut, however, after twenty minutes and the rest of us ran without any stop and we did it in 39 minutes.

Today we took a long long lunch break and got back to work quite late, it's really the best time to sit under the sunlight eating and chatting with friends after running.