Yay, Nike+iPod!

A natural teacher’s pet, I’ve always been highly motivated by gold stars. So when Shannon showed me her Nike+iPod thingy and how it tracks your workouts and uploads all your data so you can admire your own excellent efforts, I knew it was going to by my Yarn School treat (I always get myself a little something as a special reward at the end of Yarn School, a little gold star to myself, I suppose).

It’s a little sensor that’s designed to go in a special void in some expensive sneakers, but you can just as easily stick it in pretty much any shoe. It’s sort of a pedometer that talks to your ipod.

Since I don’t have the fancy shoes, the first thing I did was make myself a little case for it. I put the chicken facing up and down because I originally intended it to go through the Xes in my tennis shoe laces. But it works equally well on my mary janes.

Unfortunately, when I first put the sensor in its pouch, I had it facing the other way, so it was face down on my shoe. I didn’t catch that the sensor needed to be facing up until after my 2-mile walk. I went to pat myself on the back and upload my impressive new stats, only to learn that the sensor had only given me credit for .1 miles. Jerk.

So I flipped it around and wrote up a little case tutorial (click to go to flickr for larger version), and, not to be daunted, strapped it back on for a new walk: this time, for credit! And I joined the Rhinebeck to Maryland challenge. Look at me! A joiner!