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Website for Runners Interested in GPS Units

Here's a really good website that focuses on GPS units for runners.  I found it yesterday and have already learned quite a bit.

http://gpsrunner.blogspot.com/

2008 Holiday Gift Guide

Need a last minute gift idea for a runner?  Check out Runner's World's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide.

Click here to view it

DailyMile.com -- A Great Way to Meet Other Runners

Have you checked out DailyMile.com?  It's a cool new website that allows you to meet other runners.  It operates very much like Twitter, but has some additional features that make communicating fun and easy. 

Check it out here... www.dailymile.com

Here's a link to my profile:  http://www.dailymile.com/people/uvizz

The "jOG" fitness controller for PS3 video games

Here's a little blurb about this thing for PS3...

"The way jOG works is pretty simple really, it will basically detect when you the player takes a step and will only allow movements in the game while you are jogging on the spot."

For more info, go to ... http://www.ps3daily.co.uk/20081002/jog-health-and-fitness-ps3-motion-sensor/

rubiTrack -- new GPS software for runners

Note:  After posting this story earlier, I downloaded the trial version of this software.  I definitely recommend it. It's very easy to use -- I had it figured out in minutes.  I love how you can sort your runs by location.  The GPS import from my Garmin 305 was painless.  This is a really good software program. 

Toolsfactory software on Tuesday announced the release of rubiTrack 1.0, a new activity tracking software app for the Mac.

RubiTrack is aimed at runners, bikers, walkers, hikers, skiers and others who log Global Positioning System (GPS) data. It reads tracks from GPS-enables fitness devices like the Garmin Forerunner, Garmin Edge and other compatible devices. It can also import GPX and TCX files. RubiTrack RubiTrack helps you analyze your workouts. Once the data is imported you can categorize it by activity type, location, route, date, distance and workout duration. RubiTrack provides you with chart and track features to help you analyze workouts. You can set custom markers, measure from any point on the track and split your selection using the mouse. System requirements call for Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

For more information, go here.... http://www.macworld.com/article/135798/2008/09/rubitrack.html

Walking And Texting? Dangerous Move, U.S. Doctors Warn

Do any of you talk on the phone or text while you run?  If you, according to this report, you could get injured.

Here's the article.... http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_27254.aspx

Garmin Could Dispute Apple's Patent Intelligent Garment Pairing Application

Here's one for all of the technology lovers out there.  Apple has applied for a patent to extend digital rights management to tennis shoes and other articles of clothing. "What is desired," the patent application says, "is a method of electronically pairing a sensor and an authorized garment.....Apple views tennis-shoe DRM as a way to head off what it sees as a potential plague of sneaker hacking."

Click this link to read more.... http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/09/garmin_could_di.html

Run Through Tokyo with Google Maps and a Wiimote

Here's one for all of you gadget geeks.....

A Japanese guy has hooked up his Wii Remote to Google Map's Street View so that he can run the streets of Tokyo. 

Try to run on the google street view like a jogging game of wii fit from katsuma on Vimeo.

10K Schedules For Your Garmin

Blog:  Here's something cool for all of you Garmin 205, 301, 305, and 405 users out there.  Runner's World has published to 2 10K schedules that you can download and use for training.  These are in addtion to the full and half-marathon schedules.

Click here to check them out

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