Comments on: Nike+ Human Race 10K – Racing Around the World http://flowingdata.com/2008/09/02/nike-human-race-10k-racing-around-the-world/ Strength in Numbers Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:21:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Using data to learn more about yourself everyday « Will Scully-Power’s Blog http://flowingdata.com/2008/09/02/nike-human-race-10k-racing-around-the-world/#comment-14436 Using data to learn more about yourself everyday « Will Scully-Power’s Blog Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:39:29 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=942#comment-14436 [...] haven’t used Nike+, but it seems really popular and a cool concept. You put something on your shoe, connect it your iPod and you get feedback as [...] [...] haven’t used Nike+, but it seems really popular and a cool concept. You put something on your shoe, connect it your iPod and you get feedback as [...]

]]> By: Gabriel Schuyler http://flowingdata.com/2008/09/02/nike-human-race-10k-racing-around-the-world/#comment-14133 Gabriel Schuyler Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:53:21 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=942#comment-14133 I ran in San Diego, which makes me one of the "virtual" participants. Tracking-wise, it was the same as any other run. Transmitter in my shoe, ipod on my arm, run run run. Then when I got home I synced my ipod, which transmits my data to nike's server. When I logged in to view my running stats, the site recognized me as a registered participant of the race, noticed I'd run on the correct day (time doesn't matter), and congratulated me on being "part of history." It's a kewl proof of concept for expanding "race for the cure" events. Your miles are auditable without having to show up at a physical course. And you can time-shift your participation ... I'm not a morning person; I ran the nike thing after sunset. I ran in San Diego, which makes me one of the “virtual” participants. Tracking-wise, it was the same as any other run. Transmitter in my shoe, ipod on my arm, run run run. Then when I got home I synced my ipod, which transmits my data to nike’s server.

When I logged in to view my running stats, the site recognized me as a registered participant of the race, noticed I’d run on the correct day (time doesn’t matter), and congratulated me on being “part of history.”

It’s a kewl proof of concept for expanding “race for the cure” events. Your miles are auditable without having to show up at a physical course. And you can time-shift your participation … I’m not a morning person; I ran the nike thing after sunset.

]]> By: Nathan http://flowingdata.com/2008/09/02/nike-human-race-10k-racing-around-the-world/#comment-14048 Nathan Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:17:25 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=942#comment-14048 @Matt - wow, awesome. how did the tracking work exactly? like... did everyone get a tracker and at the end of race you handed it over? did everyone get sort of a personal report type thing after the race? @Matt – wow, awesome. how did the tracking work exactly? like… did everyone get a tracker and at the end of race you handed it over? did everyone get sort of a personal report type thing after the race?

]]> By: Matt Alcock http://flowingdata.com/2008/09/02/nike-human-race-10k-racing-around-the-world/#comment-14044 Matt Alcock Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:18:43 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=942#comment-14044 Nathan I ran in London, my legs still hurt. I think we had one of the largest attendances so our 'average time' was effected by slower fun runners. I beat my personal target of 55 mins so pretty pleasede. Had a great time and was good to be part of a larger day. On a data visaulation note the nike plus tracker and post run graphics are great I just wish it tracked my pace and speed a little more frequnelty so I could get more data from the run. Also I don't think they make the raw data avialble which is a shame I love to run some analysis on my runs and race daya performance. Matt Nathan

I ran in London, my legs still hurt. I think we had one of the largest attendances so our ‘average time’ was effected by slower fun runners. I beat my personal target of 55 mins so pretty pleasede. Had a great time and was good to be part of a larger day.

On a data visaulation note the nike plus tracker and post run graphics are great I just wish it tracked my pace and speed a little more frequnelty so I could get more data from the run. Also I don’t think they make the raw data avialble which is a shame I love to run some analysis on my runs and race daya performance.

Matt

]]> By: Matt Alcock http://flowingdata.com/2008/09/02/nike-human-race-10k-racing-around-the-world/#comment-14043 Matt Alcock Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:18:07 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=942#comment-14043 Nathan I ran in London, my legs still hurt. I think we had one of the largest attendances so our 'average time' was affected slightly. I like to know how many people ran in madrid. The just beat us I think. http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/humanrace/leaderboard.jsp That said I think we beat all the amercian cities :-) It was a great day even though in true London tradition it rained! http://inside.nike.com/blogs/humanrace-en_GB/2008/09/01/london-beats-the-rain-and-21-rivals I beat my personal target of 55 mins so I'm pretty pleased. Had a great time and was good to be part of a larger day. Also good to know I was the right side of my cities average. On a data visualization note the nike plus tracker and post run graphics are great I just wish it tracked my pace and speed a little more frequently so I could get more data from the run. Also I don't think they make the raw data available which is a shame I love to run some analysis on my runs and race day performance. Matt Nathan

I ran in London, my legs still hurt. I think we had one of the largest attendances so our ‘average time’ was affected slightly. I like to know how many people ran in madrid. The just beat us I think. http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikep.....rboard.jsp

That said I think we beat all the amercian cities :-) It was a great day even though in true London tradition it rained!
http://inside.nike.com/blogs/h.....-21-rivals

I beat my personal target of 55 mins so I’m pretty pleased. Had a great time and was good to be part of a larger day. Also good to know I was the right side of my cities average.

On a data visualization note the nike plus tracker and post run graphics are great I just wish it tracked my pace and speed a little more frequently so I could get more data from the run. Also I don’t think they make the raw data available which is a shame I love to run some analysis on my runs and race day performance.

Matt

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