Thursday, June 19, 2008

The Nike Ghost in the Machine

The fight is getting personal. My Nike+ unit must have read my post and heard me bad mouthing its creator because it launched an attack against me today. I got up at 5:30 and was at the park by 6. Fired up the Nike+ Nano (since I don't have a SportsBand anymore), and everything went great. Ran the 6 miles and everything STILL went great. Got to the end of the run, ended the workout, and listened to the results. It was a good run. I got back home, plugged in the Nano, and today's workout was gone. You heard me, GONE. The results were not sent to the Nike+ website. I went back to the Nano to see if it was on there. Nothing. It was not listed at all. When I clicked the 'last workout' button, it shows my workout from earlier in the week. It's as if I never ran at all. Nice one, Nike+, you got me. This means war. And I will make you pay for what you've done (read that in a menacing voice--it has a better affect that way).

Ok, Jodes, I am man enough to broadcast my paltry push-up count from the initial test I did yesterday for the push-up challenge. I did 230. Oh, sorry, that 0 shouldn't be there. I did 23, ok. Are you happy? Your turn.

UPDATE: Lisa is not only a running god but a techno god! She outlined a process that could possibly save the data from my run this morning. I followed the steps, and it worked! For some reason, my run data was in a temp format and was never converted to xml. Once I manually converted it, it worked like a champ. Thanks again, Lisa. My workout data is below.

Today's Run Results
Distance: 6.01 mi
Time: 1:01'06"
Pace: 10'09" /mi