Buying another ensures I’ll find the first
A while back I bought the Nike + iPod Sport Kit. It's a package that contains two parts: a sensor that goes in your shoe and a receiver that jams in the butt of your iPod. Hehe... butt.
I didn't have the proper Nike+ running shoes (they have a space in the sole where you place the sensor) so I put the sensor in a plastic case attached to the laces of my Asics. When I competed in the triathlon I thought it would be a good idea to take the plastic case and sensor off my shoes because I wouldn't be using it. That meant that I put it somewhere safe... never to be found again. Or rather, it ensured I wouldn't find it again until I bought a replacement.
Recently Tommi's been pushing the Nike+ website and asking me to get onboard again. He's running the kind of distances that I like (3-6km) rather than the 10+km that the Sunday Running Crew tackle. He's made a few challenges and I've signed up for a 5km, 12 week online training program. I had a bunch of reasons.
Then Nike had 30% off in their Harbourtown store today for 2 hours only. I bought a new kit and some Nike+ shoes (Nike Air Zoom Vomero 2+ to be precise). I figured with the discount and me "saving" money on another plastic casing unit, the shoes were only about $80 so what the hell.
Don't you hate this: buying a replacement for something you lost, but know you'll find again? What have you lost, or thought you'd lost, and did you find it after purchasing its replacement?
Tommi was pushing me to invite you, but I was too lazy to forward the message. Plus I thought you weren’t interested in running anymore. Secondly he was too lazy to message you too originally :)
Also, Sunday we usually run between 5-7km. The farmer loop, or a bit shorter sometimes. Come along sometime if you feel like it!
Can you add friends on the Nike site? I can’t find a way to do that, and to me it’d make heaps of sense?
oh goodness - loads of things! i do that all the time. generally with books or resources. i have that many supersized dices and such from doing that. although it’s not been that bad for me because it’s not as if i can’t use the stuff in my classroom, it just means i have more of it :D
Interestingly iTunes knew it was a new sensor and I can name them appropriately (Asics, Nike, according to the shoes they were/are assigned to).