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Nike+ and Twiike Leaderboard

John — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:55:35 +0000

I was messing around on Twitter earlier today, when I came across the Twiike Leaderboard. I’ve posted about Twiike before – It allows you to automatically add your Nike+ runs to Twitter. Anyway, the Twiike service put together a list of the top 100 runners (out of those using the service, obviously). When I saw that, I told myself that I needed to be on that list – I was just assuming I wasn’t on there. As I scrolled down, I saw my Twitter name (@Runlikeh3ll) and I’m #73 on the list. Pretty cool! Now I’m determined to move up that list. I’ve been doing nothing but interval runs lately, so my runs are short but fast. Anyway, we’ll see how that goes.

Nike+ and Twiike Leaderboard is a featured post by John Vantine from A Runner's Blog.

50 Useful iPhone Apps For Runners

John — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:49:40 +0000

I personally don’t own an iPhone (I don’t want to leave Verizon) but I know several people that have them and swear by them. And I can definitely see the appeal – The “homebrew” scene seems to be thriving, and there are applications available for almost everything you can imagine. RNCentral.com has put together a list of 50 Awesome iPhone Apps for Runners. There seem to be several apps on the list that all do more or less the exact same thing, but regardless there’s some cool stuff on there – Check it out!

For now though, I’m happy with my iPod Nano and Nike+ chip. Just out of curiosity, do any of you use Nike+ as well?

50 Useful iPhone Apps For Runners is a featured post by John Vantine from A Runner's Blog.

Twitter Your Nike+ Runs With Twiike!

John — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:16:15 +0000

I absolutely love Nike+ iPod. This thing has kept me motivated to continue running for over a year. I don’t use it for every single run I go on (sometimes I forget to bring the Nike+ chip with me, sometimes I do the elliptical at the gym because my knees are bothering me, etc) but I’ve been using it for close to two years now, and the novelty hasn’t worn off. I have no idea if other people ever check out my run info, but I know that I check my own stats out every once in a while.

Anyway, I came across Twiike this morning. You can use it to display your Nike+ runs on your Twitter profile (mine is here). Pretty cool, huh? I don’t know how many of you use Nike+ (and out of that group, how many also use Twitter) but if you do happen to use both, I don’t see any reason why you wouldn’t want to check out Twiike.

Twitter Your Nike+ Runs With Twiike! is a featured post by John Vantine from A Runner's Blog.