A + N equal running

You want training, feel your feets, the swept of your body, here are two companys fighting for a place in the consumer of the XXI century. We ranners want to know everything for ower feets, so lets take a look inside the internet to know what we can buy, which is the best product for as.

Consumers know after buy, you got the freedam to select and try the producto. Adidas and Nike show each other this:

Adidas, The first integrated training system

How does it work?

Special fibers bonded onto adidas tops, work in conjunction with Polar’s Wear Link™ technology to eliminate the need for a separate chest strap to monitor heart rate. Just snap the tiny Polar WearLink connector onto the front of the shirt and go. The data is sent to the Polar RS 800™ wrist-mounted running computer, which easily displays and records all information in real time. Simply put, your shirt talks to your running computer.

The adiStar Fusion shoe has a strategically placed cavity in the midsole which can house the very light Polar s3™ Stride Sensor, making it easier to use, more comfortable and more consistently accurate than top-of-shoe systems. And you won’t even know it’s there when your shoe is talking to your running computer.

Information like speed and distance, chronograph functions, along with heart rate, are also shown on the RS800™ in real time. And when the workout is over, all data can be downloaded onto a computer so workouts can be easily managed and analyzed, meaning the whole system talks to you.
for Polar Electro. “This system caters to the individual, with precise and personalized feedback.”

Purchasing the entire system—Polar RS 800™, Polar s3™ Stride Sensor, adiStar Fusion top and adiStar Fusion shoe—will be around 640 Euros/680 Dollars. The products are available as separate pieces as well, and available in spring of 2006.

Nike experience + Ipod

The trainer have a little chip inside the shoe who send and recived information to the Ipod. While you are running this amazing techonology analize every step that you do on the road to the imagination. Before the runner do his excersise he can put the Ipod which has the information and see in graphics the evolution, the speed and other stuff in the computer.


A tiny pair of wireless add-ons that turn an iPod nano and a pair of shoes into a miniature personal running or power walking tracker, adding easy-to-use time, distance, and calorie-based workout options to the nano’s existing menus. Impressive male or female voice feedback automatically or manually updates you on your progress towards goals without requiring you to look at the screen, or interrupting your music; on-iPod and on-computer data viewing options able you to track your performance over time. Spectacular Nikeplus.com web design makes comparative data viewing fun; integration with iTunes makes it easy. Reliable, generally accurate accelerometer hardware, backed by a wide variety of good shoe designs.
Cons: Accessory is physically compatible only with specific pairs of one company’s sneakers, unless user manually modifies or augments other models. Entire system needs to be replaced when sensor’s battery dies, partially forgivable only because of low price. Doesn’t - as of date of review - work with iPods other than the nano. Other than shoes, company’s supporting Nike+ apparel needs a little iPod integration work.