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I rested for a day yesterday, just can't wait to go out again this morning. The temperature was just right and morning sun was shinning beautifully through silk like clouds.

I walked far this morning to Bowen Road. Bowen Road is a very popular trail for morning walk and run. My intention was to use the milestones there to calibrate my Nike+ iPod gadgets. From my front door to the '4000' milestone in Bowen iPod gave me 2.55km and that took me 24:37 minutes. I then ran and walked 1km between milestones for calibration. The run was OK but after the walk iPod said 'this workout can't be used for calibration', however it showed 1.01km so I guess that was accurate enough. On the return trip iPod gave me 2.59km so the error is around 2% which isn't too bad.

This new route I tried this morning is perfect for Saturday as I have a bit more time before work. This will also be good for my 10k training as I have done roughly 2.6 x 2 + 2 = 7.2 km this morning.

Now I have iPod Touch 8G 2nd generation to work with Nike+ below is the screenshot of my workout so far.

I should have logged in earlier because I could have just brought a sensor to save $10 instead of a $28.2 sensor + transmitter (iPod nano requires this) pack.

I haven't yet calibrated the device since I need a minimum known distance of 400m. I also found that if I mix running with walking the distance measured would be around 7-10% out.

Zune is coming out in less than 2 weeks. Their website is here, how do you like their look?

I think data, not cash, is king in 21st century. I have so much songs (10G) in iTune library and my iPod unless there is a simple and quick way of migrating I really don't want the trouble even if I'm given a free Zune.

Hey Bill give me 3 compelling reasons why I should switch!