Admittedly, I have a real fetish for technology, but if you believed everything you read in the running journals about leaving the gizmos behind and just going out and running, I'd never get a chance to use my latest and greatest gadgets.
Case and point. Unknown to me, the latest pair of running shoes I bought from Nike are actually part of a new line known as Nike+ allowing me to use the shoes in tandem with an Apple iPod to view things like pace and distance on the screen of the iPod while I'm running. Cool, no?
Of course, to make this happen, you first need an iPod and second you need a receiver kit that goes in your shoe and synchs with the iPod. Guess what two purchases I made recently.
I disagree with the notion about leaving the gizmos at home. For me, a self-proclaimed computer geek, a big motivator for my running is the ability to upload all my data from each session and view maps of where I ran, how fast, and how far; I just think it's a neat thing to do. These gizmos really don't distract me from the joy of running in any way; one press of the button at the beginning and one press of the button at the end is pretty much the extent of my interaction with my gadgets during a run.
But boy how I do love to press that button at the end.
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