NIKE RUNNING

I have been using the NIKE RUNNING app in my IPHONE since March. I use it when I run in the treadmill and outdoors, the only time I don't use it is when I do HIIT ( high intensity interval training). 

I learned that the distance covered in treadmill at a certain time and pace is not the same as in the NIKE app. I normally do 5K treadmill runs 3 times a week. In the treadmill, I reach 5K at about 31:15 minutes, in the Nike app that will be about 28:30 minutes at a speed of about 9.6 kph. And I generate different times for 5K at 9.6 kph in different treadmills.  

I follow the 5K recording in the treadmill since I think it is more reliable so the distance recorded in my APP is normally 5.4km; 5.38km; 5.48km (depending on my speed) for every 5K run in the treadmill.

5 K in the treadmill is recorded as these distances in my APP.

FOR APRIL:  I ran 75.7 km; pace of 6.05 minutes per km; total of 7 hours; 41 minutes and 07 seconds. AMAZING! 

FOR MARCH: It's 76.7 KM

As I said, I do not record HIIT runs. I do it once-two times per week  and normally the distance is about 4 kms, so if I add that to the number of KMS covered per month, I think I would hit100KMS. I will start recording HIIT too.

Even if I am not sure if 5 K is really a 5K run in the NIKE RUNNING app, I give an allowance of about 400 meters to be sure that I am not exerting less effort. At least, in terms of reliability in recording without comparing it to another device, the NIKE  RUNNING APP is consistent and accurate.

ADVANTAGES OF USING NIKE RUNNING:

1. It is a good enough tool in measuring effort: number of calories burned (NIKE FUEL), and the distance covered in a month.

2. It can be a good motivator to keep on exercising, you can adjust effort by comparing your data covered in the previous month.

3. It is a good measure to know if what you are doing is enough to reach your goals.

Yesterday, I took a good friend from the US, Carlo, to Tagaytay.

Even if I am conscious of my diet ( I try to eat a high protein diet but low carb, low sugar, and low fat), I still know that I can enjoy a day of halo-halo or anything I want without gaining weight. 

HALO-HALO: A Filipino dessert with beans, nata de coco , leche flan , ube, chick peas, jackfruit, macapuno, with crushed ice and a scoop of ube ice cream. Milk is poured over it while eating.

 My BREAKFAST: I opted for high protein even if I know it's loaded with fat. Had one pandesal too:)

 CARLO had DAING NA BANGUS, his all-time favourite aside from SINIGANG na BABOY which he had 3x already in the 3 days I have seen him.

There will be days like this - I kick off those high-heeled shoes to simply ENJOY life and let my heart take me to
where it wants to go.
Exercising helps me do this.

TAGAYTAY 2010, photo credit: Dondi Narciso