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Apple announced yesterday that they have teamed up with Nike to produce an integrated iPod/Nike shoe running system. The system consists of a tiny accelerometer that fits into a pocket in the sole of certain Nike shoes and a receiver that clips onto the bottom of the iPod Nano. The iPod then shows you the…

I’ve recently got my hands on Polar’s new RS300x model, with an aim to integrating Polar’s new FlowLink interface into iSMARTtrain, starting the with RS300x. The RS300x is functionally pretty much the same as the RS200 – it provides average heart rate & speed for each session and each lap, as well as time in…

Issue 13 of SMARTcast, Joe’s podcast, is out, covering such topics as Carbo Loading, building recovery into your training program and Agisko nutrition testing. Download a copy or subscribe from here at the iTunes Music Store.

Finally go around to fitting the power sensor at the middle of last month – also fitted new cassette, chainrings and chain at the same time. Fitting went fairly well – quite a bit of messing about to get the height of the sensor on the chainstay correct, and ended up with 3 layers of…

Our software is gets a little mention in this month’s Silent Sports magazine. Lee Borowski, the writer, contacted us about some problems he was having with his older Polar HRM (Pre S-Series), and I managed to get him quickly up-and-running. You can view the write-up here.

Congratulations to Scotland’s cycling team at the Commonwealth Games on their gold medal in the Team sprint – Scotland’s first ever gold medal for cycling at the games. The team of Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean and Ross Edgar beat Engleand by just 0.027 secs to claim the medal. Well done, guys! Full story here –…