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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.

At long last we’re ready to release the first public beta of iSMARTtrain V4.0. This release only supports downloading for Garmin & Cycleops/PowerTap Joule 2.0 & 3.0 devices. See our website for a full list of the supported devices. We will, of course, be adding more devices in future betas, and will support most, if…

Have a look at http://www.bartape.net/ for a series of behind-the-scenes short films about the Cervelo Test Team. The films currently on the site follow the team from its beginnings to the Tour of Flanders, with more promised.

Just a quick heads-up – for the moment, don’t upgrade from Garmin ANT Agent to Garmin Express. It looks like Garmin Express doesn’t keep a local copy of the files it downloads for your device, so there’s no data for iSMARTtrain to pick up. I’m investigating this further, and will hopefully have a solution soon.

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…

Interesting… Garmin acquires Dynastream Dynastream supplies the footpod technologies to both Polar and Nike for its Speed & Distance HRMs. Since these are a competitior to Garmin’s GPS based systems, it’ll be interesting to see how these products develop. Garmin has recently introduced a footpod for it’s Forerunner models, mainly for use on treadmills, where…