| 15 april 2002 | of course, i also have a gadget for running This isn't so much a review as it is a raving endorsement for a ubiquitous little doo-dad that you need, fellow exerciser. And I know that my fellow Denizens are all about physical fitness, right? Don't answer that. So as you guys ought to know by now, I like to run. And walk. And will use any excuse possible to hoof it outdoors on a nice day. But unless you take the same course each day (booo-ring), you really have no idea how far you go. That is, until you get yourself a nifty and inexpensive pedometer, which is a speedometer for your body. Cool, huh? Available at most fine (and not so fine) sports and department stores. For less than twenty bucks, you're well on your way to knowing how far you go. That's just neato. Models vary from mechanical to digital (mine is the latter, because I am a nerd.) All of them that I've seen are small, and fit neatly onto the waistline of your shorts. You're ready to go...almost. There's only one little catch to using a pedometer. Unlike your car's speedometer, which is already pre-set, you have to do five minutes of measuring and arithmetic to set this thing. Not difficult. Here's the poop:
You then just put the pedometer onto your waistband, and off you go! Simply, what this thing does is simply count your steps and converts it into mileage. You can wear it hiking, or just all day to see how much you really walk at work. You can get all geek on everyone at work, and tell them that it's one tenth of a mile to the vending machines. Makes rationalizing your fourth bag of corn chips that much easier, since you walked soooo far. |
