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Nike Teams Up with Path to Socialise Your Runs
Path seems to have bounced back from last month’s privacy kerfuffle quite handily. The app maker announced today that its API will be integrated into Nike’s running apps and accessories, allowing your...
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How Usain Bolt Can Shave 0.13 Seconds Off His 100m Time (Using Maths)
Usain Bolt is a hero: he can run 100 meters in 9.58 seconds flat. But a mathematician thinks that—without any extra effort—he can shave another 0.13 seconds off his time. Here’s how. John Barrow, a...
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The Best Headphones for Running
The right music doesn’t soothe the savage beast, it makes the beast more savage. When you’re going for a long run, that’s exactly what you want. The pulse of thumping beats can make you feel...
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Very Little Jogging Can Make Your Life Much, Much Longer
You probably go jogging because it makes you less fat and it is less humiliating than being yelled at through a 60-minute spinning class. But according to a new examination of the Copenhagen City Heart...
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Nike’s Dimpled Tracksuits Could Help Athletes Shatter World Records at This...
Usain Bolt is Jamaica’s not-so-secret weapon for shattering track and field records. But at this summer’s Olympic games, Nike’s cooked up its own secret weapon — a track suit dimpled like a golfball —...
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Merrell Barefoot Road Glove Lightning Review: Minimalist Foot Heaven
So, you’ve heard about all of this minimalist, “barefoot-style” running, and you want in. Thing is, those toe-shoes look really weird. You don’t want any padding, but you don’t want your foot pierced...
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The Best Way to Get Fit: Leave the Gym
I’m just going to come out and say it: screw the gym. Screw it right in the face. There is a better way to get the body you want, one that’s actually fun and that uses your brain’s reward system....
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Forget a Personal Trainer, a Flying Drone Could Be Your New Running Pal
Some people absolutely love running, but for the rest of us it’s a chore we have to suffer through to just keep fit. Would it be a tad more fun if you had a robotic pal to keep you company as you...
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The New Nike+ GPS Running App Is Smarter, More Social, and Now Available for...
The new and improved Nike+ GPS Running app was released today, and it has some pretty impressive improvements to be aware of. Firstly, the app is now available for Android. And the already-available...
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How to Get Rid of Runner’s Stitch
If you’re like the majority of runners, you’ve experienced this at one point or another: You’re out for a run, and then in creeps a sharp, localised pain, right under one of your ribs. You think, “What...
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Print Off Some Brilliant Gold Running Shoes To Make Gold Medal Winners Jealous
A lot of people really dig their kicks. Whether it’s a pair of Vans or Converse, or a classic pair of retro Air Jordan’s, everyone wants something fresh on their feet. But athletes need something else,...
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Sprinting as Fast as You Can Will Keep You Drier In the Rain, Says Physics
It’s the age-old question. What’s going to get you less wet, sprinting through the rain or walking normally? There are a lot more factors involved than you might have thought, but physics dictates that...
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Nike’s Specially Designed Track Spikes Helped a Double Amputee Sprint in London
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, aka Blade Runner, is running in the Olympics. Unlike his competitors he did it as a below-the-knee amputee, using Ossür’s Flex-Foot Cheetah legs. But he also...
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These Android Music Apps Could Keep You From Getting Run Over by a Car
Last week, we took a look at iOS apps that keep you aware of your surroundings as you listen to music through headphones, and found a fairly healthy selection to choose from on Apple’s mobile platform....
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Nike Wants Displays in Your Golf Club That Tell You Exactly How Badly You...
Nike has always been like Chubbs was to Happy Gilmore, helping you improve your golf game. But now it wants to do it digitally — it just earned a patent to put data-collecting sensors in clubs that...
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Lean, Mean Gifts for the Fitness Zealot
Got someone in your life who’s addicted to exercise? Someone who proselytizes the active lifestyle? There are so many fitness-related items out there it’s hard to separate the muscular wheat from the...
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Running Too Far Too Fast Will Make You Dead (Eventually)
Slowness might actually be a health benefit. Some new research says running too much at too fast a pace could prove fatal in the long term. Exercise is good for you, to a point—do too much of it...
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The Scientific Way to Keep From Slipping When You Run
Winter is breathing its nasty breath all over your best intentions. You want to keep up your running routine, but the pavements are getting slippery with rain, or worse, ice. With just a few...
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Everything You Need to Know About Running In the Cold
“Damn, it’s freezing. I know I said I’d go for a run, but in this cold it’s probably unhealthy, right?” Sound familiar? It’s this line of reasoning that keeps me on the sofa, watching Downton Abbey,...
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Are These The World’s Most Comfortable Running Shoes? Maybe?
A year on, Nike’s Flyknit technology continues to permeate the company’s running shoe line. Today Nike announced the Flyknit Lunar1+, an ultra lightweight, all-purpose runner that combines a Flyknit...
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