So the iPod Touch is pretty cool. It has all these neato apps that you can download (I've only downloaded free ones, I'm cheap, did you miss the previous post about a "missing" paycheck?) Then I noticed that it comes with the Nike program that monitors your workouts. I got it for a friend for her bday a few years ago, she runs like a crazy person (she's not crazy, just likes to run a lot) so I was psyched when I saw I had it now too!!
I played around with it, getting my playlist ready, and choosing the two-mile workout. You can work on a certain time goal, distance or calorie goal, etc. I chose the distance because I've been working on running longer. Began with a mile. Then mile and a half. New distance was two miles.
Then school started and my nice simple life totally fell apart like the house that fell on the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz. Complete. Chaos. I felt like I was lesson planning 23 out of the 24 hours a day (just to give you an example of my loss of mental capacity, I just typed 24 out of the 25 hours in a day before fixing it. I should've left it.) Needless to say, my gym regiment had come to a stand still. And oddly enough, for me, I was upset I couldn't make it to the gym.
So fastforward to the second week of school. I'm getting into my groove, figuring out how to plan for 90 minute blocks instead of 5o minute periods. Learning a bit more about world history (never taught it before) and such. I finished planning a bit early last night- by 9 pm (USI was going to do a carousel activity with documents pertaining to the Louisiana purchase and then watch The History Channel series The Presidents on Washington, Adams and Jefferson with a viewing guide and World was going to review the Estate Systems charts we filled out yesterday, complete a political cartoon analysis and a timed/contest fill-in worksheet about the French Revolution with a simulation of the Estate System after lunch where 23 out of the 26 students would be part of the Third Estate (peasants) and have to pay me (the Queen) a tax every round while the two students from the Second Estate and the one student from the First Estate got gummy worms, gummy bears and jaw breakers each round- phew!) I figured why not go to the gym!
So I usually go to the gym which is about 20 minutes away from me. It's in the city I used to work in, so that made sense but since I no longer work there, doesn't make much sense for me to drive there, except for the fact that I'm comfortable there and know my way around. Plus it doesn't hurt that my friend Josh works there, so it's nice to see him too when I go to work out. I need any incentive I can get to get my ass to the gym.
I didn't want to drive my Dad's truck there last night, it's not the greatest on the highway, and I didn't have enough gas to really get there and back (if you're wondering why a grown woman has no money for gas or renewing her own registration please reference the prior two posts) so I figured I'd break out of my comfort zone and visit the gym that's about 7-10 minutes away.
I really was excited to try out the Nike thing on my iPod. It even fit in my old arm band! So I get there, start walking while I'm organizing myself with the ear buds and arm band, getting the program going on the iPod etc. The screen reads, "Walk around to activate sensor." Already walking on treadmill.
So I think to myself, ok maybe it takes a minute to get the hang of me walking.
Screen still says searching for signal. I try swinging my arms a bit more enthusiastically thinking that'll def catch the sensors attention.
30 seconds go by...
Then I have a light bulb moment.
When I purchased the kit for my friend Laura there was a plug-in for her iPod (clearly the program my iTouch came equipped with) which receives the signals that the sensor you place on your shoe is sending....which my iTouch did not come equipped with. I am attempting to use half of the kit. By swinging my arms wildly.
But on the bright side I did run the two miles!
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