Keeping your Apple Nike+ iPod Sport Kit Accurate

As we train, more often than not, our bodies change. If you are using a Apple Nike+ iPod Sport Kit to measure your runs, it definitely takes some up-keep to maintain it's accuracy. Here are a few tips that might help:

• Don't Calibrate your Nike+ iPod Sport Kit using another piece of technology that requires calibration. For example- Don't use a treadmill to calibrate your running/ walking speed! Treadmills require calibration themselves, and more often than not, the ones at the gym are not 100% accurate. Instead, go to a standard quarter mile track. You can find one at just about any middle school or high school. Your iPod suggests you calibrate by running/ walking 400 meters which is a quarter of a mile. Stay to the inside of the track, as the inside of the track one time around is one quarter mile. The further from the inside of the track you run, the more distance you are traveling.
• Calibrate Regularly- Unless you've been running the same distance and time forever, you should be improving your walking or running effeciency and recalibrating often will make sure your sensor stays accurate.
  
• Make sure you update your weight frequently so the calories burned value is as accurate as possible.