New Flavors and New Resealable Packaging
Sport Beans have become a very popular energy source for runners. They are easy to use and they are not as messy as gels. Now Sport Beans is adding Berry to the flavor line up and introducing a neat resealable package so your Sport Beans don't go bouncing to the ground when you are fumbling with the pack in the middle of the race. The new packaging will be slipstreamed, so it will take a while for ALL the flavors to go to the new packaging. Everything should be the new
setup by September 2009.
Road ID Tags for Safer Running
Road ID makes several styles of ID tags that can be worn on shoes, the wrist, the ankle or the dog tag style around the neck. Running without ID is something that we all think about as a bad idea, but most of us don't bother to do anything about it. The Road ID tags are well made from stainless steel and will last for years. Don't leave home without one! Prices range from 19.99 to 24.99. Ordering is simple. Click on the link button below and when you are prompted at Road ID's Web site for an order code, please be sure to indicate you found out about Road ID from a "running store" and select us from the list! Thanks!
Now you can use the Nike Plus system WITHOUT an iPod!
While the Nike Plus system for measuring and keeping track of speed and distance has been immensely popular (millions of people around the world use it), there are those who don't listen to music when they run or don't own a compatible Ipod. Now you can get all the same features (speed, distance, time, calories), still interface to your computer (PC or MAC) via the USB port, and NOT have to tote around the Ipod! The kit comes with the Sportband and the Sensor which goes in/on the shoe and transmits wirelessly to the Sportband. When you are ready to begin your workout, press the top button again and recording will begin. A bar at the bottom of the screen will animate to show that it is recording your walk or run. You can choose to view your walking time, distance, speed or calories, and you can switch between modes at any time. It will continuously show the last mode you selected.
To pause your workout, press the top button once. The display will blink until you press it again to resume the workout, but you can also still scroll through the different modes to see your data while paused. At the end of your workout, press the top button for three seconds. You get a summary of your workout for time, average speed, distance and calories burned, but no steps or step total. You can also view the "weekly totals" and the "grand total." The Sportband will save 28 hours worth of workouts in memory if you don't download the data via the USB port.
When not in use, your Sportband displays the time of day, which it updates from your computer whenever it is plugged into the USB port. The Nike+ Sportband includes free access to the Nikeplus.com website. Simply plug your Sportband USB receiver into your computer, and it will download to the site. There you can view graphs and totals of your workouts. You can set goals and challenge your friends to virtual races and goals. I love uploading and tracking my data online. The Nikeplus.com website changes quite often, adding new options for members. Phidippides staff member Jean Cooper is one of the TOP women in the country on Nike Plus and can answer just about any question you can think of with regards to the Nike Plus system.
The price for the Sportband and the sensor is $59 and we have them in stock now.
New night sock designed to help alleviate planta fasciitis.
This easy to use, inexpensive device is designed to keep tension on the tissue (plantar fascia) so it heals in a stretched position at night. In this way many users find a reduction of their morning pain, some have noticed a reduced recovery time and yet others have reduced the need for medications.When worn as prescribed, it does not allow the plantar fascia to contract while in the prone or supine position. The device holds the ankle and forefoot joints in a position of slight dorsiflexion that prevents a position of plantarflexion, that is the plantar fascia is not allowed to contract. In addition the involuntary stretching of the plantar fascia over a long period of time helps to strengthen the foot's arch. The device consists of a tubular knit material that fits "over the calf" with 2 attached adjustable straps to maintain the foot in a neutral to slightly stretched position. When worn at night the device will apply a force which results in the reduction and/or elimination of the pain felt during those first steps in the morning. The Strassburg Sock comes in two sizes, regular and large and is priced at $35.00 each (singles). If you are plagued with heel pain from planta fasciitis, this inexpensive medical sock may just be the cure you have been looking for.
