Mark Spoonauer

Making Tracks

Pick the Nike MP3Run by Philips as your running mate.

 

MP3 players have been married to digital cameras and cell phones, but Nike MP3Run by Philips with a Bluetooth pedometer is a match made for the athlete. A speed sensor, which attaches to your shoe, sends your distance and pace to the player's LCD display. A synthesized voice announces how you're doing when you press the feedback button or at regular intervals you program. There's even a strobe light to make night runners easier to spot. Lots of MP3 players outdistance the MP3Run on storage -- its 256MB flash memory can store about 60 MP3 songs -- but for runners who don't need to tote an entire music library, this is a winning workout companion. $299; www.nike-philips.com.