Day 17 Giveaway::Nike+ iPod Sport KitUPDATED

[ 94 ] 11/17/2009 | Christy

******The winner of the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit is random number 8: Nancy!!! That would be our Bacardi Mama :) Congrats girl! Email Christy when you get a chance with your shipping info!!******

MA365 Seven weeks ago, the only time I ran was when my daughter was coloring on the walls or touching my Mac. Or maybe if I had to pee real bad. For reals.

Now? I love to run.

It all started when we decided to take the 5K Challenge with EA SPORTS Active. I was iPod-less and knew that I’d probably need one to help me get me through the runs. I was looking forward to training, but I honestly didn’t think I’d enjoy running. Since my birthday was coming up and my mom asked me what I wanted, I picked an iPod Nano (in red!). While I perusing the Apple site, I noticed another gadget I was certain I couldn’t live without.

I’m a gadget girl.

So I added this sweet little gadget to my cart and eagerly awaited it’s arrival. And arrive it did!!

And now? I have arrived. I have arrived as a runner, and I feel like I owe it all to the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit. What? You think I’m being dramatic? Well, I’m not. I really do think my success in running hinges on the feedback I get from Nike+. When I’m running, it speaks to me (literally). It tells me how far I’ve run, my pace, my time, and how much I have left. I can choose workouts based on distance, time, calories, or choose a preset. As I run, I can get on demand info, and sometimes pushing that center button and hearing my stats helps keep my legs moving. Plus, it lets me choose a Power Song, and when I feel like I can’t go on, I just have to hold the center button down for the song that will keep me going! That song is currently Pump It! by the Black Eyed Peas.

AND, when I get home, I can sync my iPod up with the Nike+ website and see an awesome graph of my run. Plus, it keeps track of all my runs and I get TROPHIES. Enough said, right?

Here’s the goods. Go on over and read all about the awesomeness of the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit. Because even if you don’t win, you’re gonna want to get one. Trust me.

Here are the requirements for the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit:

iPod nano, iPod touch (2nd generation), or iPhone 3GS
Nike+ shoes (or any old shoes with shoelace pouch, which you can get here)
iTunes 9.0 or later (available via free download)
A Mac with a USB 2.0 port and Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or later; or a PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows 2000 (SP4) or XP Home or Professional (SP2)
Internet access and a free Nike.com account

And here’s how you can win:

Leave a comment telling us about a fitness hurdle you’ve overcome. Yeah, it’s kinda deep, but we know you’ve got something!
Follow us on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway!
Join the ‘hood. It’s our very own social network!
Last but not least, subscribe to the Sisterhood! You don’t want to miss a thing, right?

Now for the fine print:

This contest is open to US and Canadian residents.
Contest ends today, November 17th, at MIDNIGHT Pacific time.
Winner will be chosen via random.org and announced tomorrow. Please be sure to leave your email address so we can contact you! Winner has 48 hours to claim prize, and unclaimed prized will be relisted for giveaway.

Disclosure: This giveaway was sponsored by the Sisterhood. We did not receive anything to write this review, nor did we receive anything to giveaway!

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About Christy: Thirty-six year-old wife and mom to BJ (8) and Mia (4). I'm the editor at the Sisterhood, a Feingold mom, I really love to run (really), read, cook amazing things, and photography is my fledging passion. My motivation is motivating other people to realize they can do this whole weight-loss and exercise thing. I'm living proof! View author profile.

http://www.livinginagirlsworld.wordpress.com/ Kirsten

You have to pick someone else if I win, but YEAH!! So glad this is one the giveaways. I love mine and love the graphs you get on nikeplus.com. Also? love that you set a distance or a length of time you want to run, and it gives you interval updates of how far you've come and how much more you have to go.
Tobey13

How about a fitness hurdle I'm trying to overcome? I'm a walker by nature and am really trying to become a runner. Maybe not a marathon runner but a 5k runner who can run and keep up with her kids. To soften you up a bit more, the gang here at the 'hood has really inspired me so far to try running more and more!
Tobey13

I'm a follower and I've tweeted already! I'm on the ball I am.

http://twitter.com/tsaniuk
Tobey13

Also a member of the 'hood!
http://bacardimama.blogspot.com/ Nancy

My biggest fitness hurdle has been exercising consistantly as a lifestyle. My aha moment came when I joined the sisterhood and you made me believe that this was something that I could do. Who would have thought in March when I joined that I would have run a 5k in November. Certainly not me. Being chosen for the 1st Sister Spotlight was the total icing on the cake! You guys are the best!!
http://bacardimama.blogspot.com/ Nancy

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http://www.littleladybugthatcould.blogspot.com ladybugs714

To date, the biggest hurdle that I have overcome is running for 4 minutes at a time. I hope to get back to that and pass it multiple times. I would love to run a whole 5K sometime, walking it felt great, I can't imagine the rush I would get from running one!
http://www.littleladybugthatcould.blogspot.com ladybugs714

I'm a member of the hood!
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I subscribe via google reader
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Tweet!
http://twitter.com/ladybugs714/status/5794782645
babyboy3

I am a member
babyboy3

I subscribe
babyboy3

My biggest hurdle is that I am actually exercising again and trying to be active. I guess it has been more of a mental hurdle than actual physical one. I knew I should be and wanted to be but not enough until I started with the hood and reading everyones blogs and just the knowledge that there a lot of others out there just like me. Thanks ladies.
JustDeena

My biggest fitness hurdle right now, is getting past my own excuses. I want to be working out, but it seems everything is in my way. However each day I look back and almost always see time where I could have fit that time in! So I need to quit making those excuses!
JustDeena

I am currently following on twitter @justdeena
JustDeena

I am a member of the 'Hood
JustDeena

I subscribe via Google Reader
allysonlyon

At one time I actually became a runner. I remember how great I felt. I wanted one of these back then!! I just bought my running shoes and started running again and I can't wait for that awesome feeling of accomplishment like I had before!
allysonlyon

I tweeted it. I asked people not to enter though because I want to win. :)
allysonlyon

I'm a member of the hood!
allysonlyon

And guess what!? I subscribe too, y? Because you guys are awesome!! :)
http://run-girl-run.blogpost.com/ Jess

The biggest fitness hurdle I overcame was when I blew my knee out two summers ago. I was already registered for a 10 miler that I ended up having to drop out of and missed running one of my favorite half marathons later that summer. I'm happy to say I'm back to running after months of physical therapy.
http://run-girl-run.blogpost.com/ Jess

I subscribe to your feed!
http://run-girl-run.blogpost.com/ Jess

I follow and I tweeted! @run_girl_run
http://www.thekrumwiedesix.blogspot.com Kristin @ OneCrazyMamaof4

I have to say that I am really proud of myself and the hurdles of my fitness that I have overcome… I still have more but the ones that I have beat down are HUGE to me. When I first started exercising a while back I would get a constant pain in my left foot when I would walk… I went to the doctors, I saught PT etc (you know the drill)… but it turns out that my sisters at the shrinking jeans knew better than all the drs etc. it was my SHOES!!! since having gotten shoes that work for my feet it has been a lot easier to work out etc. The second big hurdle was that of finding the time… I have gotten good at making fitness about my kids and myself… but it all comes down to my sisters at the hood….THANK YOU for your amazing support
CarolynC

Starting to run! Now, just to build up some endurance … I can see the feedback from the Nike + being very helpful with that! :)
CarolynC

I also follow your RSS feed
http://www.whooosthatgirl.com Lissa_ShrinkingJeans

If Kirsten wins, you can pick ME! ;p
reganshale

I would LOVE one of these!
I have had many hurdles in my fitness journey. I suppose my favorite was after I had my second child. I began running again, as it is the only thing that really helps get weight off of me. For motivation, I ran in various 5Ks. At many of these, there was an old lady who passed me midway through the race and beat me each time. I mean, I was 35 and she had to be 70! Finally, in a race in my own town, I beat her! She passed me at about the 2 mile point, but I knew there was a big hill coming up. I train on this course regularly, and can do the hill. Well, I powered up that hill past her and many other people who had to walk the hill, and I finished strong. Not only did I beat her, but I placed in my age group! LOL. I was absurdly proud of beating a woman twice my age, but it really did feel good!
http://www.fitmommynow.blogspot.com/ Barbi

My fitness hurdle is to start exercising again…at all. I'm starting with situps. I used to be able to knock out 100 crunches in not time. Two c-sections later, I'm able to do 20 and it isn't a pretty sight! Oh well, at least I'm doing something again. It's a start!
zaviaz

Biggest fitness hurdle? The decision to just get up off the couch and move. Yeah, I know it sounds like nothing but the decision to just get moving was HUGE!!
zaviaz

I'm a follower and I tweeted.
@zanvia

http://twitter.com/zanvia/status/5799778892
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Member of the 'hood!
anng

I wonder if this could motivate to even try running??!! Anyway, my biggest fitness hurdle is exercising EVERY SINGLE DAY in the beginning of my journey. I'm still TRYING to do this, although it has been kind of sporatic the past 2 months. I was a definite couch potato with 80+ pounds to lose but I did it ….I'm down 30 pounds now due to exercising and eating better.
Christy_TheSisterhood

You can also use it for walking, but I definitely think you should give running a shot :)
http://cellowingnut.wordpress.com/ Natalie

My biggest hurdle is just getting out the door to exercise. Between work and other commitments, I have a hard time finding the time and motivation to get make time for exercise. I know I need to, but something always comes up and I put it off… unless I just decide no matter what to go do it anyways, which is what I've been doing since joining this group. Thanks for the motivation I can't seem to find it on my own!
http://cellowingnut.wordpress.com/ Natalie

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prisgreen

My biggest hurdle was running longer than ten minutes. I have never been a long distance runner and I really wanted to start jogging and I started out at about a minute, then 2 and so on. Now, I can jog/run for a half hour!! I am so proud and I would love to run in a 5K someday.
prisgreen

I subscribe via Google Reader
prisgreen

I tweeted the giveaway
http://twitter.com/shrinkingjeans/status/580676…
lauracarter

I have overcome being lazy by buying a Wii and using EA Sports Active to workout. I have lost 15 pounds and the res of my pregnancy weight!
Laura Carter

I just tweeted about the giveaway
Laura Carter

I subscribed to your newsletter
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I joined the hood
lilsum

Oh, my stars! If I could win this it would be so AWESOME!!!! I have a new pair of nike shoes that you can put this cool little gadget into. I still haven't completely overcome my migraine and seizure hurdle, but on the days I am well I try to kick that days butt so I don't get down and out!
http://gettingbackto.blogspot.com/ Nicole

After taking part in the disaster that was the Chicago Marathon of 2007, I truly got a complex about running. I just kept equating it back to how awful it felt to run that day. It took me a good year to get back in the saddle! Yes, a year! But, I'm running again! Yahoo!
http://gettingbackto.blogspot.com/ Nicole

Tweeted!
lilsum

That is awesome Laura! I was watching a show with Alison Sweeny from the Biggest Loser, she uses the Wii as an addition to her gym work out and it helped her loose even more of her baby weight. Great job!
tirah

The biggest fitness hurdle I’ve overcome was winning my families biggest loser contest. It really isn’t much to brag about though. There were only 4 of us and I only lost 12 pounds. The closest weight loss to me was 5 pounds. I didn’t do nearly as well as I should or could have because I didn’t have the motivation. But because I won I bought myself a new iPod nano Product Red. I’ve been eye balling the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit but I haven’t gotten myself one. If I don’t win this one it will definitely be the next thing I treat myself too.
tirah

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shepdogg_ut I LOVE the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans :D they have THE BEST giveaways! http://bit.ly/3drusW/
Laura Carter

Thanks! I am actually one of the featured challengers for EA Sports Active More Workouts along with Christy from shrinking jeans. We will be blogging on http://www.easportsactive.com You should check it out. We start the challenge on Friday.
Bari_F

I really want the Nike+Ipod kit. My biggest hurdle is keeping up with exercise. Several years ago, I went to the Y religiously after school (work), but now that my kids are in middle school and my daughter is in multiple sports, getting out to exercise is very difficult. I started running a few years ago, was never great and was constantly plagued by injuries, so now I don't really do that either. I'm walking a bunch and hope to train for another 5k in the spring when the weather is better. (Michigan is just too cold and snowy for me to be brave enough to walk or run outside once it gets nasty as I have a totally stupid fear of falling.)
Bari_F

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Bari_F

Great job with the 30 pound loss! You definitely should try running. The Couch to 5K program is really good-just make sure you get fitted with good-quality RUNNING shoes before you start. Walking shoes won't cut it. Good luck!
mathmama

Ooh! Ooh! I want this!!! A member of the hood!!
mathmama

tweeted about it @mathmama . And Lissa, I'll fight you for it if Kirsten wins! (or maybe race. Nah, fight!)
mathmama

Lets see. Fitness hurdle. How about just realizing I do not and probably will not ever be the same size I was before I had all those kids. It just might not happen, so I'll stop waiting for it to happen, and just work with what I've got! (and get up and workout at 6 am before all those kids wake up!)
http://adventuresofbadgergirl.blogspot.com/ badgergirl

Great giveaway. A fitness hurdle I've had to overcome? Going from being in the best shape of my life after just finishing my first half marathon to being diagnosed with a semi-serious illness and not remembering an entire month of my life. The yearlong treatment that followed took care of the sickness, but left me with 30 extra pounds and having to essentially start back over in terms of fitness. Hard work, determination and about 9 months later, the pounds are almost all gone and I'm feeling like I'm almost back to where I was fitness-wise before I got sick.
http://scheherazade315.wordpress.com/ scheherazade315

Finding time! I work full time and my husband is in his last semester of school so he is never home in the evenings or on Saturday. I feel like a single mom to our two girls. I'm exhausted and just can't seem to find the time. I'm trying really hard to use my lunch break at work to exercise. I'm successful some of the time. I'm hoping to make it a habit soon.
http://scheherazade315.wordpress.com/ scheherazade315

I subscribe to the feed.
http://scheherazade315.wordpress.com/ scheherazade315

Joined the hood
http://adventuresofbadgergirl.blogspot.com/ badgergirl

Following you on Twitter and tweeted about the giveaway! @BadgerJen2002
http://adventuresofbadgergirl.blogspot.com/ badgergirl

I subscribe using Google Reader
superdumb

Wow, very cool! My hurdle was actually committing to exercise every day without fail. It took a long time to happen but I am so glad I am finally doing it.
http://blackcatkitchen.wordpress.com/ Jessica

I never imagined I'd ever be a runner, but after only 8 weeks of running/jogging, I did a “challenging” 4-mile run in about 53 minutes. I was stoked – and sore for days! It was great!
http://blackcatkitchen.wordpress.com/ Jessica

I tweeted too!
http://blackcatkitchen.wordpress.com/ Jessica

I'm subscribed through google reader, too
http://shepdogg.blogspot.com/ tirah

Tweet Tweet
shepdogg_ut I LOVE the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans :D they have THE BEST giveaways! http://bit.ly/3drusW/
Laura Carter

Thanks! I am actually one of the featured challengers for EA Sports Active More Workouts along with Christy from shrinking jeans. We will be blogging on http://www.easportsactive.com You should check it out. We start the challenge on Friday.
Bari_F

I really want the Nike+Ipod kit. My biggest hurdle is keeping up with exercise. Several years ago, I went to the Y religiously after school (work), but now that my kids are in middle school and my daughter is in multiple sports, getting out to exercise is very difficult. I started running a few years ago, was never great and was constantly plagued by injuries, so now I don't really do that either. I'm walking a bunch and hope to train for another 5k in the spring when the weather is better. (Michigan is just too cold and snowy for me to be brave enough to walk or run outside once it gets nasty as I have a totally stupid fear of falling.)
Bari_F

Tweet-tweet http://twitter.com/barif0815
Bari_F

Member of the hood!
Bari_F

Subscribe thru reader
Bari_F

Great job with the 30 pound loss! You definitely should try running. The Couch to 5K program is really good-just make sure you get fitted with good-quality RUNNING shoes before you start. Walking shoes won't cut it. Good luck!
mathmama

Ooh! Ooh! I want this!!! A member of the hood!!
mathmama

tweeted about it @mathmama . And Lissa, I'll fight you for it if Kirsten wins! (or maybe race. Nah, fight!)
mathmama

Lets see. Fitness hurdle. How about just realizing I do not and probably will not ever be the same size I was before I had all those kids. It just might not happen, so I'll stop waiting for it to happen, and just work with what I've got! (and get up and workout at 6 am before all those kids wake up!)
http://adventuresofbadgergirl.blogspot.com/ badgergirl

Great giveaway. A fitness hurdle I've had to overcome? Going from being in the best shape of my life after just finishing my first half marathon to being diagnosed with a semi-serious illness and not remembering an entire month of my life. The yearlong treatment that followed took care of the sickness, but left me with 30 extra pounds and having to essentially start back over in terms of fitness. Hard work, determination and about 9 months later, the pounds are almost all gone and I'm feeling like I'm almost back to where I was fitness-wise before I got sick.
http://scheherazade315.wordpress.com/ scheherazade315

Finding time! I work full time and my husband is in his last semester of school so he is never home in the evenings or on Saturday. I feel like a single mom to our two girls. I'm exhausted and just can't seem to find the time. I'm trying really hard to use my lunch break at work to exercise. I'm successful some of the time. I'm hoping to make it a habit soon.
http://scheherazade315.wordpress.com/ scheherazade315

I subscribe to the feed.
http://scheherazade315.wordpress.com/ scheherazade315

Joined the hood
http://adventuresofbadgergirl.blogspot.com/ badgergirl

Following you on Twitter and tweeted about the giveaway! @BadgerJen2002
http://adventuresofbadgergirl.blogspot.com/ badgergirl

I subscribe using Google Reader
http://www.superdumbsupervillain.com/ superdumb

Wow, very cool! My hurdle was actually committing to exercise every day without fail. It took a long time to happen but I am so glad I am finally doing it.
http://blackcatkitchen.wordpress.com/ Jessica

I never imagined I'd ever be a runner, but after only 8 weeks of running/jogging, I did a “challenging” 4-mile run in about 53 minutes. I was stoked – and sore for days! It was great!
http://blackcatkitchen.wordpress.com/ Jessica

I tweeted too!
http://blackcatkitchen.wordpress.com/ Jessica

I'm subscribed through google reader, too