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July 12, 2006
Along for the ride
By Stephen Boudreau at 05:43 PM| Permalink | Comments (6)
In an effort to make her marathon training regime a bit more enjoyable, I recently purchased a black iPod Nano for Shelley. I am blown away by how tiny this thing is. It's amazing!
She straps the thing onto her arm and off she goes. So light. So small. It doesn't get in the way. And she can still run at her swift pace. I am so proud of her.
I am now in the process of making fun "run-mixes". Most of them are Justin Timberlake heavy, but I've also been able to work in a variety of other styles. I gladly welcome all recommendations for songs to include.
As a side note: we also purchased one of those FM transmitters for her car, but I am finding the sound quality to be desperately lacking. Anyone have any luck with these contraptions?
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Katie got one for her running too...i was as well very impressed. she has that nike sleave - tiny. anyway, timberlake is a genius - one of my top 5. i heard he's really pushing the sound of pop on his album about to be released, so i'm curious what he does...
i just heard his new single tonight. it's pretty cool. i like the direction he is taking his music. good stuff.
my friend, uncle jeremy doubles as an iPod consultant on the weekends with all the research i've done on accesories, etc. i will write you an email because i don't want to take up too much space, but i've got your problem solved...also i've got a couple of good "running mix" suggestions as Rach and i have been iPod rockin' during our runs over the last 2 mos. wait with baited breath my friend...
I tried one of the FM transmitters with my iPod Shuffle. I wasn't too impressed. It was hard to find a station that didn't have a good amount of bleeding. I finally swapped to a tape based car system. The sound quality is much better. Of course, my car has a tape player.
They do have a number of direct connect systems now for iPods/car stereos. You might look into these.