Gearfuse

Crispin Jones’s limited edition On Foot Watch displays the time of world record breaking runs on the face of the watch, allowing you to match up your speed with the fastest runners in the world down to the second, minute or hour, depending on which arc and which length you’re following.

Unless you’re a world class athlete, you’ll be doing lots of ooh’ing and ahh’ing as you ogle the fastest times of these speedy runners. And let’s be honest, you probably won’t be able to even run most of these distances without medical intervention.

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Love the outdoors? Run and hike often? Excellent. Pick up those $150 running shoes and get ready to invest another $60 in them. You’ll be getting a set of Microspikes; designed and produced by Kahtoola. Think snow chains for your shoes. As you hike and jog over icy surfaces, you’ll be laughing with total confidence. Those other hikers? Amateurs. You’re an expert and you know how to spend money like one.

Seriously, though. If you’re into this kind of stuff or want to know more about what snow chains can for you, read Kevin Kelly’s review of Microspikes.

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A cheap, barely-functional pedometer isn’t going to do you a lot of good. Shit, McDonalds was handing them out a few years ago with some bullshit “fit meal” marketing gimmick, essentially killing all hope that pedometer can really help you lose weight. All that has changed with the invention of the $99 Fitbit. At that price, most consumers will be extremely cautious about purchasing the device but it’s well worth it.
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