My Nike iPod combination gym bothering equipment turned up yesterday, causing a lot of excitement. Not only did the call from the postroom mean that the other people at IT Week stood a good chance of finding out where I had been all day, but a lot of people also wanted to know what the kit was all about…

So, I put them on and mooched around the office for a bit; clocking up an impressive 1km an hour. My first impression is that they are pretty cool. The trainers, or ‘kicks’ for you kids out there, earned a few “oohs” from some of the ladies, and they are comfy, light, and feel like they might make running a bit easier. Setting them up and linking them to the new Nano that Apple sent me was also easy. I had to install iTunes 7, but that’s not a big deal – I love Quicktime.

As with any fitness related activity, it was me that let the team down. So far I have only worn the trainers to wander the VNU corridors, and I have stuffed them with a playlist best described as ecletic. Although a nice American lady keeps telling me how far I have gone, and how slowly, I find it hard to get motivated to eat my goals when I am listening to Joy Division.

Perhaps I should spend more time choosing what songs to put on the pod before I go a whooping and a-hollering out of the office and up to the gym later on today.

I may switch it to “Eye of the Tiger” and the theme from Chariots of Fire. But, it is more likely that I will not.