Counting steps is
big business these days, especially for runners. We love tracking our workouts,
whether we are training for marathons, jogging for fitness, or hiking woodsy
trails for fun.
“If it’s not tracked,
it doesn’t count,” some will say. "It's almost a crime."
So what happens
when we climb onto the elliptical (or a bicycle), trot onto the treadmill, climb
onto the stair-climber, or push a jog stroller to run?
Ding! Not much. Those wristband
activity trackers don’t seem to record the actual distances we cover, if our
hands are not swinging.
What’s a
step-counter to do?
Lots of people
remove their wristband activity trackers from their wrists and fasten them to waistbands,
belt loops, running belts, hydration pack straps, bras, and other spots that
tend to bounce along with their feet. Many of us strap those trackers to our
ankles.
I’ve even seen
people pushing shopping carts through grocery stores and mega-marts, with
activity trackers wrapped around their ankles.
And I confess: I
buckle my Garmin to my ankle when I’m working out on machines at the gym. But I’ve ran into
a strange sort of trouble for it. Actually, it was more like an interrogation.
“What are you in for?” one guy asked me recently.
I wasn’t sure I’d
heard him correctly. I took out one earbud and asked him, “Excuse me?”
The guy pointed
at my ankle. “What were you busted for?”
“Nothing,” I
said. Then I busted out laughing. I should have said, “Three counts of low
battery charges,” or something like that.
I guess you might
say I’ve become a prisoner of my own device. But I think I'll stop wearing those black-and-white striped running tights at the gym.
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