The first time is always special. You've been anticipating it for a long time. You've heard about how it's supposed to be from your friends. You aren't sure if it's going to live up to it's expectations. It's a little awkward. You aren't sure if you are doing it right and you just don't know if it's going to end up as a huge disappointment.
For me it was very sweet. I took my time freeing it from it's confinement. I took great care with the clasp as I didn't want to force it. I slid it on and gently pressed it's button. It seemed to light up and spring to life. Before I knew it, it was urging me to go faster. I didn't want to go too far with it yet as I was unsure of how sensitive it was. I took my time and went slow. As I had feared I had misjudged it and and what I needed from it. So I stopped. I removed it from it's protective coating and then discharged it's contents.
It needed me to be far more deliberate, so I slid it back on and went a predetermined length. It still didn't want to listen to me so I had to be a little more forceful and tell it exactly how far it went. The next time it behaved as I predicted it should.
So that's how it went tonight when I got my new Nike+ SportBand out and went for a run. It was a little off saying that I had run for 1.05 miles when it was actually only a mile. I then took it to the track and ran for 0.75 miles. It said 0.83 miles so using the SportBand software on my laptop I calibrated it. After that I calibrated for walking and walked 1.25 miles. It was much closer to the actual distance when I walked it.
I"ll take it out in the morning and run 6.2 miles and see how it does. I'm really happy with it so far and I'll remember my first time always.
