3 Fitness Trackers That Make a Run at Recording Heart Rate

I'll never forget the first time I wore my iPod in an armband on my run along the Pacific. I was in college, and getting into the zone meant, for the first time, doing it with my own music. But the armband weighed down my left side and gave me an unfortunate tan line (making the iPod mini a welcome upgrade a few months later).

It was an early foray into wearable gadgets, before gadgets themselves became wearable. Now, smartwatches such as Pebble interact with your smartphone's apps, while activity trackers such as Fitbit and Fuelband track movement, steps and sleep. But none of them quantify where my passion lies — running. Read more...