Inertial footpod

An inertial foot pod is a device used to track running measurements such as speed, distance travelled, pace, etc., which would generally only be available on treadmills or with a GPS unit.[1]

Foot pod attached to a running shoe.

This device is usually small and attaches to a runner's foot. It uses one or more accelerometers and processes several times a second to compute speed.

One example is the foot pod employed by the Polar S625x running computer.

See also

References

  1. Runner's Edge, The. Human Kinetics. p. 19. ISBN 9781450409025.

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