I'm a very novice runner, but I'm slowly getting into it.
Nov 2011 Chicago Turkey Trot 8k - Chip time 38:12.7(7:42 mi pace). Placed 81 of 414 in my age group, 520 of 6015 finishers.
Oct 2011 Chicago Marathon - First marathon. Chip time was 4:40:24. Placed 18574 of 35755 overall; 12253 of 20284 among males.
May 2011 Chicago Spring Half Marathon - First run after major injury. Chip time was 2:11:24.7. Placed 80 of 93 in my age-group(20-24 men) and 1143 of 2122 overall.
Feb 2011 Cupid Love 10K Run (Ravinia) - Track got screwed up on the short side; RunKeeper said it was 5.65 miles. Chip time was 45:50.9(8:07 min/mile), placed 58th of 212.
Oct 2010 Peggy Notebaert Go Go Green 5K (Chicago, IL) - First run since highschool, 5k in 23:44, placed 69th of 554
I use Runkeeper to track each run.
I use a pair Sennheiser PMX680i headphones with my iPhone. They haven't hiccuped with sweat or heavy rain or fairly cold.
Wahoo Fitness Monitor - Adds heart rate monitor interaction to iPhone.
Garmin Heart Rate Monitor - transmits heart rate to Wahoo device.
Saucony Ultimate Run Glove II - Nice gloves below freezing.
Nike Vomero+5 - seem to work about right, but still not a completely perfect fit. Lost one on the bus, replaced with:
Nike Structure 14 - seemed like the right move after the injury, holding up okay.
Saucony ProGrid Mirage, a thinner Nike Vomero replacement.