The NYRR Manhattan Half Marathon was this past Saturday, January 21st 2011 in Central Park. The race started at 8:00am when the temps were a whooping high of 16 degrees.  16! The frigid temps didn’t stop the determined runners though and everyone was in high spirits completing the 13.1 mile run. I’m sure the gorgeous views of the winter wonderland that is central park helped motivate the runners as well as knowing how bad ass they all seemed running in such cold weather. Eddie Owens, who is only 17,  won the men’s race with the fantastic time of 1:10:25 and Jane Vongvorachoti took the women’s top spot at an equally impressive 1:22:48. See all the results here.

What’s the coldest temperature you’ve run in?

All photo’s taken by Amanda Blair

Nike + has teamed up with Tom tom on their latest round of running gadgetry. In a departure from the traditional Nike + systems, this band is linked to satellites, instead of relying solely on the data from the chip in the runner’s shoe. According to Nike:

“The Nike+ SportWatch GPS is designed for high performance with an extremely clear and readable user interface that delivers the information necessary to the user while in-run. It adds personalization and motivational features to the running experience, including audible sounds, challenges, run reminders and more.

The Nike+ SportWatch GPS is designed to be simple and intuitive with only three buttons and a Tap Screen for navigation. During the run, the new Nike+ SportWatch GPS captures location information while showing runners their time, distance, pace, and calories burned on an easy-to-read screen featuring a customizable layout. Throughout the run, the GPS receiver works in tandem with the shoe-based Nike+ Sensor to deliver highly accurate pace and distance data.”

We’d love to hear from anyone who has had a chance to try this thing out.