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I've been using the Lumo run for nearly a month, and though I'm glad I tried it out, I ultimately decided that it's not for me. For what it's worth, I'm a competitive club runner (2:44 marathon PR) who's been training for years, and who has also coached amateur and high school running teams. As I've gotten older, I've worked hard to try combat my inexorable deterioration through drills, speedwork, etc. So when a competitive triathlete friend raved about how much he loved his Lumo, I thought I'd give it a try too.
The upshot is that the Lumo might be great for beginning or intermediate runners, but it really isn't made for those who've been focussing on their running form for any length of time. It seems to me that if you optimize the parameters of cadence, bounce, drop, braking, and rotation, the ultimate goal of the Lumo is to end up with a "fast shuffle" style of running - high cadence, low bounce, drop, and rotation, and minimal braking. I have teammates who fit that running style perfectly, and have run sub-2:30 marathons using it. But for those of us who tend towards a "power stride" style, it seems very difficult to optimize all of those elements simultaneously. When my tempo picks up, braking, rotation, and bounce increase (if only slightly, but still), and there seems to be no way to tweak one element without throwing off another. It's been a frustrating process to attempt to "improve" my results based on the Lumo - if I'm really moving and feeling great, the Lumo indicates that my stats are getting worse. Additionally, there are a numerous variables that can skew things. Different shoes give different results (thicker-soled, springy shoes seem to effect bounce and braking) and the terrain you are running on can too. Even when road-running, there are are always factors like sidewalk curbs, short patches of dirt, obstacles, road camber, etc. which effect the results. Treadmill and rubberized track seemed to give more bounce, regardless of how much I tried to compensate by altering my for,. Ultimately, there were too many variables to try and figure out precisely what combination of elements yielded the best results.
With all that said, for a beginner runner, the Lumo would be a great tool for developing form. The posture reminders are useful, and I also appreciated the pace and distance updates (by a mechanical-voiced Australian woman). The short videos on drills also were good. If you don't have a coach, or a team of more experienced runners to work with, the Lumo might be a good way for you to go.
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UPDATE: DO NOT BUY THisCompany was sold and it doesn’t provide support anymore.Images:1. treadmill "course" :(2. You can see how the graph drops because of the wrong distance and pace logged by a treadmill run :(3. Other metrics seem relatively unaffected by treadmill4. Exercise recommendations and "tips" videos5. New run goal based on metrics from past runsAs a running gadget enthusiast, I had to find out what Lumo was all about so I ordered one. When you open the box, you'll encounter the Lumo, a slip-on type clip, and a USB cord. You are instructed to charge the device, install an app on your phone and create an account. The instruction leaflet tells you to clip the Lumo to your pants/shorts waistband on the back, whereabouts your spine is, then open the app on your phone, and go for a run at least 10minutes long.After each run, the Lumo will introduce what it thinks you should work on next: cadence, bounce, breaking, drop or rotation. Cadence is how often your feet touch the ground, bounce is a measure of how much up and down motion is happening during your run, breaking is deceleration that happens while your feet is touching the ground, drop and rotation are measures of hip movement.From time to time (which can be adjusted to be every half, 1 or 2 miles or 1, 2, 3 or 5 minutes) Lumo will give you feedback. If you are meeting the goal for the metric in this run, you hear a chime. If you are not, a sad trumpet ("womp-womp") type of sound. Sometimes, it will also give you some advice, some of which I found useful ("remember to run like you are running through puddles trying to not make a splash") and others not so much ("remember to run like a horse"). What? What if I do not know how a horse runs? To be fair, the app has "tips" videos demonstrating these things. Based on how you are doing, the app will suggest some exercises (both pre-run and post-run) that might help you.While Lumo works well outdoors, Lumo has limitations on a treadmill. It will log a ridiculous pace and distance and, to my knowledge, there is no way to correct them. The Lumo team should seriously consider allowing users to edit indoor runs to manually input the distance, time and speed as to not completely mess up the trends graphs. The other metrics seem to be more or less unaffected.Minor issues I've encountered while running with Lumo:If you run with a hydration belt, it can push the clip out of your shorts.If you run with a hydration pack, it can hit over the Lumo and skew your data.There is no run/walk interval mode or option that I could find, so if you walk your running cadence and braking will be skewed.Lumo is small, black, and attached to a black clip - very easy to misplace.Overall, so far I like the Lumo. However, I hope the Lumo team can do some fine tuning with the software to make it better for indoor use as well.
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1. treadmill "course" :(
2. You can see how the graph drops because of the wrong distance and pace logged by a treadmill run :(
3. Other metrics seem relatively unaffected by treadmill
4. Exercise recommendations and "tips" videos
5. New run goal based on metrics from past runs
As a running gadget enthusiast, I had to find out what Lumo was all about so I ordered one. When you open the box, you'll encounter the Lumo, a slip-on type clip, and a USB cord. You are instructed to charge the device, install an app on your phone and create an account. The instruction leaflet tells you to clip the Lumo to your pants/shorts waistband on the back, whereabouts your spine is, then open the app on your phone, and go for a run at least 10minutes long.
After each run, the Lumo will introduce what it thinks you should work on next: cadence, bounce, breaking, drop or rotation. Cadence is how often your feet touch the ground, bounce is a measure of how much up and down motion is happening during your run, breaking is deceleration that happens while your feet is touching the ground, drop and rotation are measures of hip movement.
From time to time (which can be adjusted to be every half, 1 or 2 miles or 1, 2, 3 or 5 minutes) Lumo will give you feedback. If you are meeting the goal for the metric in this run, you hear a chime. If you are not, a sad trumpet ("womp-womp") type of sound. Sometimes, it will also give you some advice, some of which I found useful ("remember to run like you are running through puddles trying to not make a splash") and others not so much ("remember to run like a horse"). What? What if I do not know how a horse runs? To be fair, the app has "tips" videos demonstrating these things. Based on how you are doing, the app will suggest some exercises (both pre-run and post-run) that might help you.
While Lumo works well outdoors, Lumo has limitations on a treadmill. It will log a ridiculous pace and distance and, to my knowledge, there is no way to correct them. The Lumo team should seriously consider allowing users to edit indoor runs to manually input the distance, time and speed as to not completely mess up the trends graphs. The other metrics seem to be more or less unaffected.
Minor issues I've encountered while running with Lumo:
If you run with a hydration belt, it can push the clip out of your shorts.
If you run with a hydration pack, it can hit over the Lumo and skew your data.
There is no run/walk interval mode or option that I could find, so if you walk your running cadence and braking will be skewed.
Lumo is small, black, and attached to a black clip - very easy to misplace.
Overall, so far I like the Lumo. However, I hope the Lumo team can do some fine tuning with the software to make it better for indoor use as well.
Company was sold and it doesn’t provide support anymore.
Images:
1. treadmill "course" :(
2. You can see how the graph drops because of the wrong distance and pace logged by a treadmill run :(
3. Other metrics seem relatively unaffected by treadmill
4. Exercise recommendations and "tips" videos
5. New run goal based on metrics from past runs
As a running gadget enthusiast, I had to find out what Lumo was all about so I ordered one. When you open the box, you'll encounter the Lumo, a slip-on type clip, and a USB cord. You are instructed to charge the device, install an app on your phone and create an account. The instruction leaflet tells you to clip the Lumo to your pants/shorts waistband on the back, whereabouts your spine is, then open the app on your phone, and go for a run at least 10minutes long.
After each run, the Lumo will introduce what it thinks you should work on next: cadence, bounce, breaking, drop or rotation. Cadence is how often your feet touch the ground, bounce is a measure of how much up and down motion is happening during your run, breaking is deceleration that happens while your feet is touching the ground, drop and rotation are measures of hip movement.
From time to time (which can be adjusted to be every half, 1 or 2 miles or 1, 2, 3 or 5 minutes) Lumo will give you feedback. If you are meeting the goal for the metric in this run, you hear a chime. If you are not, a sad trumpet ("womp-womp") type of sound. Sometimes, it will also give you some advice, some of which I found useful ("remember to run like you are running through puddles trying to not make a splash") and others not so much ("remember to run like a horse"). What? What if I do not know how a horse runs? To be fair, the app has "tips" videos demonstrating these things. Based on how you are doing, the app will suggest some exercises (both pre-run and post-run) that might help you.
While Lumo works well outdoors, Lumo has limitations on a treadmill. It will log a ridiculous pace and distance and, to my knowledge, there is no way to correct them. The Lumo team should seriously consider allowing users to edit indoor runs to manually input the distance, time and speed as to not completely mess up the trends graphs. The other metrics seem to be more or less unaffected.
Minor issues I've encountered while running with Lumo:
If you run with a hydration belt, it can push the clip out of your shorts.
If you run with a hydration pack, it can hit over the Lumo and skew your data.
There is no run/walk interval mode or option that I could find, so if you walk your running cadence and braking will be skewed.
Lumo is small, black, and attached to a black clip - very easy to misplace.
Overall, so far I like the Lumo. However, I hope the Lumo team can do some fine tuning with the software to make it better for indoor use as well.
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