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So I am a lover of Nike+ and have had a Nike+ stat widget on the side of my blog for quite a while now. The project can be found at http://nikeplusphp.org.

It came to my attention that the method used wasn't the easiest and certainly wasn't up to date. Looks like something changed on Nike's end and that has broken the API I was using.

Looking around for an alternative, I was inspired to build my own class and am now firmly at version 0.7 with it. I've created a small website for the project where you can grab the code and there's some documentation to help you get started.

The project is called Nike+PHP and all you need is a Nike+ account, PHP5 and SimpleXML installed.

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In my quest to get a little fitter and shed a bit of weight, I got myself a Nike+ SportBand which I've been using on and off for a while now.

I just happened to check Zach Holman's blog the day he changed his layout and added some Nike+ functionality. It's a great feature and one I hadn't really considered. Turns out there's a Wordpress plugin and a great PHP script that gives you a decent amount of info from your Nike+ account.

If I'm honest, I don't run as much as I could/should but hopefully making the info a little more public will give me a bit of a spur to take it more seriously. I decided to take a similar route to the Arrested Development quotes I took and add a basic bit of info fed through this unofficial API.

You can see my total runs, distance and last run info in my Nike+ sidebar area. If you need a hand with getting the API to work, feel free to leave a comment.

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