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* For each run the MilestonePod will record your distance, time, and number of steps. Like all [[Footpod]]s, the MilestonePod benefits from calibration though I've often found it remarkably close out of the box. I'd recommend calibrating for each new pair of shoes you put it on.
* There is a small LED that will blink green, yellow, or red to give an indication of how much life is left in your shoes. Because MilestonePod allows me to track my shoe mileage more easily and accurately, I've become rather more aware of how shows wear out. As many runners know, the hard rubber outsole is not the limiting factor on the life of a shoe but the soft foam midsole. Generally a shoe with an outsole will have loads of grip left well after the midsole is badly degraded. This collapse of the midsole is not even, but tends to happen more under the main pressure areas of the foot such as under the ball. This localized collapse means the foot is twisted and unevenly cushioned, which could be a bigger risk factor for injury than one would expect.
* Most data is available via a mobile app which syncs with the pod using Bluetooth after your runs. There's no real -time data, so it's not possible to use the MilestonePod to dynamically adjust your form as you run. * The MilestonePod can act as a Bluetooth [[Footpod]], though this functionality is currently in beta. This makes MilestonePod a very cheap Footpod, and (with calibration) it's more accurate than any GPS watch. It's nowhere near as good as the [[Stryd]] Footpod, but Stryd costs nearly ten times as much.
* [[Cadence]] is recorded as an average and best (maximum value) for each run. From the distance and the Cadence, stride length is calculated.
* The MilestonePod records the percentage of time spent in Heel, Mid, and Forefoot [[Foot Strike]]s. This is not as effective as systems like the more expensive [[RunScribe]] (see below).