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Lumo Run is available for <jfs id="B01K22SOYE" noreferb="true"/> which is a comparable price for a 9-axis device. (Early versions of the Lumo have a fault where light causes a bad battery reading, so you have to insert it into its holder the other way round.)
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Lumo Run Review}}
'''Update: Lumo has gone bankrupt and as far as I can see their sensors are effectively bricked. Unlike BSX, who made some of their software open source, Lumo has just disappeared. '''Lumo Run is a [[Running Sensors| Running Sensor]] that mounts on the rear waistband of your shorts. It measures a number of aspects of your [[Running Form]], including [[Cadence]], [[Vertical Osculation Oscillation]] (bounce), braking, pelvic drop, and pelvic twist. Lumo uses a 9-axis sensor, which is a 3-axis accelerometer plus a 3-axis gyroscope and a 3-axis magnetometer allowing it to sense movement far better than sensors that rely on the accelerometer alone. It's this 9-axis sensor that allows some of the potentially interesting metrics to be gathered.
* '''Cadence'''. I believe [[Cadence]] is the single most important running metric, and while Lumo seems accurate, the lack of real time data is especially annoying here.
* '''Vertical Oscillation'''. This is how much your torso moves up and down with each stride. It is generally believed that less Vertical Oscillation is a better, but I suspect that this is an oversimplification. Some are part of a runner's vertical movement [[Vertical Oscillation]] is likely to be elastic in nature (consider a bouncing rubber ball), some of the vertical motion will be while the runner is airborne (ballistic), and some of the vertical motion is the deceleration as the runner lands. So , it seems likely to me that excessive vertical oscillation is bad, but it's a tricky to know what excessive is likely to be, or how to correct it.
* '''Braking'''. Lumo measures how much your torso slows up on each stride, and recommends that it should be under 1.65 feet/second. I'll be curious to see how this compares to [[RunScribe]]'s foot braking and [[Wahoo TICKR Run]]'s smoothness. (I'm not sure why this is measured as a velocity rather than acceleration.)
* '''Drop'''. As you run, your side of your pelvis that is supported by your leg tends to move up and the other side down. This pelvic drop might be a waste of energy, so Lumo recommends it should be under 12 degrees.
* '''Rotation'''. As your support leg moves backwards, there is a tendency for the pelvis to twist so the supported side if further back and the side with the leading leg is further forward. Tight hip flexors make this a lot worse. Lumo recommends less than 15 degrees.
* '''Ground Contact Time (future)'''. Lumo are planning on adding this metric, along with stride length. (It's not clear why they can't calculate stride length from pace and cadence.)
=Recommendation=
I think that the Lumo has potential, but needs more development.
* There are some audio coaching messages, but I found those both annoying and useless. These audio messages are no substitute for real time data.
* There's no option to export the data for analysis or importing into other tools. There's also no web interface, so you can only view your data on your mobile phone.
* There's no Lumo finally added a "treadmill mode"; you can use to their app, so it on a treadmill, but disables GPS is still used on your phone, which is less than ideal.
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