ABSTRACT A wide range of wearable fitness-trackers are currently available that allow users to measure, monitor, visualize, and record numerous training metrics including moving pace, distance traveled, average heart rate, and calories burned. Using qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews with amateur endurance athletes, this paper examines what individuals do with their wearable fitness-trackers and the data they produce. Drawing on the work of Deborah Lupton and Sarah Maslen, we take up the concepts of “data sensing” and the “more-than-human sensorium” to highlight the embodied and sensory dimensions of digital self-tracking. We argue that while much of the appeal of fitness-tracking technologies lies in their ability to generate objective readings of one’s performance, these devices do not supplant less quantifiable and more subjective ways of understanding one’s self. On the contrary, the participants in our study use the quantitative data generated by a fitness-tracker in conjunction with their own self-assessments to gain a more holistic sense of what they are experiencing during training or on race day. For many of our research participants, the fitness-tracker became a central part of their identity and daily routine. Most participants were reluctant to train without their fitness-trackers, even when not preparing for an event.

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凭感觉训练：可穿戴健身追踪器、耐力运动员和数据感知

摘要 目前有多种可穿戴健身追踪器可供用户测量、监控、可视化和记录许多训练指标，包括移动速度、行驶距离、平均心率和燃烧的卡路里。本文使用通过对业余耐力运动员的半结构化访谈收集的定性数据，研究了个人如何使用可穿戴健身追踪器及其产生的数据。借鉴 Deborah Lupton 和 Sarah Maslen 的工作，我们采用了“数据传感”和“超人类感觉”的概念，以突出数字自我跟踪的具体化和感官维度。我们认为，虽然健身追踪技术的大部分吸引力在于它们能够客观地解读一个人的表现，这些设备并没有取代更难以量化和更主观的理解自我的方式。相反，我们研究的参与者将健身追踪器生成的定量数据与他们自己的自我评估结合使用，以更全面地了解他们在训练期间或比赛当天的经历。对于我们的许多研究参与者来说，健身追踪器已成为他们身份和日常生活的核心部分。大多数参与者不愿意在没有健身追踪器的情况下进行训练，即使没有为活动做准备。我们研究的参与者将健身追踪器生成的定量数据与他们自己的自我评估结合使用，以更全面地了解他们在训练期间或比赛当天的经历。对于我们的许多研究参与者来说，健身追踪器已成为他们身份和日常生活的核心部分。大多数参与者不愿意在没有健身追踪器的情况下进行训练，即使没有为活动做准备。我们研究的参与者将健身追踪器生成的定量数据与他们自己的自我评估结合使用，以更全面地了解他们在训练期间或比赛当天的经历。对于我们的许多研究参与者来说，健身追踪器已成为他们身份和日常生活的核心部分。大多数参与者不愿意在没有健身追踪器的情况下进行训练，即使没有为活动做准备。