As a competitive runner, I’m always on the lookout for new wearables that provide insight to my training. BSX Athletics, a Houston-based company that provides cloud-based training plans fits the bill with its Kickstarter project for the Insight: A wearable device that measures lactic acid in your muscles along with heart rate, pace and cadence when running or biking.

Unlike many other health wearables, the Insight doesn’t go on a wrist. Instead, you wear it near your calf in a compression sock. The Insight then sends data wirelessly to a sports watch using the ANT+ protocol. Currently, ANT+ doesn’t have a standard way to send lactic acid information, so the team at BSX has created a bit of a hack. They are working on getting the standard updated, however.

I typically use a heart rate monitor to manage my exertion levels when running, and the data from that helps…