Athletic-wear having integral measuring sensors

An athletic performance data acquisition system comprising:

• a sensor system configured to removably attach to an article of clothing worn by an athlete, wherein the sensor system comprises:
• one or more sensors configured to measure one or more athletic performance parameters for the athlete;
• and
• a first computing unit configured to monitor and transmit the one or more athletic performance parameters, wherein the first computing unit is a mesh capable computing unit configured to make peer wireless connections with one or more nearby additional computing units in a meshed network configuration;
• and
• one or more external devices, wherein the one or more external devices is remote from the article of clothing and the athlete;
• wherein the sensor system is configured to store the one or more athletic performance parameters for later transmission to the one or more external devices, and
• wherein the one or more external devices comprise a personal computing device, and wherein the personal computing device is configured to transmit the one or more athletic performance parameters to a server system running a web service that enables users to do one or more of share and compare the one or more athletic performance parameters, socialize, and compete.