Many, many, many miles of Cornfields
www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/09/many-many-many-miles-of-cornfields.htmlAbove in the far distance you can see the bridge I finally got to, to cross the water, and then continue back south. … The wind speed was approx 16mph…in my face…for two hours straight.
Sunday Tidbits: Polar’s new Vantage V Titan + Roadmap Updates, Suunto Updates, and Xert iOS App
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/05/vantage-suunto-roadmap.htmlLap details: time, distance, average pace etc., in the training file on your Vantage watch… So it supports power, cadence, speed, heart rate, and trainers (Bluetooth FTMS).
Peloton’s New Bike+ (Plus): Everything you ever wanted to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/09/peloton-details-features.htmlAnd after meeting up with the DCR Reader (in a socially distanced way), I threw it in my kidnapper van and drove back across international borders. … It allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more.
Stages Starts Shipping New Dash M50/L50/L10 GPS Bike Computers: First Ride Details
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/06/stages-dash-first.htmlAlbeit somewhat annoyingly Stages doesn’t write the final distance or ascent data to the .FIT file (you can see that on the Analyzer as well). … - ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart sensor support (Cadence/Speed/HR/Power)
Garmin Launches Clipboard App For Coaches: Here’s how it works
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/09/launches-clipboard-coaches.htmlFor example here is distance between Des & GPLAMA, and then resting HR and activity HR between the two of them. … For example, there’s currently a bug (set to be fixed shortly) that cycling activities don’t get their speeds filtered out from the running paces.
5 Random Things I Did This Weekend
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/12/random-things-did-this-weekend-102.htmlThen it was going in circles till we saw Santa off in the distance. … With a high-speed belt moving on its own accord, if something goes wrong, it’s going to go wrong very fast, and very hard in my case.
Kinomap Adds New Features: Strava/VeloViewer video integration, Revenue Sharing, ASO Virtual Race, and browser-only version
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/10/features-stravaveloviewer-integration.htmlIgnoring the team pieces for a second, today the way it works is that on the right side of the screen you’ll see your speed/distance/HR/cadence in those little bubbles, while the left side you’ll see other people in your group (and your equipment). … Later this month they’ll be running a partnership with ASO (Amaury Sports Organization - owner of the Tour de France), around the L’Etape du Tour.
Paris Blog: A Road Trip to the French Coast
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/05/paris-french-coast.htmlAt this point they are building the elevated bridge platform that will connect the main visitor area (way off in the distance to the right). … However, the region has three high-speed ferry routes to the UK, which is just over an hour away by boat.
Testing Out Samsung’s New 4-Minute Cycling FTP Magician
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/07/samsung-ftp-test-how-it-works.htmlMy route wasn’t quite perfect for this, as I was ending up slightly short on super-clean distance each time. … Nonetheless, I quickly got up to speed and held a reasonably constant power of about 350-360w, save occasional goose dodging.
A short behind the scenes visit to Suunto and Omegawave
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/01/visit-suunto-omegawave.htmlNo worries though, the distance between build area and the yellow lines was no more than a meter or so in most cases. … Impressive speed.
Weekly Mailbag–May 8th, 2010
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/05/weekly-mailbagmay-8th-2010.htmlRecent Mailbags: Weekly Mailbag – May 1st, 2010 - Open water swimming options in DC - Why I will not ‘Share the Damn Road’…Part II - Modifying the Garmin Auto-Pause Speed - Training Peaks and the Mac Device agent Weekly Mailbag – April 24th, 2010 - How to turn off that annoying automatic opening of Garmin Training Center - How to trim/edit workouts that have accidental chunks of time/distance on them - Choosing between the FR101 and FR305 for petite runners - Questions on cooking hard boiled eggs using Sous Vide All past mailbags here. … Question #2: Makeshift Swim Buoys From Brandon- (Side note: Brandon runs a great triathlon non-profit program out in California for youth in some at-risk areas.
First Ride: Everysight Raptor Cycling Heads-Up Display
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/04/everysight-cycling-display.htmlIn general, with a heads-up display, you need to learn to shift your focal point briefly from the distance to close up. … - Connects to both ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart sensors (Speed/Power/Cadence/HR)
Tuesday Tidbits
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/01/tuesday-tidbits.htmlSecondly, it doesn’t have GPS, but does utilize a foot-pod and cadence sensor(s) for run and bike distance measuring. … But I’m making progress on short speed – which is important for a season focused on short course… After work I set out into the sunset for my hill workout.
Apple Fitness Plus Review: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/12/fitness-review-details.htmlOh – back in the class, you’ll notice the distance on running. … And if you scroll down you’ll get a ‘For Beginners’ section that aims to get you up to speed with a series of shorter and more simplistic workouts.
5 Random Things I Did This Past Weekend
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/05/random-things-did-this-past-weekend-2.htmlNo GPS on my bike, but just a swag on distance and time based on the rough route that we took. … With that – more on the marathon tomorrow, and then a bit later in the week I’ll wrap up some of our journey down the coast before I head into the Pyrenees for some riding this upcoming weekend (albeit without The Girl, as she’ll whisk back to Paris on the high-speed train).
Night Rider
www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/08/night-rider.htmlTwo local triathletes – one I know (Hi Nathan! He and I actually finished back to back in a number of local Oly-distance races), and another person with him that I’ve seen around. … Then there’s setup and invariably at least one ANT+ device will be ticked off between all of our Garmin HR straps, cadence sensors, speed sensors and watches.
Turn by Turn Navigation Rolls out to Wahoo ELEMNT
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/06/navigation-rolls-elemnt.htmlAll it will show is your steps with negative distances next to them, indicating you need to go find them yourself. … More Detailed Live Tracking: Right now live tracking is merely a dot on a map, with no context of speed, distance, or where you went.
Yogi, more Yogi, and Boo-boo
www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/08/yogi-more-yogi-and-boo-boo.htmlOff in the far distance I could make out the splish-splash as she made her way around the one mile perimeter of the lake. … Really, within about 1 minute I can predict a ride up to 6 or so hours, mostly because my speeds on the different sections are pretty…well…predictable.
First Sports Tech Cloud Platform & Incubator Announced by Zone5 Ventures
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/10/platform-incubator-announced.htmlOr, Suunto leaving zero and null-values in the distance accumulation data sets in their .FIT files. … For example last spring Garmin quietly changed how they store elevation and speed data within a .FIT file, they went from 16-bit integers to 32-bit integers.
Polar shows off GoPro camera control, new H10 heart rate strap
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/01/polar-camera-control.htmlIn the case of Polar, when you return from your workout you’ll be able to use the Polar Beat app to download the workout (just HR data, no accelerometer/distance/pace data at this time). … So that means you won’t be able to connect to a speed/cadence sensor, or a Bluetooth Smart HR strap.
Norway in a Nutshell
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/09/norway-in-nutshell.htmlWhich brings me to the Norseman iron-distance triathlon, which was held last weekend. … But the vast majority of the time the wind was strong enough that when I got up from my plastic chair on the deck of the boat, it unexpectedly flew away from behind me and shot across the deck with enough force and speed such that if grandma had been in the way she would have gotten run flat over (by the chair, not the reindeer – which they eat here).
First Look: The Suunto 3 Fitness: Lightweight Non-GPS Sports Watch
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/01/suunto-fitness-lightweight.htmlBut it wasn’t clear if that swimming profile will also track distance/pace/laps, or just a time placeholder. … But Suunto isn’t ready to specify if it’ll connect to cycling sensors (like a speed/cadence sensor).
Pre-race time back in the pool with wetsuits
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/04/pre-race-time-back-in-pool-with.htmlGiven this was the first wetsuit TT of the year I hadn’t quite refined my effort expenditure to pace for that distance (after all, the effort is very different than if I swam without a wetsuit). … After all, while the wetsuit certainly speeds swim times (5 minutes per mile is a commonly accepted number for the average triathlete) it also makes it easier to get lazy when it comes to form.
