Hi
This is not about power training though I will be riding with a PowerTap and the reason I'm posting here is because I know the folk here tend to like technology and gadgets! This may be old hat to you guys but it's new to me and I just thought it might be of interest.
On Sunday I'll be riding the 105 (very hilly) mile Cumberland Challenge in Cumbria over here in the UK. I rode the event last year and finished in about 6:20 and this year I'm going to try to break 6 hours, I'm riding with 2 mates of mine.
I'm going to use a mapping package on my BlackBerry to allow friends and family to monitor my progress (good or bad) on my weblog (link in signature), the map is at the foot of the front page of the blog, just scroll down in the usual way.
If anyone is interested or would like to see how the tracking service works for this sort of purpose feel free to enjoy the ride from the comfort of your armchair. I'll be setting off from Brampton in Cumbria at about 08:00 BST which is GMT +1, do drop in if you fancy it! If you do have a look you will need to refresh your browser window to update the position which should be updated about every 30 seconds, depending on how fast I'm going
Cheers,
PBUK
This is not about power training though I will be riding with a PowerTap and the reason I'm posting here is because I know the folk here tend to like technology and gadgets! This may be old hat to you guys but it's new to me and I just thought it might be of interest.
On Sunday I'll be riding the 105 (very hilly) mile Cumberland Challenge in Cumbria over here in the UK. I rode the event last year and finished in about 6:20 and this year I'm going to try to break 6 hours, I'm riding with 2 mates of mine.
I'm going to use a mapping package on my BlackBerry to allow friends and family to monitor my progress (good or bad) on my weblog (link in signature), the map is at the foot of the front page of the blog, just scroll down in the usual way.
If anyone is interested or would like to see how the tracking service works for this sort of purpose feel free to enjoy the ride from the comfort of your armchair. I'll be setting off from Brampton in Cumbria at about 08:00 BST which is GMT +1, do drop in if you fancy it! If you do have a look you will need to refresh your browser window to update the position which should be updated about every 30 seconds, depending on how fast I'm going
Cheers,
PBUK