Event: King of Mountain/Queen of Mountain Challenge on Tri360 ride, Sat 8/31

[dcv]

What time? Meet at the shop? Are smartphones with strava apps OK instead of garmin?

[Tri360]

@dcv 62473 wrote:

What time? Meet at the shop? Are smartphones with strava apps OK instead of garmin?

Sorry, we missed all the important details!

Date: Sat, 8/31 (this Saturday)
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: Tri360, 2121 N. Westmoreland St. ARLINGTON

And smartphones w/ Strava are perfect!

[Tim Kelley]

@dcv 62473 wrote:

Are smartphones with strava apps OK instead of garmin?

Run both and see what gives you the faster time! I’m racing in the mountains this weekend, so I won’t be able to play….

[TwoWheelsDC]

All KOM/QOM contenders should be required to do the Quebec St. loop twice.

[vvill]

@Tim Kelley 62488 wrote:

Run both and see what gives you the faster time! I’m racing in the mountains this weekend, so I won’t be able to play….

The iPhone will usually give you the faster time afaik.

[DaveK]

Wish I could be there. Thanks to the shop for running a great ride!

[hozn]

Yeah, I am disappointed I will be out of town. I have been meaning to try the tri360 ride and this would have been a great way to check it out. Especially since Tim is away. And I assume Jason Berry would be ineligible, since he’s too fast, right?

[TwoWheelsDC]

Well, Will is in the lead so far (beat me by 3 seconds!!)…and as a data point, my phone and Garmin gave the exact same speed and time for the segment.

[vvill]

@TwoWheelsDC 62771 wrote:

Well, Will is in the lead so far (beat me by 3 seconds!!)…and as a data point, my phone and Garmin gave the exact same speed and time for the segment.

I uploaded my ride data from the Garmin – my times on all the segments are different!

[hozn]

Yeah, it depends on the accuracy of the GPS and the frequency of the data writes (smart vs every second on the Garmin).

Congrats on the challenge, though!

[sjclaeys]

I started going too hard and completely blew up. Next year!

[TwoWheelsDC]

It’s official, Will is the winner!

[vvill]

Thanks Maybe I’ll get some new shoes – or some delicious delicious Skratch Labs stuff!

@hozn 62780 wrote:

Yeah, it depends on the accuracy of the GPS and the frequency of the data writes (smart vs every second on the Garmin).

Yeah I have my Garmins set to every second so they probably extrapolate less often. The GPS accuracy is a factor too, last time (the Hilly Chilly Chili ride) we came down from Pollard onto 31st, this time it was a straight left from Military Rd so a lot of people’s times included the waiting time before each rider was released to go (roughly 15 second gaps). The segment could probably be trimmed a bit from the start position to avoid that issue.

[consularrider]

Was that the Tri360 group hanging out at Lee Highway and N Rock Spring alongside the Country Club a little after 10 am? I was heading down Rock Spring as the stragglers were climbing up.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@consularrider 62807 wrote:

Was that the Tri360 group hanging out at Lee Highway and N Rock Spring alongside the Country Club a little after 10 am? I was heading down Rock Spring as the stragglers were climbing up.

Yup…Rock Spring is the last climb of the ride, so the group gets pretty spread out.

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