FS 2018 Pointless Prize Thread

[bentbike33]

Let’s get this started…

I will once again be awarding the Loopy for Arlington Pointless Prizes for completing the most Arlington Loops (for the uninitiated: W&OD Trail from the Custis intersection to its eastern terminus, 4-Mile Run Trail from Shirlington Rd. to its eastern terminus, the MVT from DCA to its northern terminus at Roosevelt Island, and the whole Custis trail). There will be 3 prizes: Most Clockwise Loops (for those who need to unwind), Most Counter-Clockwise Loops (for those who need to get wound up), and Most Matching Loops (for those seeking balance in life, or who simply like to go both ways).

How do you play?

Unlike Hains Point laps, the Arlington Loop can actually get you to useful places, so the game is designed so you don’t have to literally ride the entire trail route to count a completed loop, and you don’t have to do a complete loop in a single ride, or even a single day, either (for example, you can do half the loop on your morning commute, and the other half on your evening commute the next day). A loop is counted each time you collect all 8 short segments located near the trail intersection points. So collect loops while coffeeneuring, beerneuring, doneuring, or errendneuring.

For a clockwise loop, collect these Strava segments:

ArLoopCW1
ArLoopCW2
ArLoopCW3
ArLoopCW4
ArLoopCW5
ArLoopCW6
ArLoopCW7
ArLoopCW8

For a counterclockwise loop, collect these Strava segments:

ArLoopCCW1
ArLoopCCW2
ArLoopCCW3
ArLoopCCW4
ArLoopCCW5
ArLoopCCW6
ArLoopCCW7
ArLoopCCW8

Note that many of the segments have been flagged as hazardous in Strava by people wishing to protect their KOMs, I assume. If you don’t see a segment you expect on your ride, click the button to “show hidden efforts”.

The prizes will be, of course, specially inscribed commemorative boxes of Froot Loops (TM).

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[CPTJohnC]

What is the deal with pulling data for Pointless Prizes this year? Is there someone in a position to assist with light (and hopefully simple) data manipulation tasks for the purpose of awarding prizes?

[lordofthemark]

@CPTJohnC 176482 wrote:

What is the deal with pulling data for Pointless Prizes this year? Is there someone in a position to assist with light (and hopefully simple) data manipulation tasks for the purpose of awarding prizes?

Or even just the In the Beginning Was the Deed prize?

[bentbike33]

@lordofthemark 176484 wrote:

Or even just the In the Beginning Was the Deed prize?

You will need to compile a list of the segment ID numbers from Strava. They can be found at the end of the URL for the segments’ description pages, e.g., https://www.strava.com/segments/13943476.

I sent my request (for Arlington Loop data) to hozn and jrenaut via PM as they are the Freezing Saddles data masters.

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