A really long road trip
So I'm now on the first leg of what will amount to a very, very long time on the road. I'm in Augusta Georgia awaiting the start of the Tour of Georgia tomorrow. We'll be flying direct from Atlanta to Europe next Tuesday, and I won't be home until the 23rd of May.
I got a little present in the mail before leaving home: a Garmin Edge 305 GPS cycling computer. It's the biggest cycling-dork toy ever. I wonder why the team decided to send it to me, of all people? Regardless, I'll be using it throughout the Tour of Georgia and the rides will be posted online. I've only used it a few days so far, but everything is posted at ollerend.motionbased.com. Some plug-ins may be required to view everything. It synchs up with Google Earth to create profiles and provide all sorts of other semi-useless information. It stores heartrates too, so everyone will be able to see just how bad I'll be suffering up these climbs. Looks like a great way to waste even more time on the computer.
That's all for now. I'll try to keep the updates coming a little more frequently throughout this trip.
I got a little present in the mail before leaving home: a Garmin Edge 305 GPS cycling computer. It's the biggest cycling-dork toy ever. I wonder why the team decided to send it to me, of all people? Regardless, I'll be using it throughout the Tour of Georgia and the rides will be posted online. I've only used it a few days so far, but everything is posted at ollerend.motionbased.com. Some plug-ins may be required to view everything. It synchs up with Google Earth to create profiles and provide all sorts of other semi-useless information. It stores heartrates too, so everyone will be able to see just how bad I'll be suffering up these climbs. Looks like a great way to waste even more time on the computer.
That's all for now. I'll try to keep the updates coming a little more frequently throughout this trip.
5 Comments:
wow. that is some geeky dorky stuff, but it's wicked cool! can't wait to see some spikes in the HR over the next few days... good luck in Georgia.
i can't wait to see the routes with gps elevation profiles for the tour. great work! p.s. my heart would explode trying those stages, so don't feel bad.
Do something to get your ass on tv. I've delivered the same ultimatum to Evan. I'll be watching!
dude, these thing are the coolest. i've been geeking with mine for a few weeks now. good stuff.
thanks for posting that so we can see the routes! awesome.
Dork toy......hey come on I use one of those on all of my rides. Good luck at Georgia
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