Re: GPS Trainer Done Right

On 2006-02-09, lanceandrew@xxxxxxx <lanceandrew@xxxxxxx> wrote:
How so? I watched the video and can't guess what facet(s) of this
thing excite you

This app provides street, topology, & sat mapping & complete weather
conditions (humidity, etc.) elevation, etc...and also grades a
difficulty degree, w/your height and weight data it provides caloric
burn & from all the data it would not be hard to analyze nutritional
intake needs....along w/all the GPS data accrued & derived. Note it
does all this graphically.

Caloric data is nothing new, and one can easily estimate it from mileage
anyway. Any GPS unit will give you GPS data, and upload capability.


Literally after you finish a run with a push of a button you can upload
all this data to the bimactive on-line site, your account for private

Uploading is not novel. Uploading to a website where someone else controls
your data is kind of scary.

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Pendejo, businesses can be created out of this. Note all the running
camps, schools, coaches, etc.

No ***. They already have been.

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uploads been made to Doug, and sometime later he would examine it and
deliver detailed feedback & advise for the next run. Doug could

Training logs are just as good or better. Over-analyzing an ordinary training
run isn't terribly useful, and you get more out of asking more basic questions
like how good or bad the run felt, etc. For example, if you ran slow, why did
you run slow ? Was it because you felt terrible, or was it because you
consciously took it easy ?

As for interval workouts, a properly measured course always beats a GPS.

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Theoretically you can upload your data while you are in an
event....and have your trainer coach call with direction on how to
proceed knowing what lies ahead. A runner can be running too fast for
example in a 50 Mile or 100 Mile race...a trainer/coach might spot that
2 hours into the event and contact their client via phone/txt msg, etc.

I don't think that's even legal if the race is run according to the usual rules
that govern athletic competitions ... Never mind the fact that using a GPS
unit to second guess listening to ones own body is generally a very bad idea.

It's unfortunate that you are unable to see all the apps and directions
in which model can flow...the justification for the excitement....how
it can be leveraged privately and commercially, but they are there.

Don't get me wrong, GPS units are just fine, especially if they come with a
good altimeter. Where you've lost me is that I just don't see what's terribly
novel about this particular unit as opposed to numerous others.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/
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