New York City Triathlon 2007 – The Drunk GPS Triathlete

NYC Triathlon Course Map

I thought some of you might get a kick out of viewing the NYC Triathlon as viewed from a satelite connected to the Garmin 305 watch on my wrist. The entire race is captured in motion by watching the link below. This includes exceptional moments such as me floating down the Hudson (I floated pretty straight except when I was trying to get out of the way of the wave coming up behind me – didn’t want to get an impeding penalty while filming), cycling up the Westside Hwy, dropping my camera and having to go back for it, and running into and around Central Park.

To make it more enjoyable, do the following:

  • Click on “Large” to make the map large
  • Click on “Hybrid” to see roads and satellite views
  • Click on the “Plus” Sign to zoom in as far as possible
  • Click on the drop down menu in the player and select .5X so you can follow without getting dizzy
  • Then click the blue triangle that starts the program to play

You’ll then get to see me cycling over the tops of cars, through trees and apparently running into the Lasker Pool in Central Park. I’m so fast it’s almost like the cars on the highway are standing still. Such are the limitations of GPS around buildings and trees.

http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/player/3506076

Try it and let me know what you think. Here’s a link also to the main file.

NYC Triathlon Finish - Me in Red



Comments

Jennifer said on July 31st, 2007 at 11:26 am

Cool!

Rambonie said on July 31st, 2007 at 12:06 pm

cool indeed. I think i was on the identical course! :)

I was surprised to note your elevation changes during the swim. I dont recall any 10 foot swells during my wave.

Did you get lost in T2?

Did you stop at various bars and restaurants on 72nd near columbus? Maybe high fiving near there.

even with the limitatons of GPS technology, a very useful tool, to watch pace, elevation and heart rate on a known course. I wonder if its possibel to compare data from two different people who travel the same route.

Coach Adam said on July 31st, 2007 at 12:17 pm

Rambo,
In T2, I had to put my cameras away so they would still be there when I got back to pick them up later. Yes you can dot race if you have multiple people gathering data on the same course, similar to what we have shown for the NYC Marathon. That way you can see me stopping off at Ray’s Pizza for refueling.

Javier said on August 14th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

Very Cool indeed. It is a pretty good training tool. Like for example you might find it faster if you actually ran on the road instead of through the trees, and buildings on 72nd street. Unlessof course this is just evidence that you are in reality Spider man and this is evidence of you swinging from building to building :)



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