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Elevation gain?
Just got a new toy: Garmin Forerunner 305. I went on one of my
favorite skis and came up with the following data. Distance: 25.5.km Total ascent: 885 m (2,900 ft?) Of course total descent was the same since it was a loop. How does this compare to routes you guys ski on? Would you consider this a tough 25 K, average or what? Just curious, since I've never measured this before. My average HR was 73% of max (measured max, not calculated). This ski was fairly typical of what I call my LSD, but I often think I'm going a little too hard. |
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Camilo wrote:
Just got a new toy: Garmin Forerunner 305. I went on one of my favorite skis and came up with the following data. Distance: 25.5.km Total ascent: 885 m (2,900 ft?) If the ascent is spread over just a few large climbs, then GPS data will be pretty good. For rolling terrain, with lots of small (2-10 m) ups and downs otoh, you really need a gps with barometer assistance to get good measurements. Of course total descent was the same since it was a loop. How does this compare to routes you guys ski on? Would you consider this a tough 25 K, average or what? Just curious, since I've never measured this before. My average HR was 73% of max (measured max, not calculated). This ski was fairly typical of what I call my LSD, but I often think I'm going a little too hard. Heh! It seems like most of my training, except for longer ski trips, all take part in the 80-95% region, while competitions means 92-93% _average_ load. Terje -- - "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching" |
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On Feb 24, 11:16*pm, Camilo wrote:
Just got a new toy: Garmin Forerunner 305. * I went on one of my favorite skis and came up with the following data. Distance: 25.5.km Total ascent: 885 m (2,900 ft?) Of course total descent was the same since it was a loop. How does this compare to routes you guys ski on? *Would you consider this a tough 25 K, average or what? Just curious, since I've never measured this before. My average HR was 73% of max (measured max, not calculated). *This ski was fairly typical of what I call my LSD, but I often think I'm going a little too hard. I just did the American Birkebeiner classic (52K) on Saturday and according to my Suunto T6 we climbed 2680 feet. It has the most elevation of any race or course that I ever do. Your route has more elevation in half the distance. My HR was 87% of max. I'm a very average, although experienced, skier and I'd say your route was very tough |
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On Feb 25, 2:31*pm, wrote:
On Feb 24, 11:16*pm, Camilo wrote: Just got a new toy: Garmin Forerunner 305. * I went on one of my favorite skis and came up with the following data. Distance: 25.5.km Total ascent: 885 m (2,900 ft?) Of course total descent was the same since it was a loop. How does this compare to routes you guys ski on? *Would you consider this a tough 25 K, average or what? Just curious, since I've never measured this before. My average HR was 73% of max (measured max, not calculated). *This ski was fairly typical of what I call my LSD, but I often think I'm going a little too hard. I just did the American Birkebeiner classic (52K) on Saturday and according to my Suunto T6 we climbed 2680 feet. It has the most elevation of any race or course that I ever do. Your route has more elevation in half the distance. My HR was 87% of max. I'm a very average, although experienced, skier and I'd say your route was very tough- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Interesting.... and a good excuse why I'm so slow! |
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On Feb 25, 7:10*pm, Camilo wrote:
On Feb 25, 2:31*pm, wrote: On Feb 24, 11:16*pm, Camilo wrote: Just got a new toy: Garmin Forerunner 305. * I went on one of my favorite skis and came up with the following data. Distance: 25.5.km Total ascent: 885 m (2,900 ft?) Of course total descent was the same since it was a loop. How does this compare to routes you guys ski on? *Would you consider this a tough 25 K, average or what? Just curious, since I've never measured this before. My average HR was 73% of max (measured max, not calculated). *This ski was fairly typical of what I call my LSD, but I often think I'm going a little too hard. I just did the American Birkebeiner classic (52K) on Saturday and according to my Suunto T6 we climbed 2680 feet. It has the most elevation of any race or course that I ever do. Your route has more elevation in half the distance. My HR was 87% of max. I'm a very average, although experienced, skier and I'd say your route was very tough- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Interesting.... and a good excuse why I'm so slow! Not to burst your bubble but I've got elevation gains of 1000s of feet while using the 305 on a bike on a trainer and 100s of feet while doing 800m intervals on a track. I like the device (had it for 9 mos or so) but I've found it to be really inaccurate for elevation. You can use the elevation correction function at motionbased.com for a more accurate reading, or maybe if you're somewhere with very clear skies you'll get better results. |
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why not just estimating the elevation gain using a USGS topo map?
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On Feb 26, 9:29 am, Derick Fay wrote:
On Feb 25, 7:10 pm, Camilo wrote: On Feb 25, 2:31 pm, wrote: On Feb 24, 11:16 pm, Camilo wrote: Just got a new toy: Garmin Forerunner 305. I went on one of my favorite skis and came up with the following data. Distance: 25.5.km Total ascent: 885 m (2,900 ft?) Of course total descent was the same since it was a loop. How does this compare to routes you guys ski on? Would you consider this a tough 25 K, average or what? Just curious, since I've never measured this before. My average HR was 73% of max (measured max, not calculated). This ski was fairly typical of what I call my LSD, but I often think I'm going a little too hard. I just did the American Birkebeiner classic (52K) on Saturday and according to my Suunto T6 we climbed 2680 feet. It has the most elevation of any race or course that I ever do. Your route has more elevation in half the distance. My HR was 87% of max. I'm a very average, although experienced, skier and I'd say your route was very tough- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Interesting.... and a good excuse why I'm so slow! Not to burst your bubble but I've got elevation gains of 1000s of feet while using the 305 on a bike on a trainer and 100s of feet while doing 800m intervals on a track. I like the device (had it for 9 mos or so) but I've found it to be really inaccurate for elevation. You can use the elevation correction function at motionbased.com for a more accurate reading, or maybe if you're somewhere with very clear skies you'll get better results. You probably have burst my bubble, but that motionbased site is interesting. I'm going to sign on and try it later. I'll report back more accurate findings! |
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On Feb 26, 12:13 pm, "
wrote: why not just estimating the elevation gain using a USGS topo map? I've done that for many wilderness routes. However I don't have a map of this particular area and would rather use my new toy anyway! I'm hoping I will find it reasonably accurate for cycling this summer. Just for grins, I'm going to set myself some elevation goals for the season. |
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Terje Mathisen wrote: Camilo wrote: Just got a new toy: Garmin Forerunner 305. I went on one of my favorite skis and came up with the following data. Distance: 25.5.km Total ascent: 885 m (2,900 ft?) If the ascent is spread over just a few large climbs, then GPS data will be pretty good. For rolling terrain, with lots of small (2-10 m) ups and downs otoh, you really need a gps with barometer assistance to get good measurements. The Forerunner has a barometer, in general it's pretty accurate wrt to altitude even in rolling terrain. Trees and very steep canyons give it a bit of trouble, but for training purposes it works better than any previous GPS I've tried. I was poking around the FIS site the other day and that's about the max climbing for a "qualified[1]" FIS 30K classic race course. _ Booker C. Bense [1]- the actual term they use escapes me at the moment, ( homoulgated?) it's a word I've never seen used in any other context. |
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