The Crudcatcher Endomondo Distance Challenge Thread

Anonymous

njee20 wrote:

Seems the usual culprits have gone off the boil this month or enthusiasm is waning - or is El Cap gonna upload his 1000 mile month on the 31st?!

not heard anything at all from El cap in a while, on FB, twitter, or here. Hope he's ok.

Mine has been lacking this month due to other commitments and injuries. Should be back, full steam ahead (for me ) now though, touch wood.

The Northern Monkey

I'm just a lazy cnut.

njee20

I must admit it made me realise I'd not seen El Cap around these parts for a while!

Anonymous

Apparently he's fine - just been busy for a while.

bails87

The fastest mile is messed up, I'm winning with a 1 second mile....if I knew which workout it was I'd try to sort it. Is there anyway of looking?

Anonymous

bails87 wrote:

The fastest mile is messed up, I'm winning with a 1 second mile....if I knew which workout it was I'd try to sort it. Is there anyway of looking?

Normally, yes, just click on the arrow before the time. However, your is so borked, that there's not enough arrow TO click on.

bails87

yeehaamcgee wrote:

bails87 wrote:

The fastest mile is messed up, I'm winning with a 1 second mile....if I knew which workout it was I'd try to sort it. Is there anyway of looking?

Normally, yes, just click on the arrow before the time. However, your is so borked, that there's not enough arrow TO click on.

Anonymous

I honestly hadn't considered the possibility that it was a GPS f***up, I thought I was in the presence of greatness

bails87

Can't it be both?!

Anonymous

Just had a look, and curiously, there doesn't seem to be the usual clumping of riders this month, there's just a gradual decline from El Cap downwards.

njee20

I'd not touched a bike for 10 days until yesterday, did just under 60 miles, but still got a stinking cold, I'm well out of it this month!

VWsurfbum

I keep forgetting to start it or ill get a call halfway through my ride and it cancells!

Anonymous

VWsurfbum wrote:

I keep forgetting to start it or ill get a call halfway through my ride and it cancells!

aye, I know what you mean.
I've mentioned before, I never took much interest in mileage before, but this challenge thing has opened my eyes and made me realise how much I actually ride!
I might even buy a basic Garmin edge soon, I'm liking this GPS tracking stuff.

cat_with_no_tail

Not a great month for me this month, a little under half of my average total miles done. Mostly due to starting the new job and just not having any spare time to get out during the week. Hopefully things will have settled down a little by next month so I can get back on it. Need to get some training in for the End 2 End too.

Aaaaaaaaaanyay..... Invites now sent out for Aug Challenges.

I am doing the warp speed challenge this month, but I don't think I'll bother in future. Given the results we get, it seems a bit pointless.

njee20

Why not make it 5 miles, or 10? Should avoid the 'glitches', although admittedly will almost certainly favour a roadie!

Anonymous

njee20 wrote:

Why not make it 5 miles, or 10? Should avoid the 'glitches', although admittedly will almost certainly favour a roadie!

Nah, won't help (in my experience). What seems to happen is that the GPS signal jumps huge distances for a measurement or two. So you would have covered 10 miles in a split second, makes no difference.

I've had a few of mine jump 40-odd miles astray, then jump back again, that would have given me the fastest time over 80 miles, see.

cat_with_no_tail

njee20 wrote:

Why not make it 5 miles, or 10? Should avoid the 'glitches', although admittedly will almost certainly favour a roadie!

It wouldn't though would it? (avoid the glitches I mean)

If it says you travel 1 mile in 1 second. All the surrounding miles will be skewed by that 1 false reading when you take it as an average.

bentes

yeehaamcgee wrote:

VWsurfbum wrote:

I keep forgetting to start it or ill get a call halfway through my ride and it cancells!

aye, I know what you mean.
I've mentioned before, I never took much interest in mileage before, but this challenge thing has opened my eyes and made me realise how much I actually ride!
I might even buy a basic Garmin edge soon, I'm liking this GPS tracking stuff.

Yes, it really is addictive! Sometimes I find myself taking the longer route just to add a couple more miles, so it "looks good" on Endomondo.
I also enjoy getting "lost" in the "middle of nowhere" exploring new trails and then returning home and realize that I was just around the corner from a village or some well known major road.

I really love my Edge 800 but it has glitches like all the others (last month's fastest mile challenge: 1second).
It's still my favourite Edge because it's got maps and is fairly small and thin compared to the Dakota or Oregon. Altough some might prefer Dakota's "rugedness", versatility and replaceable batteries.

bentes

Here's a thought for a new challenge, how about a "More calories burned" challenge?

I don't think it requires a cardiac monitor since it estimates from such data as weight, age, speed, sport type and altimetry variation (I think!).

Anonymous

It works off distance and bodyweight.

The reason I'm tempted to buy an edge 500 is because endomondo will kill the battery on a smartphone in less than a day.
I've toyed with the idea of getting a maps-enabled GPS device for exploring, but they are sooooo expensive.

bentes

I don't know how much you can get the Edge 500 for, but this portuguese online store is selling the Dakota 20 for 209€ (http://www.ciclonatur.pt/gps/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=154&category_id=28&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=53) and the Edge 500 for 179€ (http://www.ciclonatur.pt/gps/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=174&category_id=20&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=53)

njee20

It wouldn't though would it? (avoid the glitches I mean)

If it says you travel 1 mile in 1 second. All the surrounding miles will be skewed by that 1 false reading when you take it as an average.

Oh yeah :oops:

Don't get me started on the calorie consumption figures

mike1-2

Hoping to put a few miles down this week, El Cap, wanna race?

The Northern Monkey

njee20 wrote:

It wouldn't though would it? (avoid the glitches I mean)

If it says you travel 1 mile in 1 second. All the surrounding miles will be skewed by that 1 false reading when you take it as an average.

Oh yeah :oops:

Don't get me started on the calorie consumption figures

RE: Calorie consumption... do you reckon its too high or too low? mine comes across as fairly consistent, but wether its correct or not.... lol.

bentes

The Northern Monkey wrote:

njee20 wrote:

It wouldn't though would it? (avoid the glitches I mean)

If it says you travel 1 mile in 1 second. All the surrounding miles will be skewed by that 1 false reading when you take it as an average.

Oh yeah :oops:

Don't get me started on the calorie consumption figures

RE: Calorie consumption... do you reckon its too high or too low? mine comes across as fairly consistent, but wether its correct or not.... lol.

Mine is also consistent but Endomondo values are consistently the double of Garmin Connect ones! (true story)

bails87

bentes wrote:

The Northern Monkey wrote:

njee20 wrote:

It wouldn't though would it? (avoid the glitches I mean)

If it says you travel 1 mile in 1 second. All the surrounding miles will be skewed by that 1 false reading when you take it as an average.

Oh yeah :oops:

Don't get me started on the calorie consumption figures

RE: Calorie consumption... do you reckon its too high or too low? mine comes across as fairly consistent, but wether its correct or not.... lol.

Mine is also consistent but Endomondo values are consistently the double of Garmin Connect ones! (true story)

Mountain biking, Cycling sport and cycling transport all give massively different readings too.

So on the roadie out for a ride it'll be 700 calories, a ride of the same climb/descent/distance/speed that happens to end at work becomes 'transport' and the calories go up to 1000+ :?

Anonymous

bails87 wrote:

So on the roadie out for a ride it'll be 700 calories, a ride of the same climb/descent/distance/speed that happens to end at work becomes 'transport' and the calories go up to 1000+ :?

That's because a road bike is a very efficient high speed machine, which takes little energy to get it moving, whereas the "transport" setting is more along the lines of a city cruiser bike, used to commute - heavier, fatter tyres, and harder work.

bails87

yeehaamcgee wrote:

bails87 wrote:

So on the roadie out for a ride it'll be 700 calories, a ride of the same climb/descent/distance/speed that happens to end at work becomes 'transport' and the calories go up to 1000+ :?

That's because a road bike is a very efficient high speed machine, which takes little energy to get it moving, whereas the "transport" setting is more along the lines of a city cruiser bike, used to commute - heavier, fatter tyres, and harder work.

Yes, but I'm doing it on the same bike

Anonymous

bails87 wrote:

yeehaamcgee wrote:

bails87 wrote:

So on the roadie out for a ride it'll be 700 calories, a ride of the same climb/descent/distance/speed that happens to end at work becomes 'transport' and the calories go up to 1000+ :?

That's because a road bike is a very efficient high speed machine, which takes little energy to get it moving, whereas the "transport" setting is more along the lines of a city cruiser bike, used to commute - heavier, fatter tyres, and harder work.

Yes, but I'm doing it on the same bike

Well that's you mis-interpreting it then. The reason I give is precisely why they have different calorific estimates.

bails87

yeehaamcgee wrote:

bails87 wrote:

yeehaamcgee wrote:

bails87 wrote:

So on the roadie out for a ride it'll be 700 calories, a ride of the same climb/descent/distance/speed that happens to end at work becomes 'transport' and the calories go up to 1000+ :?

That's because a road bike is a very efficient high speed machine, which takes little energy to get it moving, whereas the "transport" setting is more along the lines of a city cruiser bike, used to commute - heavier, fatter tyres, and harder work.

Yes, but I'm doing it on the same bike

Well that's you mis-interpreting it then. The reason I give is precisely why they have different calorific estimates.

Don't worry, I know why it's different, and knew what you were saying. I was just pointing out that the calorie thing can't be particularly accurate, as one man's 'cycling transport' would be another man's 'cycling sport', so who's to say which one is right.