Tim "Foon" Feldman has come up with planning spreadsheets for the Gold Rush Randonnée in July and the Colorado Last Chance 1200k in September. These are based on last year's Last Chance and Shenandoah planning sheets.
How do they work? You fill in your expected pace between each contrôle and the amount of time you're budgeting at each controle. The sheet gives you estimated ETA's at each contrôle, and at the finish. It also alerts you when you're near or past a contrôle closing time. It's a great tool for: - planning and visualizing your progress through the event,
- considering multiple scenarios,
- coming up with fallback strategies.
For the Last Chance, the three bagdrop opportunities may determine where you take longer breaks. For the Gold Rush, you may be influenced by terrain features such as Janesville Grade, and climatic aspects such as heat in the valley.
Tim adds: "The Gold Rush planner is based on the 2005 route. According to the goldrushriders mailing list, expect changes to be made for 2009. After the route is announced, look for an update available here and perhaps also at the Gold Rush web site."
So have a look. Thanks, Tim!-jle
The Gold Rush planner is based on the 2005 route. According to the goldrushriders mailing list, expect changes to be made for 2009. Hopefully after the route is announced there will be an update available here and perhaps also at the Gold Rush web site.
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ReplyDeleteI fiddled around with your spreadsheet for the Last Chance 1200 a couple of weeks ago, which is what got me seriously thinking about doing that ride someday. Nice job! BTW, I'm one of the two guys you rode with on Sunday for most of the 100K race. Thanks again for all your help pulling. Can't wait to meet up with your slipstream on the 200K... and 300K.