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Wednesday, April 16. 2008

MyAthlete Race Tracking for Boston Marathon

Tracking GPS

MyAthlete is the latest offering of track tools - this one aimed at endurance athletes such a marathons and triathletes. You carry the device and anyone with Web access (via cell say) can track you on a map. The device will be used by Team Hoyt at Monday's Boston Marathon. (Dad Dick pushes son Rick in a specially- made wheelchair.) The interesting thing about this device - you can rent it and return it after a race.

- press release

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Tracking, GPS, GNSS at 07:11 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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I was in a ski race in Sweden in 2005 (Vasaloppet) which is 90 Km or 45 mi long and everyone wore a tracking device around their leg. You could see the progress online based on the 8-10 check points spaced throughout the race. You could also get some stats and the elevation changes during the race.

My dad did the race back in 2000 and I think they were doing it then too.
#1 Karl Larsen (Link) on 2008-04-16 11:52 (Reply)
Right - we've had that kind of RFID tracking in running race for many years. These days you can get progress reports in text messages to your cell phone. (I'll be tracking my training partner during Monday's marathon that way.)

This solution means those interested anytime can check in and see your current status anytime - not wait for you to hit those checkpoints. Two years ago my brother left the marathon since he figured I'd dropped out because he didn't receive a message; there was just a delay in sending the message to his phone....
#1.1 Adena Schutzberg (Link) on 2008-04-16 12:31 (Reply)

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