TCR No. 8
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TCR No. 8
From the LeJog forum it seems like there's a bit of enthusiasm for dot-watching.
TCR No. 8 started last night. Friend of the forum Mike Broadwith is taking part.
What does everyone reckon so far?
TCR No. 8 started last night. Friend of the forum Mike Broadwith is taking part.
What does everyone reckon so far?
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I’ve not worked out if there’s a way to link directly to his tracking.
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Takes a bit of following doesn’t it.
I’ve tried to understand it in previous years but I’m still left bewildered
A local guy to me has already packed.
I’ve tried to understand it in previous years but I’m still left bewildered
A local guy to me has already packed.
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Mike has done 640km in under 24 hours! looks like he's having a bit of a rest now
He's probably about 20th at the moment but too early to tell
He's probably about 20th at the moment but too early to tell
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I don't understand it either.
Don't they take each checkpoint in turn? So why are they spread out like a hot air balloon race?!
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Yes it did look like whacky races at the start, with everyone heading off in all directions!
There's a lot of choice between the checkpoints, I'm guessing for those distances you'd have to plan a route that suited your strengths and needs. The different distances covered in the first day is astonishing, I'm a casual follower, I'll look in each day.
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Got a colleague, and an industry acquaintance riding this year so watching with interest
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They have to plan their own route between checkpoints - some will go the shortest route but this will mean the most climbing, others will go flatter but longer. Apparently there’s a biggish risk that sometimes what looks like a good route turns out to be unridable.
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Not sure if anyone has made it to the first checkpoint but a number look like they’re getting close.
The daily email bulletin looks quite useful.
The daily email bulletin looks quite useful.
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What's the terrain?
Is it road like trans American.
Or is it off road like GB enduro??
Is it road like trans American.
Or is it off road like GB enduro??
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I think it’s mixed - mainly roads but there will be some gravel. The racers all set their own routes.
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Website basically unusable on my mobile. Goes very sluggish, reloads the map endlessly, then crashes the browser tab. Not great on desktop, thrashing CPU and causing fan to speed up, the details side tab obscures what it's trying to highlight on the map, there's no key so I've no idea what the different flag and track colours signify and the detail pop-ups are half-incomprehensible.ratherbeintobago wrote: ↑25 Jul 2022, 7:02pm From the LeJog forum it seems like there's a bit of enthusiasm for dot-watching.
TCR No. 8 started last night. Friend of the forum Mike Broadwith is taking part.
What does everyone reckon so far?
It seems a great event and I like reading about it afterwards, but trying to watch it live is a rather irritating and opaque task despite knowing the basics of the event. Looking for #tcrno8 on social media sites is far better than the event website, which is a very sad state of affairs.
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They also have a podcast if you’ve time/interest in listening to such things.
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Have you found the tracker site? https://www2.followmychallenge.com/live ... 73172,7.43mjr wrote: ↑26 Jul 2022, 11:09amWebsite basically unusable on my mobile.ratherbeintobago wrote: ↑25 Jul 2022, 7:02pm From the LeJog forum it seems like there's a bit of enthusiasm for dot-watching.
TCR No. 8 started last night. Friend of the forum Mike Broadwith is taking part.
What does everyone reckon so far?
Works quite well on my cheap android phone, better on a desktop of course! I look forward to you being sucked into our addictive world ...