Comments on: Route to Christmas: Day 8 2024

By: Jan Kocbach

Jan Kocbach — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 23:46:09 +0000

Thanks a lot, Rasmus, good additional insights there! I guess it may be more tricky to execute the blue one well, and that may be part of the reason why green looks better here?

By: Rasmus RT

Rasmus RT — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 23:20:22 +0000

Hi!
Some runners are missing. Unfortunately not everyone uploaded to livelox. Here are top 10 on this leg:
Yngve S. 18.54 (without GPS, but said i ran to the right)
Kasper F. 18.57 (blue), including a 20-30 sec mistake
Eirik LB. 19.21 (green)
Sander A. 19.49 (green)
Håvard SE. 20.00 (green)
Magne D. 20.07 (blue)
Lukas L. 20.10 (green)
Rasmus RT. 20.12 (blue)
Tobias A. 20.30 (green)
Andreas S. 20.42 (green)

I think blue is equal to, or slightly faster than, green. I’m kind of a slow starter so I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have been faster on the green route.

By: Jan Kocbach

Jan Kocbach — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 09:35:37 +0000

Thanks a lot, Martins! I know the Google API does not give perfectly accurate elevation data, but it looked sensible with where there was up and down, and the highest lowest point on each route, so I took the change on including it. I’ll try to download LIDAR-data (as this is Norway I have it available) and make a comparison to understand how it is off. Great that you took the time to check this out!

I still think it is useful to see the elevation profiles to understand something about the elevation profiles, but I might have to remove the y-axis and the amount of climb in the legend in these elevation profiles going forward.

By: Martins L.

Martins L. — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 09:27:03 +0000

Thanks for the Route to Christmas tradition, it’s now have been 15+ years of the Advent calendar for orienteering enthusiasts.
Today climbs and elevation profile seems a bit off, counted contours – to the place where blue, purple and green meet at the road:
purple is plus 80 meters
green is plus 40 meters
compared to the blue one.