Races coming up this weekend of August 16-17, 2014 • LEADVILLE TRAIL 100, AUG-16 • HITS SERIES TRI WACONIA MN, AUG-16 • TOUGHMAN ALABAMA, AUG-16 • IRONMAN LAKE STEVENS 70.3, AUG-17 • TIMBERMAN 70.3, AUG-17 • IRONMAN MONT TREMBLANT, AUG-17 Tell your friends and family that: 1. MyAthlete™ Live is just another tool in the spectator tool belt. That MAL is not the books and records and it is for entertainment only. 2. This is a cellular based technology so if you go into an area with no cell towers, you’ll stop updating. But once you get back into cell range your position will pop back up on the map. 3. The maps are drawn as best as we can interpret them from the race web sites which for some, especially Ironman, are really hard to interpret. As such they are not always accurate in exact course and distance. Hence “for entertainment only”. 4. The races are loaded Thursday evening the weekend before the race (tonight). 5. You won’t show up on the mobile App until the race is under way AND you are in motion on the bike if tis a Tri or on the run if its a running race. 6. They should NOT freak out if you stop reporting. This can happen if the Shadow slides under your stomach on the bike, gets covered by gel packs, flips around on a bump so the body is blocking the antenna, gets dropped or as all technology it breaks and stops transmitting. If this happens they should use other tools available such as Ironman Live. 7. If at the race they are getting slow updates tell them to look around. If they see hundreds or thousands of people standing in eye sight then all those peoples smartphones are congesting the cellular network slowing down their access to the internet which is a carrier issue. The day before the race they should scope out WiFi Hot Spots like coffee shops to be able to step into during the day to get fresh updates. Good luck to all and enjoy your journeys!
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 01:38:51 +0000
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