That's also the positive solution to the quadratic equation x**2 = x + 1. Hence the Fibonacci connection.
I like your exposition, although I'm not sure that I agree that anything less than 4% doesn't count as a hill. If that were the case, there wouldn't be a sequence of four Newton hills at Boston, but only two hills, each preceded by a more minor rise. (Recently I calculated the approximate slopes in order to develop a rough treadmill simulation. In doing so, I also added 1% to each slope as an adjustment for the treadmill environment.)
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
Which is probably why I was registering 59.67mi as I rolled into T2.
I like your exposition, although I'm not sure that I agree that anything less than 4% doesn't count as a hill. If that were the case, there wouldn't be a sequence of four Newton hills at Boston, but only two hills, each preceded by a more minor rise. (Recently I calculated the approximate slopes in order to develop a rough treadmill simulation. In doing so, I also added 1% to each slope as an adjustment for the treadmill environment.)
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
Which is probably why I was registering 59.67mi as I rolled into T2.
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Rob C in FL: Jan 12, 07 12:23