I recently did two rides in Acadia Nat'l park that were virtually identical. The first was on a sunny morning, 52 miles long, and I got 4100 ft of elevation according to my 520. The second ride was 54 miles (including a short out and back to tack on a bit more time) and I got just over 1000 ft of elevation. The second ride was in mostly drizzle/fog the whole ride. Over the years, I've done lots of riding in Acadia, and know that the elevation gain for this ride is close to the first ride. Could the weather have played any sort of role in messing up the elevation data? I don't think that the 520 has a altimeter, but I'd also think that other data could be used to get elevation pretty close.
I did IM Norway earlier this year and the weather on race day was pretty miserable - constant rain, wind and pretty nasty. In mapping out the course ahead of time it had around 5500 ft of elevation, but I only got a bit over 2000 ft on race day. Anyone else have issues like this (not that it's really a huge issue, but just wondering what's going on)?
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I did IM Norway earlier this year and the weather on race day was pretty miserable - constant rain, wind and pretty nasty. In mapping out the course ahead of time it had around 5500 ft of elevation, but I only got a bit over 2000 ft on race day. Anyone else have issues like this (not that it's really a huge issue, but just wondering what's going on)?
Blog: http://262toboylstonstreet.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/NateThomasTri
Coaching: https://bybtricoaching.com/ - accepting athletes for 2023
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natethomas: Aug 17, 19 17:22