RunningAHEAD - Topic: Boston Marathon and GPS

Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 6/5/2007 at 10:42 AM

Anybody run Boston Marathon wearing a GPS and upload your data to motionbased.com? I'd love to see the tracing if so.

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mikeymike

posted: 6/5/2007 at 10:53 AM

No that's never been done before. They confiscate GPS's when you enter the corals. If you run the course on your own with a GPS, the local police of all 8 cities and towns on course are trained to arrest GPS wearers.

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Pron8r

posted: 6/5/2007 at 10:58 AM
modified: 6/5/2007 at 10:59 AM

Quote from mikeymike on 6/5/2007 at 10:53 AM:

No that's never been done before. They confiscate GPS's when you enter the corals. If you run the course on your own with a GPS, the local police of all 8 cities and towns on course are trained to arrest GPS wearers.

Yeah, they tried taking mine. I told them it wasn't a GPS, it was a wrist-tv so I could watch the race while I ran it.

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Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 6/5/2007 at 11:21 AM

Really? Why? What rationale?

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

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mikeymike

posted: 6/5/2007 at 12:20 PM
modified: 6/5/2007 at 12:21 PM

Quote from Trent on 6/5/2007 at 11:21 AM:

Really? Why? What rationale?

The actual Boston Marathon course is considered proprietary and secret and is shrouded in mystery. The course itself lives only in the memories of those who've run it and most of them were so delerious that they can't remember where they were anyway. Okay so, no. Not really. I made that up. Modified to add: Big grin

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Mile Collector

Abs of Flabs

posted: 6/5/2007 at 12:51 PM

Quote from mikeymike on 6/5/2007 at 12:20 PM:

The actual Boston Marathon course is considered proprietary and secret and is shrouded in mystery. The course itself lives only in the memories of those who've run it and most of them were so delerious that they can't remember where they were anyway. Okay so, no. Not really. I made that up. Modified to add:

That was brilliant Big grin

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Lifesabeach

posted: 6/5/2007 at 1:25 PM

Quote from mikeymike on 6/5/2007 at 10:53 AM:

No that's never been done before. They confiscate GPS's when you enter the corals. If you run the course on your own with a GPS, the local police of all 8 cities and towns on course are trained to arrest GPS wearers.

ok. here's one of the many times when I can't tell if you're kidding or not. but really? LOL! I don't believe the police part, LOL, but seriously? can you wear your garmin during the race? Blush

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mikeymike

posted: 6/5/2007 at 1:54 PM

Quote from Lifesabeach on 6/5/2007 at 1:25 PM:

ok. here's one of the many times when I can't tell if you're kidding or not. but really? LOL! I don't believe the police part, LOL, but seriously? can you wear your garmin during the race?

Totally kidding. I don't think there's any rule against GPS at Boston. In fact, a 30-second google search reveals...THIS.

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Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 6/5/2007 at 2:14 PM

Quote from Mile Collector on 6/5/2007 at 12:51 PM: