Sandra Vi going for record across America

Abe Fromann, the Sausage King of Chicago wrote:

Is it honestly too much to ask to have this thread be about Sandy's run across the country, not about (now) irrelevant issues (like Mimi's cadence data) or idiotic issues (like who actually owns the RV that is supporting Sandy)???

Can -- on this thread -- we PLEASE focus on positivity and Sandy's incredible run so far????

WRONG! It's about me and my stupid subject line obsession,

which I keep saying over and over but people keep changing my personal subject line anyway.

Please pay attention to me!

Abe Fromann, the Sausage King of Chicago wrote:

Is it honestly too much to ask to have this thread be about Sandy's run across the country, not about (now) irrelevant issues (like Mimi's cadence data) or idiotic issues (like who actually owns the RV that is supporting Sandy)???

Can -- on this thread -- we PLEASE focus on positivity and Sandy's incredible run so far????

They have a new thread where Scam is posting his analysis of Mimi's data. Those who are actually interested in the discussion can go there. Those who continue posting here are trolls who can be ignored.

So far today 4 wrote:

Meanwhile Sandra is running less every day.

Is she injured?

Or does she know that Mimi dropped out and takes it easy to make sure she arrives in one piece in New York?

https://www.strava.com/activities/1242743968

Forest Gump again wrote:

Meanwhile Sandra is running less every day.

Is she injured?

Or does she know that Mimi dropped out and takes it easy to make sure she arrives in one piece in New York?

There is major rainstorm going through the area today until Tuesday. Someone pointed out the NYC City Hall is only open M-F 9A-5P. The facility is gated and locked when closed. The final day has to be planned carefully.

The weather wrote:

Someone pointed out the NYC City Hall is only open M-F 9A-5P.

The facility is gated and locked when closed. The final day has to be planned carefully.

Can't they just finish in front of the gate?

Getting there at 5:01pm and having to wait until Monday to finish wouldn't make any sense.

"..do you have any idea why they would choose to round their numbers that way, instead of just always rounding up (or down)?"

AquaDyne wrote:

[quote]It's just a hint toward the fact that rounding is clearly involved somehow in the calculation.

...it seems reasonable to think that there's an earlier calculation step involving roundoff that leaves this as an artifact.

AquaDyne, I thought you quite clever in coming up with an explanation.

Bottom line, I'm not suspicious.

I initially agreed with you. But now, after looking at SW's data, it's possible that this 'rounding artifact', apparently only in Mimi's data, may actually suggest data tampering, before it was ever uploaded to the Strava, eh?

I will try to tie this over to the other thread. I'd like you to stay with it if you can, since you were the first here to come up with an explanation.

Does that matter? wrote:

The weather wrote:

Someone pointed out the NYC City Hall is only open M-F 9A-5P.

The facility is gated and locked when closed. The final day has to be planned carefully.

Can't they just finish in front of the gate?

Getting there at 5:01pm and having to wait until Monday to finish wouldn't make any sense.

Good question. There is a short extra distance to cover from the gate to the steps. That could easily be added to make it "official." The official end should be opened to the runner at all times. I do not know when NYC decided to lock the place up.

the first "something to consider" wrote:

There is a very nice Fountain (Jacob Mould Fountain) & Garden Park right behind City Hall that is opened from 6 am to midnight every day of the week. It is just a few hundred feet further than the City Hall steps.

So far today 2 wrote:

OVERALL SUMMARY

Total Miles: 2365.7 (Per Stava)

Miles /day: 56.3 (Based on Stava)

Route Miles: 3067 (Based on initial estimate prior to starting the attempt—Pete's Route)

Miles to Go: 701 ** (Based on 3,067 miles minus Total Miles)

Google Miles to Go: 728 (Based on the remaining walking distance per Google Maps)

To go: 701 miles

Days Daily Last Day

13 50 51

12 53 65

11 57 74

10 62 81

Sandy is now in the Eastern Time Zone. Planned stops:

10/23 Monday end near Kendallville, IN

10/24 Tuesday end near Napoleon, OH

10/25 Wednesday end near Fremont, OH

10/26 Thursday end near Brunswick, OH

10/28 Friday end near Drakesburg, OH

10/29 Saturday end near Sharon, Pennsylvania!!!!

AquaDyne wrote (edited):

10/28 Saturday end near Sharon, Pennsylvania!!!!

Pete's distance from PA border to NYC was 406.8 miles.

If she reaches this goal on Saturday, Sandy would need to run 55.3 miles per day Sunday 10/29 through Thursday 11/2 and then run 75 miles to finish on Friday 11/3.

Does that matter? wrote:

The weather wrote:

Someone pointed out the NYC City Hall is only open M-F 9A-5P.

The facility is gated and locked when closed. The final day has to be planned carefully.

Can't they just finish in front of the gate?

Getting there at 5:01pm and having to wait until Monday to finish wouldn't make any sense.

Pete K had a 6pm cutoff.

I believe the steps have to be reserved in advance, but the hours of reservation don't necessarily match office hours. And everyone has to pass through a metal detector. I assume that includes Sandy?

I'm sure the crew is on top of it, though. This isn't their first rodeo.

Mimi dropped out wrote:

Mimi dropped out wrote:

I agree. Personally I think they faked the whole thing.

blah blah blah! wrote:

So prove it to us.

It's already been proven. Pay attention and think for yourself.

You keep saying that but all you have done is make claims that have no merit.

5-MILE SPLITS

Day # 43, October 23rd

All times are Garmin Time in the Pacific Timezone.

Sandy is in the Eastern timezone.

Time: Miles ~Split Time +/- 3 minutes

02:01 AM: 00

03:19 AM: 05 ~78 min

04:28 AM: 10 ~69 min

05:41 AM: 15 ~73 min

06:46 AM: 20 ~65 min

07:54 AM: 25 ~68 min

So cool when the good guys (gals) win. Tailwind wishes for Sandy.

AquaDyne wrote:

Pete K had a 6pm cutoff.

I believe the steps have to be reserved in advance, but the hours of reservation don't necessarily match office hours. And everyone has to pass through a metal detector. I assume that includes Sandy?

I'm sure the crew is on top of it, though. This isn't their first rodeo.

Is there some rule that says the run must finish on the steps of city hall? Who makes the rules in an event like this? I can definitely see how it would be best to finish on the city hall steps, for the best photo ops and PR. But that's far different from *requiring* it finish on the steps of city hall. It seems ridiculous to have a 50+ day running event where the finish line is only open weekdays until 5PM.

Mimi dropped out wrote:

I agree. Personally I think they faked the whole thing.

blah blah blah! wrote:

You keep saying that but all you have done is make claims that have no merit.

Actually, that's what you folks have been doing.

Day # 43, October 23rd

All times are Garmin Time in the Pacific Timezone.

Sandy is in the Eastern timezone.

Time: Miles ~Split Time +/- 3 minutes

02:01 AM: 00

03:19 AM: 05 ~78 min

04:28 AM: 10 ~69 min

05:41 AM: 15 ~73 min

06:46 AM: 20 ~65 min

07:54 AM: 25 ~68 min

09:04 AM: 30 ~70 min