Today's ride of 98 miles went very well. I continue to feel strong and had fewer aches & pains than yesterday. There were no major climbs and we had a tailwind much of the way. The scenery was stark, but beautiful in its own way, with surprisingly few Joshua trees. We again started just after sunrise to avoid the heat and were at our lunch stop at the 59 mile point before 11am. The Trek Travel team sets up lunch each day at a convenient turnout. It's nothing fancy, but they do a great job of re-fueling our bodies for the post lunch riding.
During the morning I was in a pace line of about 12 riders which, with the tailwind, enabled us to keep a fast pace. All of my previous riding experience has been solo or with 1 or 2 others, so I am just beginning to appreciate the "magic" of a pace line. After lunch we divided into smaller groups. I rode with a couple from Houston (who are doing this cross country ride for the third time) and a Catholic priest from Kentucky. We are a very compatible foursome (18 mph pace) so I would guess we will ride together much of the time as we cross the country.
My only problem of the day was with my Cyclemeter iPhone App. I'm hoping one of you cycling techies can help me solve it (Franz?). I started the app at the beginning of the ride and then turned off the iPhone (the GPS keeps running) as I always do, and then put it away. During the morning I received a phone call which I didn't answer. At lunch I checked my Cyclemeter and to my surprise it had shutdown due to another app (the phone call) being opened. It didn't save any of the ride data, even the portion before the call. So if you look at my Tweet for the day you will only see the after lunch portion of the ride. I don't know how to turn off the phone without also turning off the GPS. Possible solutions may be to leave the iPhone on (which quickly drains both the internal and external battery) or to decline the call (which causes an unsafe distraction). Any ideas?
Tonight we are staying in a funky little hotel in 29 Palms which reminds be of places Jan and I have been to in the Baja. Tomorrow we end up in Parker AZ after a ride much like today's.
Steve
Great job on both your blog and your ride! Gary wonders if you are on Verizon which does not handle multi processing for apps like AT&T does. Hope you don't get any more phone calls!
ReplyDeleteIf you have Verizon, you can not support both voice and data at the same time, but you can if you use AT&T. If you did not answer the call then you should not have had the issue. Here is what their documentation says:
ReplyDeleteIf your iPhone does not support multitasking, Cyclemeter must be running to record your data.
The following will stop Cyclemeter from running.
Press the home button on the iPhone.
Answer or place a call. Incoming calls will not stop Cyclemeter if you do not answer them.
Reply to or compose a text message. Incoming texts will not stop Cyclemeter unless you reply to them.
Use the Music page of the Stopwatch to change music. See the Listen to Music tip.
Use any other iPhone application.
If this happens, just be sure to run Cyclemeter again when you are done so it can continue to record data.
Steve: Great challenge! Keep your legs fresh for the upcoming mountain legs...and keep that vaseline handy. Will be watching from afar...best of luck.
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