Author Topic: [HAMR] Visualizing the OYTT  (Read 221639 times)

mattc

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Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #500 on: 17 May, 2015, 04:44:50 pm »
The latest graph confirms what I've suspected for a while; with my dubious red/green vision, Kurt and Miles are exactly the same colour :(

Could we annex that nice yellow from the hapless IronOx?
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Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #501 on: 17 May, 2015, 08:54:29 pm »
Iron - who?

red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #502 on: 18 May, 2015, 06:03:20 am »
Day 137: Steve passes 20,000 miles on his north-south Flatlanders 600 trial run. Kurt repeats his Little Rock routine with a break for some heavy rain. Miles is up and down the bay a few times for 237 miles.


SoreTween

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Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #503 on: 18 May, 2015, 10:04:32 am »
Nothing showing on the UMCA for Saturday (201 miles), then spotted the first half of his A&S last weekend (186 miles) is missing too.  Anyone know the story?  Doesn't seem at all like Steve to miss an upload cutoff.
2023 targets: Survive. Maybe.
There is only one infinite resource in this universe; human stupidity.

red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #504 on: 19 May, 2015, 05:48:24 am »
Day 138: Kurt is nothing if not consistent, clocking up 241 miles back and forth along the Arkansas river. Miles does the same along the bay for 230 miles. Steve rides 106 miles back home from Essex.


red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #505 on: 20 May, 2015, 08:10:51 pm »
Day 139: As the end of May approaches and Kurt, Steve and Miles clock up 228, 205 and 140 miles respectively, we begin the most challenging period of the OYTT. The first of the previous records, starting with Billie Fleming's 1938 total of 29,604 miles beckons for Kurt. Tommy was beginning to increase his daily milage beyond his average of 206 miles per day. Something Steve will have to do too if he is to have  chance beating Tommy in 2015. Days will get longer, sleep will become rarer.


red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #506 on: 21 May, 2015, 08:07:45 am »
Day 140: More Arkansas river riding for Kurt (187 miles), Port Phillip Bay for Miles (196) and a couple of Gibbons for Steve (101).


red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #507 on: 21 May, 2015, 08:11:09 am »
Movement patterns for Steve (red), Kurt (blue) and Miles (purple) as of 20th May:




Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #508 on: 21 May, 2015, 09:02:07 am »
Looking at the 'Overall' column, the difference in consistency between Steve (up to the ankle break) & Kurt as opposed to Miles is really striking.

Don't know what we can/should deduce from that.
Rust never sleeps

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #509 on: 21 May, 2015, 09:06:28 am »
Jo, thanks again for all this! So wonderfully concise, clear and elegant. Hors categorie!

red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #510 on: 21 May, 2015, 09:42:13 am »
Looking at the 'Overall' column, the difference in consistency between Steve (up to the ankle break) & Kurt as opposed to Miles is really striking.

Don't know what we can/should deduce from that.

Well, to quote Graeme Obree – time trials are won not by going fast but by not going slow.

At the scale of a year-long event, I'd say the same applies to time on the bike.

red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #511 on: 22 May, 2015, 08:09:07 am »
Day 141: A shorter day for Kurt and a longer one for Steve give them both 151 miles towards their annual totals. Miles does 118 along the bay as he succumbs to a chest infection.


red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #512 on: 23 May, 2015, 08:01:53 am »
Day 142: 237 miles along his familiar Arkansas river trails for Kurt. Steve rides a 161 mile route from MK to Essex in preparation for the weekend's Flatlands 600. Miles manages 11 miles so he and his bike can be made good.


red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #513 on: 24 May, 2015, 11:06:24 pm »
Day 143: Steve does the first two thirds of his 600 PBP qualifier, the Flatlands, in a repeat of the previous weekend's effort. Kurt continues his steady progress along the side of the Arkansas river for 235 miles. Miles does 120 along the bay.


red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #514 on: 25 May, 2015, 07:25:13 am »
Day 144: Steve rides a further 154 miles back to Dunmow to complete the weekend's audax – the two day total of 423 miles. Kurt does another 210 miles of the Arkansas river and Miles manages 119 miles of the bay. William nowhere to be seen.


red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #515 on: 26 May, 2015, 06:27:43 am »
Day 145: Kurt dodges severe thunderstorms to complete 232 miles of the Arkansas river trail and surroundings. Steve takes a 201 mile route home from Dunmow while Miles clocks up 119 miles along the bay. And William pushes out 6 miles - the first in three weeks.


red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #516 on: 27 May, 2015, 06:43:27 am »
Day 146: Miles' respiratory problems take a turn for the worse – diagnosed at hospital with a partially collapsed lung. He still managed 32 miles though. Kurt continues his now usual trip up and down the Arkansas river trail (202 miles). Steve does a 151 mile multi-Gibbon day.


red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #517 on: 28 May, 2015, 07:12:15 am »
Day 147: No riding for Miles as he is treated for his collapsed lung. Kurt increases his daily distance to 250 miles along his usual route. Steve does a 216 mile loop to the fens similar to that before the collision.


red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #518 on: 29 May, 2015, 06:47:04 am »
Day 148: While Miles is still off with lung problems, Kurt does another 233 miles along his favourite river trails and Steve takes a 221 mile circumnavigatory trip around Cambridge.


red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #519 on: 30 May, 2015, 06:31:13 am »
Day 149: Miles continues his off-the-bike recovery. Kurt bangs out 213 miles along new roads north of Little Rock while Steve does another 165 mile circumnavigation of Cambridge.


hillbilly

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #520 on: 30 May, 2015, 09:49:50 pm »
By eye, it looks like Steve is at the point where his pessimistic schedule will not see him reach Tommy's benchmark.  If I'm right, it means each day he does less than this the further he moves towards needing to achieve his optimistic schedule.  I suspect he can still do it, if he remains injury free, but it will be Herculean.

red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #521 on: 31 May, 2015, 08:39:11 am »
Day 150: Following his lung problems, Miles announces his retirement from his first OYTT challenge. He will restart on the 18th June. Meanwhile Kurt and Steve put in 210 and 218 miles respectively. By this time in 1939, Tommy had found sponsorship from Raleigh and a professional manager. His daily mile total started increasing significantly.


SoreTween

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Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #522 on: 31 May, 2015, 11:11:04 am »
By eye, it looks like Steve is at the point where his pessimistic schedule will not see him reach Tommy's benchmark.
Your eye serves you well, his lower schedule now falls just short and he's not up to that schedule yet so slipping further daily.
2023 targets: Survive. Maybe.
There is only one infinite resource in this universe; human stupidity.

red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #523 on: 01 June, 2015, 06:39:34 am »
Day 151: Local flooding forces Kurt to accumulate 242 miles by riding the same strip of the Arkansas river road 46 times (23x each way). He's now less than a week away from overtaking the women's OYTT record. Steve does a 228 mile Fenland loop taking his annual average daily distance back above 150 miles.


red marley

Re: Visualizing the OYTT
« Reply #524 on: 02 June, 2015, 06:16:28 am »
Day 152: Flooding continues to keep Kurt up and down a small segment of the roads for 230 miles. Steve has a relatively easy 140 mile day with a couple of Marsh Gibbon visits thrown in for good measure.