Comparing triathlon results just got easier. In the My Results / View / Compare Races section, all charts and tables are now viewable using a new 'tab' feature. This makes it much easier to toggle between swim/bike/run and percentile/pace/pf results. No more scrolling down the page to see all the charts.
Layout issues with some parts of the site have been fixed, but if you do see something that looks off please send an email so we can get it fixed. These are all issues related to MS Internet Explorer, mostly version 7.
RaceTracker still recommends using any of the following browsers if you can: For Mac, Safari, Firefox, Camino. For PC, Firefox. IE6 and IE7 do work, but the site looks best in those other browsers.
March 24, 2008
March 3, 2008
One Million Miles!
The USA Triathlon National Challenge Competition has just wrapped for another year, and this year the numbers are a ginormous improvement over last year. Granted last year was the inaugural year, but still.
The combined mileage for everyone in the competition, including athletes not affiliated with a local club?
1,012,163 Miles!
I think a 'holy cow' is in order here. 77 clubs (though some clubs did split into more than one team this year since the max number of athletes was set at 75) and 2,343 athletes took part this time around.
Your humble narrator even took part in the festivities this year, although only for the swim session (December) since he went and broke his leg in early January in a non-triathlon related activity. Next year I'll be right back into it, I promise.
Congratulations to everyone who took part, and of course especially to all RaceTrackers who racked up the big miles!
The combined mileage for everyone in the competition, including athletes not affiliated with a local club?
1,012,163 Miles!
I think a 'holy cow' is in order here. 77 clubs (though some clubs did split into more than one team this year since the max number of athletes was set at 75) and 2,343 athletes took part this time around.
Your humble narrator even took part in the festivities this year, although only for the swim session (December) since he went and broke his leg in early January in a non-triathlon related activity. Next year I'll be right back into it, I promise.
Congratulations to everyone who took part, and of course especially to all RaceTrackers who racked up the big miles!
February 26, 2008
Browser Grief
This post may be more for web nerds than tri geeks, but whatever.
A friend just pointed out to me that the USAT National Challenge Competition site does not render the left menu properly in Internet Explorer 7. Hear that sound? That's the sound of me hitting my head against my desk.
I do all my work on a Mac these days, having given up on PC a couple of years ago. The sites (Racetracker and USAT) are both tested on different browsers: Firefox and IE6 for PC, Safari and Firefox for Mac, but not IE7 for PC. I just don't have that version of IE. Unfortunately millions of other people do! Argh.
It's a bit late now that the National Challenge Competition is just days from ending, but I'm going to try to round up a copy of IE7 for testing purposes and get that menu fixed.
Apologies to all.
In the meantime, if you're a PC, please try to use Firefox. If you're a Mac, Safari (or Camino) looks smashing.
A friend just pointed out to me that the USAT National Challenge Competition site does not render the left menu properly in Internet Explorer 7. Hear that sound? That's the sound of me hitting my head against my desk.
I do all my work on a Mac these days, having given up on PC a couple of years ago. The sites (Racetracker and USAT) are both tested on different browsers: Firefox and IE6 for PC, Safari and Firefox for Mac, but not IE7 for PC. I just don't have that version of IE. Unfortunately millions of other people do! Argh.
It's a bit late now that the National Challenge Competition is just days from ending, but I'm going to try to round up a copy of IE7 for testing purposes and get that menu fixed.
Apologies to all.
In the meantime, if you're a PC, please try to use Firefox. If you're a Mac, Safari (or Camino) looks smashing.
February 11, 2008
New Stuff for Runners
With all the focus lately on the USA Triathlon National Challenge Competition, it's been easy to forget about all those runners out there still putting in the miles and still racing throughout the winter. My apologies to all. Blame the triathletes and their infernal competition.
But I haven't really forgotten, no I haven't. To prove it, some New Stuff has just been added to the Running Races section of Racetracker.
When viewing your Single Race results under Running you will now see some additional Race Pace data. The World Record times and paces for 5k, 10k, half-marathon and marathon distances are now shown in greater detail.
See meters per second (which was always there) plus kilometers per hour and time per kilometer. There is also now the most up-to-date info on who holds the World Record for each of those distances, plus when and where the record was set. This info also links directly to the relevant Wikipedia page for each distance. You'll see the appropriate record for your gender only.
For those who race in miles, not kilometers... help is on the way. Since international records are kept mainly in metric distances, those were completed first. Conversions to ye olde Englishe units are on the Big To Do List.
But I haven't really forgotten, no I haven't. To prove it, some New Stuff has just been added to the Running Races section of Racetracker.
When viewing your Single Race results under Running you will now see some additional Race Pace data. The World Record times and paces for 5k, 10k, half-marathon and marathon distances are now shown in greater detail.
See meters per second (which was always there) plus kilometers per hour and time per kilometer. There is also now the most up-to-date info on who holds the World Record for each of those distances, plus when and where the record was set. This info also links directly to the relevant Wikipedia page for each distance. You'll see the appropriate record for your gender only.
For those who race in miles, not kilometers... help is on the way. Since international records are kept mainly in metric distances, those were completed first. Conversions to ye olde Englishe units are on the Big To Do List.
February 8, 2008
USAT Update: To the Moon and Back
I've just added a Total Mileage counter to the NCC site. I thought everyone would like to know just how many total miles everyone in the competition had put in so far. Much to my amazement, and probably yours, we are over 700,000 miles! Thats enough mileage to get to the moon and back and most of the way there again.
Are triathletes a bit nuts, or what?
Are triathletes a bit nuts, or what?
February 4, 2008
USAT Update: Superhuman Workouts!
The Run Session has begun, and already it seems that some clubs have unleashed their awesomest triathletes for the home stretch. Run 200 miles in 2 days? No problem. Bike 300+ in the same 2 days? Hardly broke a sweat.
Actually these were entry errors, and the offending parties have been notified. They have graciously agreed to remove these miles, as they were intended for January. And of course it's too late now since the cutoff was Saturday February 2 at 6pm (local time).
Everyone settle down.
Actually these were entry errors, and the offending parties have been notified. They have graciously agreed to remove these miles, as they were intended for January. And of course it's too late now since the cutoff was Saturday February 2 at 6pm (local time).
Everyone settle down.
February 3, 2008
Bug Report
A sharp-eyed Racetracker-er noticed today that the grand totals on the Team Training Report, Total Mileage were not adding up correctly. This error has been fixed. Thanks to JW in Michigan for pointing that out.
On a related note, when you are entering swim mileage please take care with the distance units. An entry of 500 miles when you really meant yards will blow up your calendar real good. A warning message has been added to catch these so if you see it on your mileage confirmation screen, please please please go back and check your entry. Please.
Do you see something that isn't quite right? Let me know, I won't be mad. Honest. Reporting bugs is a good thing for everyone so don't be shy. They tend to show up only after a new feature has been added, so once they are taken care of it's smooth sailing from then on. Until the next feature gets added.
On a related note, when you are entering swim mileage please take care with the distance units. An entry of 500 miles when you really meant yards will blow up your calendar real good. A warning message has been added to catch these so if you see it on your mileage confirmation screen, please please please go back and check your entry. Please.
Do you see something that isn't quite right? Let me know, I won't be mad. Honest. Reporting bugs is a good thing for everyone so don't be shy. They tend to show up only after a new feature has been added, so once they are taken care of it's smooth sailing from then on. Until the next feature gets added.
February 2, 2008
New Stuff for February - Maps!
For everyone who was asking for a map feature to go with the training calendar, we now have one. Sort of.
If you use the excellent mapping capabilities of Google Maps, MapMyRun or MapMyRide you'll be pleased to know that you can now embed your maps right into your Racetracker Training Calendar. This is not just a link, you can use the code provided by these sites to embed your cycling and running routes into your own reports here on this site.
Full mapping capabilities are still planned for Racetracker, but this is a good solution for now. The MapMyRide and MapMyRun sites in particular have done a great job enhancing the Google Maps application. As soon as I can wrestle the Google API code into submission, we'll have one too.
If you use the excellent mapping capabilities of Google Maps, MapMyRun or MapMyRide you'll be pleased to know that you can now embed your maps right into your Racetracker Training Calendar. This is not just a link, you can use the code provided by these sites to embed your cycling and running routes into your own reports here on this site.
Full mapping capabilities are still planned for Racetracker, but this is a good solution for now. The MapMyRide and MapMyRun sites in particular have done a great job enhancing the Google Maps application. As soon as I can wrestle the Google API code into submission, we'll have one too.
January 30, 2008
Metric Shmetric?
Even though 9/10 of the known universe is now on the metric system, some diehards refuse to let go of ye olde imperial system of measurements. A request to allow swim workouts to be recorded in any units, not just kilometers or miles, has been been fulfilled.
Swimmers can now enter their workouts in yards, meters, miles or kilometers. We're still working on rods, furlongs, and Egyptian
Royal Cubits for those athletes who are truly old school.
Swimmers can now enter their workouts in yards, meters, miles or kilometers. We're still working on rods, furlongs, and Egyptian
Royal Cubits for those athletes who are truly old school.
January 29, 2008
New for 2008
First of all, a big welcome to the DC Tri Club, the latest club to sign on to Race-Tracker.net. I think that might be called a 'shout out' in some circles but then again that might be so yesterday. In any case, welcome aboard.
Some very cool new features have been added to Racetracker this month, for the exclusive use of team/club members. What kind of features? These kind:
Team Reports have been upgraded - The 'Highest Mileage' training report is now active, and for all Race and Training reports you can now view results for either just your own team or for all registered teams. The reports can be sorted by year from the current year (default) back to 1990, when we were all still riding aluminum bikes and wearing sealskin wetsuits. The good old days.
Swim workouts on the Training Calendar can now be entered as miles, kilometers, yards or meters. No more converting to miles/kilometers if you were measuring yards/meters.
A new 'Join' page is up now, and after a couple of tweaks suggested by the DC-ites it should make joining as part of a club as easy as a September tri-a-tri.
This officially puts the site back into production mode after a mostly uneventful 2007. More features are planned for the Training Calendar, and of course I'm always open to suggestions so make a wish list and send it in!
Some very cool new features have been added to Racetracker this month, for the exclusive use of team/club members. What kind of features? These kind:
Team Reports have been upgraded - The 'Highest Mileage' training report is now active, and for all Race and Training reports you can now view results for either just your own team or for all registered teams. The reports can be sorted by year from the current year (default) back to 1990, when we were all still riding aluminum bikes and wearing sealskin wetsuits. The good old days.
Swim workouts on the Training Calendar can now be entered as miles, kilometers, yards or meters. No more converting to miles/kilometers if you were measuring yards/meters.
A new 'Join' page is up now, and after a couple of tweaks suggested by the DC-ites it should make joining as part of a club as easy as a September tri-a-tri.
This officially puts the site back into production mode after a mostly uneventful 2007. More features are planned for the Training Calendar, and of course I'm always open to suggestions so make a wish list and send it in!
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