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Armstrong Goes for 2010 Tour de France Win with ???

The news this morning is that Armstrong says he will be stronger for next year's Tour de France and that he will be going for the win. Who will join him? Levi Leipheimer? Andreas Kloden? Who will it take to beat Contador? Read the full story from Australian Broadcasting Corporation Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on August 31, 2009 at 8:35am — No Comments

Biggest Bike Relay in the World: Day 3

The 2009 Accu-Chek Cyclebetes Provincial Relay is a 3 week relay across Canada from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, covering over 10,000 kilometers. The Cyclebetes Canada team is joined by the record-breaking attempt of Cyclebetes Australia. Their team of riders is on day 3 of a 7 day Guiness Book of World Records attempt from Cairns to Melbo… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on August 25, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Biggest Bike Relay in the World: Day 2

The 2009 Accu-Chek Cyclebetes Provincial Relay is a 3 week relay across Canada from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, covering over 10,000 kilometers. After a day of fixing flat tires the team is now on the way into into Fredericton, NB on the planned routes from Truro to Moncton and… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on August 24, 2009 at 2:50pm — No Comments

Biggest Bike Relay in the World: Day 1

The 2009 Accu-Chek Cyclebetes Provincial Relay is a relay across Canada from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, covering over 10,000 kilometers. It started today in Halifax, Novia Scotia at 7:15am. The team is now pedaling through the driving rain close to the finish of 67 miles on the planned route from Halif… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on August 23, 2009 at 7:32am — No Comments

Watch the Biggest Bike Relay in the World to Cure Juvenile Diabetes

The 2009 Accu-Chek Cyclebetes Provincial Relay is a relay across Canada from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, covering over 10,000 kilometers. It kicks off tomorrow, Sunday, August 23 in Halifax, Novia Scotia. The first day will cover 67 miles on a route from Halifax to Truro, Nova Scotia. Sunday is also th… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on August 22, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

2 Great Causes Working to Change the World

WatchMyRace is sponsoring and supporting 2 very inspirational teams over the next few months: 1. The Accu-check Cyclebetes team will be riding across Canada starting September 23 to cure juvenile diabetes, and 2. The incredible team at tweetmyride will be raising… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on August 21, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Testing 5 GPS tracking solutions

As WatchMyRace develops new software for live GPS location broadcasting for athletes it is very exciting to see many new solutions coming to the market. Today's bike ride will test the following solutions to get a better view of carting devices around on a ride, battery life, GPS recording accuracy and website viewing solutions: AllSport GPS on the i… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on August 21, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

How to Change the World with Twitter

If you want to know how to do something truly incredible with social networking, then get on board with Gavin Romanis and Leoni Milano at tweetmyride. tweetmyride is a Twitter-driven global charity campaign, created to raise money for 10 charities around the world in the lead up to Vancouver-based Australian, Gavin Romanis, participating in the international mountain bike race, La Ruta de los Conquistadores in Costa Rica from November 11–… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on August 18, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

How to Set Up InstaMapper Live GPS Broadcasting on Your Website

Do you have a great cause, a great event or a race with your quest for a new performance that you want to share with everyone? There are a lot of great applications that can help you share the word, and here at WatchMyRace we are putting together some "How-To" articles on broadcasting your position during an event. We've learned a bit about what applications work best for different events. This experience comes through supporting events like the… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on August 17, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Think your $20 can't change the world?

Here at WatchMyRace we have had the privilege of helping with GPS tracking for 2 groups that biked more than 3,000 miles across the entire US raising dollars and awareness for 2 great causes: Real Geeks Ride and Bike the US for MS.Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on August 2, 2009 at 4:06pm — No Comments

Updated Links to help track RAAM finishers

As a crew member for Team Osprey (Janet Christiansen, #358, solo female division), here's how we're keeping up with all the finishers as we track Janet Christiansen to the finish line. Congratulations to the RAAM finishers! 1. Janet's live GPS location 2. Follow @teamosprey on Twitter, along with crew members @greghendrickson, @girlmeetsbike and @katerpillar 3.… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on June 28, 2009 at 8:46am — No Comments

Updated: Where to get RAAM info!

As a crew member for Team Osprey (Janet Christiansen, #358, solo female division), here's how we're trying to keep up with the RAAM field: 1. Janet's live GPS location 2. Follow @teamosprey on Twitter, along with crew members @greghendrickson, @girlmeetsbike and @katerpillar 3. RAAM leaderboard & time station info, Se… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on June 23, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Where to get RAAM Updates

As a crew member for Team Osprey (Janet Christiansen, #358, solo female division), here's how we're trying to keep up with the RAAM field: 1. Janet's live GPS location 2. Follow @teamosprey on Twitter, along with crew members @greghendrickson and @girlmeetsbike 3. Official RAAM time station info, Search for #raam on Twitter and fo… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on June 19, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

The Dick Tracy watch meets the Triathlon: Live GPS, Video and more!

Ever been frustrated as an athlete or a fan at a triathlon? Where are they on the course? What's going on? How do I find them after the race? I can't go to the race, so how do I keep up online? Well, the Revolution 3 Triathlon Race hopes to change all that with the latest and greatest in technology for athletes and their fans. Live GPS tracking watches for the athletes, video screens, cameras on the course: they've got it all, AND they'll be broadcasting all the data live online at… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on June 6, 2009 at 5:07pm — No Comments

Inspiration Plus: Join the Bike the US for MS crew as they start across the US today!

If you're looking for inspiration today, look no further than Don Fraser and his team of riders as they start across the US today. Bike the US for MS is a cross country bike tour dedicated to funding Multiple Sclerosis research & supporting the MS community. They are not only riding across the US, but also putting together service projects and volunteering along the way! All to spread the word, and raise contributions that benefit Partners MS Center in… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on June 1, 2009 at 10:56am — No Comments

Real Geeks Ride - They're on the Way!!

Bike to work? It's what all us geeks should be doing, and Joe and Carlos are out there giving us some inspiration to put down the car keys, pump up the bike tires and ride the bike to work! They left yesterday from the ocean front in Neptune City, NJ and plan to touch the Pacific Ocean in Seaside, OR on August 2. The next big stop is Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday, May 30, 2009) where you can check out a Real Geeks Ride event organized by Lindsay Patross of I heart PGContinue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on May 21, 2009 at 8:45am — No Comments

Real Time GPS Broadcasting: 4 Solutions from WatchMyRace

Want to try Real-Time GPS Broadcasting? Will it help your training? Will it help your family and friends keep track of you during your next race? Will it help you raise money for your cause? Sign up at WatchMyRace and send me a message, we can help! Here are 4 of the solutions we've checked out for training and races: 1. SPOT Tracker ($150 + $150 annual service) http://findmespot.com fed into http://www.fireeagle.com (F… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on May 14, 2009 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Live location sharing now available with Google Latitude!

After only 5 minutes of reading, and a quick "copy/paste" I had my Google Latitude badge up and running at www.watchmyrace.com. My Google Latitude badge is getting location information from my AT&T Blackjack with GPS. Easy! I installed Google Latitude a couple of months ago on my phone, and was very impressed with the ability to get 13 friends sharing location information within the first 24 hours. Google reported a million using the application with… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on May 6, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Run for One Planet - 6 Days to 11,000 miles!

Called in to the Run for One Planet Ecovan about an hour ago, as Matt & Steph were running near Quilicum, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. 6 days left to return back to their starting point of a year ago, with 11,000 miles of running logged. These two amazing people stuck with this journey because of their conviction that we can all change the health of our planet by getting involved as individuals. Help their cause by… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on May 2, 2009 at 12:42pm — No Comments

What's my new Road2Kona?

I got myself out of bed 2 days in a row to swim, glad I did it! 1250 yards in again today, pretty slow with the pool buoy and my beautiful snakelike form, but made it through. And since I'm only a couple of weeks away from dropping the crutches I have of course been thinking about the best way to get back on to a track that will get me to qualify for Kona and do some serious fundraising for the great causes that I've been involved with lately. Crewing the 508 (www.the508.com) for my friend Car… Continue

Added by Greg Hendrickson on April 28, 2009 at 6:42pm — No Comments

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