Climbing Club - May Goals

[Shiraz]

Ladies,
If I am reading my garmin download right and adding my ascents I should have 27, 093 ft for May. Is that how you all are counting?

I got in another ride today of 41.79 miles of hills total ascent of 6158 ft. I rode from my daughters up Butte, then Pocatello Creek up Buckskin,around Rapid creek to Inkom then to Ross Park back up Satterfield to my daughters. I only averaged 12.3 mph today with the hills, oh well. I am so tired!

Sadie, have a great time in Moab and say hi to Yellow. You all have a great time at the LRRH. I wish I was riding agian this year.

[SadieKate]

Garmim elevation gains - it depends. If you read all the forums over at motionbased and tons of other websites, the barometic measurements can be somewhat high after you've used the gravity-fixer thingie in the training center or MB, and the jury seems to be mixed as to which does a better job. Overall, it appears from what I've read that the totals can be ok to somewhat high, but at least somewhere in the ballpark. I've only been to Boise a couple times but I don't remember huge mtns. Definitely some climbing and rolling hills, but nothing gigantic and long like the Sierras or the Cascades.

If you have the Edge or Forerunner which only uses GPS elevation, your totals will be really, really high.

Barometric altimeters are the most accurate but it even depends on the particular instrument itself.

[Shiraz]

Sadie, I don't live in Boise I live in American Falls which is close to Pocatello. I ride in back hills of Rockland and Pocatello. It is definitely not flat but I will check with other bikers to see what they are getting. I cetainly don't want to claim inaccurate numbers.

[maillotpois]

6158 feet in 42 miles is a lot if VERY steep long climbing. The Death Ride in the CA Sierra Nevada mountains is "only" 14,000 feet in 130 miles (to extend that logic, DMD is 19,000 feet in 210 miles). I try to plan my team's hard training rides so the climbing is a factor of ten of the mileage - 7000 feet for 70 miles, 8000 feet for 80 miles, etc. Those are HARD rides.

I'm wondering if there is something funky going on with your altimeter? GPS based altimeters give notoriously high readings. The barometric altimeters are more accurate than the GPS.

[Shiraz]

Very interesting. I did some checking on motion base and looked up Buckskin/ Inkom loop and indeed the elevation gain was 2592 ft over 37 miles. So my garmin is counting at least 2-3 times. So until I can figure this out can I look at the elevation at the start of your ride and the high point and figure out the difference to get a better idea? Thanks for helping me better understand and learn how the Garmin works.

So truely my climbing for May is really around 9 to 10,000ft

[maillotpois]

What sort of Garmin do you have?? 2 - 3 times increase is huge, and way beyond what you sometimes see with a gpos based altimeter. I wonder if there is a product problem. You should call Garmin. From what I hear, their support is very good. Even Motion Based adjusts elevations high, so if you are 2 - 3 times Motion Based, there's a real problem with your unit.

[Fredwina]

I think I need to get more realistic with my goals
May totals; 28,806