There was a time when I was riding off on my own and we thought for safety’s sake, I should pay for Runkeeper so it could broadcast my trip. And then if Catherine ever needed to find my body on the side of the road, she’d know where to start looking.
The day after I paid for it, RoadID came out with the same service for free.
Oh well.
The benefit is now you’ll be able to follow my ride at this link – but to really follow it live, they’d like you to sign up for a free Runkeeper account too. I think it’d be worth it. But maybe I’m biased.
Anyway, that was one way I thought I could cheer people up during the week. Ever feel down? Go load that page up and enjoy a good laugh at me…
But then, I was thinking I wanted to do something to help keep people more engaged with the whole phenomena of the ride. And prop bets seem like the right answer.
So let’s play.
Right answer gets you a point. If no one hits the number perfectly, closest answer, without going over gets you a point (aka Price is Right style). I’ll do my best to update my stats daily.
Most points win. In the case of a tie, all the people with the most points will have the deltas for the ones they didn’t get perfectly right summed up. Smallest delta wins.
What do you win? I’ll take you (and your family/significant other) out to dinner. If you’ve sponsored my bike ride for any amount, it’ll be a nicer dinner.
Here are my props:
- My max speed:
- Times I will ride the bus:
- Number of miles spent riding the bus:
- Will I ride my bike over the finish line:
- Weight difference between 5/31/14 and 6/8/14 (negative means I lose weight):
- Average speed for all miles cycled (mph):
- Day of my fastest average speed:
- Day of my slowest average speed:
- Will I wear a tutu?
- Total steps taken during trip (pedal strokes relate to steps the way I use Fitbit) (in thousands):
- Number of times I do the QuadBuster hill (1.5 mile hill on day 3 @ mile 10 out of 67 for the day; 0 means I rode the bus, 1 is normal, 2+ means I went back to do it again!):
- Number of strangers hugged:
- Time of checking my bike in on final day (minutes):
- Earliest start time of day (minutes):
- Latest finish time of day (minutes):
- Number of times I get someone to help me adjust my bike somehow:
- Crashes:
- Wardrobe malfunctions:
- Difference between my 6/8/14 weight and the total of the first game of the NBA Finals:
- Number of seconds iOS Mail is featured during the WWDC keynote:
Entries need to be posted/emailed to me by midnight Sunday night.
Good luck!