My virtual run across America, and a business idea.

[Old Dog]

Yeah, I have been keeping my miles on a spreadsheet as well. The first time it went down after I started I made a by month spreadsheet just in case. I have also made note of each state line.
I'm addicted to it and I blame YOU Mr Rain Man (Thank You, I'm in a hell of a lot better shape than I was when I started)

[Rain Man]

Y'know, I'm six months from finishing and I'm not sure what I'm going to do after that. I don't really want to start it again since there's only one route, and I experimented a while back to see if I could put in negative numbers and run it backwards, and it won't let me do that. I wish they had another route.

[Old Dog]

Ditto (well, other than that whole 6 months thing....I've probably got another 18 months to 2 years). I E-mailed them about a year ago and asked if there was any possibility of another route and never got a reply.
I'm sure there's another site somewhere similar. I'll have to try to find one. Hell, at this point I would pay for another site.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Old Dog

Ditto (well, other than that whole 6 months thing....I've probably got another 18 months to 2 years). I E-mailed them about a year ago and asked if there was any possibility of another route and never got a reply.
I'm sure there's another site somewhere similar. I'll have to try to find one. Hell, at this point I would pay for another site.

Want to invest with me in building one?

Funny thing is, I just had dinner with a friend who started using it when she saw my updates on Facebook. Her daughter is also starting to use it as a fundraising tool, getting pledges for every mile. That use is something that I was thinking about as a potential moneymaker.

[Old Dog]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Want to invest with me in building one?

I would probably be little to no help where CPU type stuff is concerned, but I would certainly be willing to listen to any ideas and invest time and money to do what I could.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Want to invest with me in building one?

Funny thing is, I just had dinner with a friend who started using it when she saw my updates on Facebook. Her daughter is also starting to use it as a fundraising tool, getting pledges for every mile. That use is something that I was thinking about as a potential moneymaker.

Wow, I was actually thinking the same thing. Told my sister about it and then totally forgot. But it would be a good idea for a site with multiple customizable routes so they can take routes that pass through their favorite cities and what not. Also instead of some lame photo, it would be cool if the map were interactive so when you reach a city, you can explore it a bit kind of like using Google Street.

Don't even know how to begin starting that, so I guess that's why I forgot about it the first time.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by -King-

Wow, I was actually thinking the same thing. Told my sister about it and then totally forgot. But it would be a good idea for a site with multiple customizable routes so they can take routes that pass through their favorite cities and what not. Also instead of some lame photo, it would be cool if the map were interactive so when you reach a city, you can explore it a bit kind of like using Google Street.

Don't even know how to begin starting that, so I guess that's why I forgot about it the first time.

Yeah, exactly. I think you could market it as a fundraising tool.

Dibs on the idea unless you want to partner on it.

[rageeumr]

I missed when this thread was bumped last week. I think I'm fairly close to being done, but obviously I haven't been able to enter any mileage. I have my half Ironman on Sunday, and I think the 70.3 (I guess the swim doesn't count, so 69.1) will probably put me over the top if I'm not already there.

Have you guys noticed that the site has been in various states of "downness"? Like right now I get an immediate error saying the site isn't available. Sometimes it seems to time out after a while. Earlier this week I could get onto the site, but it would time out when I tried to log in. Weird.

[Old Dog]

The site is back up

[Old Dog]

It would appear that at 1882.1 I just tripped and fell off of the road or something.

[Old Dog]

Just passed the halfway point of 2031.5 miles

[TimeForWasp]

Originally Posted by Old Dog

Just passed the halfway point of 2031.5 miles

You mean you actually RAN that far?????????????????????? and are gonna run TWICE that far???????????????????????? Unbeleivable

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Old Dog

Just passed the halfway point of 2031.5 miles

Awesome. It's all downhill once you pass 50 percent. Plus, you get some nice scenery.

[TimeForWasp]

Ok I read it again, but still unbelievable

[rageeumr]

I wrapped this thing up a couple of weeks ago. My thoughts:

Spoiler!

Very anticlimactic. When you finish the route, there's not really even any indication that you are done. They keep logging mileage, but you just don't move. I didn't even get an email from them saying I was done like I got when I finished each state.

Perhaps the most disappointing thing is that you can't even see the ocean in the final pic. It's just some random street in Florence, OR. I didn't run/bike across the GD country to look at a Taco Bell, a-holes.