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Compare your actual Race to your ultraPacer plan

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So you're done with your race. How'd you do? (How'd I do?). There is a new feature (in Beta) in ultraPacer to compare you actual time to your plan. Follow these steps. Let me know if you have any trouble, I'm still improving the matching algorithm. You want to use a PC or tablet for this, not your phone. 1. Download your GPX file. To do this from Strava, click the little GPX button on the activty's map. 2. Go to ultraPacer, go to My Courses, select your race, then select your plan. 3. Click the Options on the top right, and choose "Compare to Activity". Select your GPX file. It takes a few seconds to process. 4. You'll see a new green comparison on the profile plot, with the scale on the right, in time ahead (up) or behind (down) compared to your plan. My Salmon Falls 50k race (actual 4:19) compared to my plan (4:15). I was ahead of pace for the first half, then clearly started to lose it. 5. There will also now be an "A
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ultraPacer in real-time with Garmin Virtual Partner™

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Here are steps to use your ultraPacer plan on your Garmin watch during a race. I'll add some more detail to this later, but want to get it out there. 1. For the activity settings on your watch, you need to have the Virtual Partner data screen. Add this to your activity settings if necessary. 2. While viewing your plan, click the download button: 3. Download the .gpx file (you have trouble with the file size of the original resolution file, you can try the low resolution one).   4. Plug in your watch to your PC and copy the .gpx file into the NewFiles folder. 5. When you are starting your race/adventure, go to Navigation and select the course under Courses. 6. Go! You'll see the time ahead/behind your pace plan in real time. But don't forget to watch the trail too! Caveats: The estimated race time/ETA/ETC fields are based on remaining distance and current pace only, not the time data in the .gpx file (your pace plan). The ahead/behind time is the only field tha
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My Cuyamaca 100k pacing strategy

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After signing up for the 2019 Cuyamaca 100k this Spring, I suddenly got nervous. I live in Auburn (northern California), and up to this point all of my races had been local. I'd made a habit of getting out on each course many times in advance, studying each section. But, Cuyamaca would be way down south, in the high desert east of San Diego, and I wouldn't be able to get out on the trails before the race. How would the elevation affect me? How would these climbs feel? Creating the course Using ultraPacer , I started by uploading a GPX file of the course. I plugged in each aid station, important landmarks, and trail junctions. Talking to Cuyamaca veterans, and assisted by Google Earth, I was able to estimate the type of terrain for each section (a combination of dusty singletrack and fire roads). At this point, the pacing affects of altitude, grade, and terrain are all built into the model. The completed course (with a modification for the 2019 race) is here . ultraPacer
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