Comments on: To Bib or Not To Bib? http://www.monumentaleffort.com/to-bib-or-not-to-bib Do more than live Sun, 11 Dec 2011 03:59:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vince http://www.monumentaleffort.com/to-bib-or-not-to-bib/comment-page-1#comment-184 vince Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:46:40 +0000 http://www.monumentaleffort.com/?p=842#comment-184 Ah, those pesky little pins! Thanks for the comment! That has hapenned to me in the past too! Gotta run, Vince Ah, those pesky little pins! Thanks for the comment! That has hapenned to me in the past too!

Gotta run, Vince

]]> By: Laura http://www.monumentaleffort.com/to-bib-or-not-to-bib/comment-page-1#comment-179 Laura Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:53:38 +0000 http://www.monumentaleffort.com/?p=842#comment-179 The safety pins sometimes rust before you get them out and you have an stain on the shirt. The safety pins sometimes rust before you get them out and you have an stain on the shirt.

]]> By: Lyne http://www.monumentaleffort.com/to-bib-or-not-to-bib/comment-page-1#comment-170 Lyne Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:40:12 +0000 http://www.monumentaleffort.com/?p=842#comment-170 I like the bibs. Everyone gets a number, that number is linked to your contact info and you don't have to worry about any techno problems. Not everyone has money to spend on silly toys, some of us just want to run. I like the bibs. Everyone gets a number, that number is linked to your contact info and you don’t have to worry about any techno problems. Not everyone has money to spend on silly toys, some of us just want to run.

]]> By: Bill http://www.monumentaleffort.com/to-bib-or-not-to-bib/comment-page-1#comment-169 Bill Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:48:15 +0000 http://www.monumentaleffort.com/?p=842#comment-169 Hi Dean, thanks for the comment! I completely agree that the realm of athlete tracking could use an injection of technology. I haven't yet begun researching this. However, off the top of my head my first reaction is to integrate race services into a athletes watch. Perhaps a race-specific, downloadable app or something. I mean, if I just paid $400 for a fancy GPS enabled runners watch, why can't it replace race chip timing, hold my relevant emergency info, and track me in real time while I'm racing. The latter doesn't solve the identification problem for photographers though. So it's probably just dumb. Anyway, I do think race numbers/bibs are worth exploring for an upgrade. Cheers Bill Hi Dean, thanks for the comment!

I completely agree that the realm of athlete tracking could use an injection of technology. I haven’t yet begun researching this. However, off the top of my head my first reaction is to integrate race services into a athletes watch. Perhaps a race-specific, downloadable app or something. I mean, if I just paid $400 for a fancy GPS enabled runners watch, why can’t it replace race chip timing, hold my relevant emergency info, and track me in real time while I’m racing.

The latter doesn’t solve the identification problem for photographers though. So it’s probably just dumb. Anyway, I do think race numbers/bibs are worth exploring for an upgrade.

Cheers
Bill

]]> By: Dean @The Quit List http://www.monumentaleffort.com/to-bib-or-not-to-bib/comment-page-1#comment-168 Dean @The Quit List Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:34:13 +0000 http://www.monumentaleffort.com/?p=842#comment-168 Great title by the way. LOVE IT!!! Great title by the way. LOVE IT!!!

]]> By: Dean @The Quit List http://www.monumentaleffort.com/to-bib-or-not-to-bib/comment-page-1#comment-167 Dean @The Quit List Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:23:58 +0000 http://www.monumentaleffort.com/?p=842#comment-167 I had the bib or no bib debate as a child. Lets be honest, bibs in general just aren't cool, although judging the way I eat and drink some days, I probably should still be wearing one. Now I am not a runner (unless we can include running from our past...in which case, I am an ultra marathon speed runner) but it would seem to me that this is an area that is ripe for someone to come up with an innovative idea. All those points Techno-Bill brought up are perfect solutions. There are so many amazing technologies out there that could be used (I know you thought my idea of twittering while wondering through some wooded forest at 3am in the morning was stupid). Here is my idea (this is UNcopyrighted so feel free to steal it...unless it makes millions, then I want in.) The carrying case itself should be independent of the race organizers. Quite frankly it is too expensive for them anyhow. This should be something that runners buy for themselves like everything else. It would be small and lightweight. It would contain a GPS so we could track you from race to race (hell we could even track you on your training runs...how cool could that be?). Emergency info would also be included in there at all times. There would be a transparent part on the front where your issued number would go. Organizers could literally make them about a 1/4 of what they are now. In fact, people could print them off at home and have it all set up to go before they even get to the race. When the race is over...take out the number and put in the next one. hey huh??? What do you think of that? This is actually a great project for someone to undertake. DD I had the bib or no bib debate as a child. Lets be honest, bibs in general just aren’t cool, although judging the way I eat and drink some days, I probably should still be wearing one.

Now I am not a runner (unless we can include running from our past…in which case, I am an ultra marathon speed runner) but it would seem to me that this is an area that is ripe for someone to come up with an innovative idea.

All those points Techno-Bill brought up are perfect solutions. There are so many amazing technologies out there that could be used (I know you thought my idea of twittering while wondering through some wooded forest at 3am in the morning was stupid).

Here is my idea (this is UNcopyrighted so feel free to steal it…unless it makes millions, then I want in.)

The carrying case itself should be independent of the race organizers. Quite frankly it is too expensive for them anyhow.

This should be something that runners buy for themselves like everything else. It would be small and lightweight. It would contain a GPS so we could track you from race to race (hell we could even track you on your training runs…how cool could that be?). Emergency info would also be included in there at all times. There would be a transparent part on the front where your issued number would go. Organizers could literally make them about a 1/4 of what they are now. In fact, people could print them off at home and have it all set up to go before they even get to the race.

When the race is over…take out the number and put in the next one.

hey huh??? What do you think of that? This is actually a great project for someone to undertake.

DD

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