Paul Richard Evans

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Virtual TT course is here

Google street view has arrived on the Isle of Man, a year after the Google street view cars first visited the island. Now you can take a virtual tour of the famous TT course.

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Posted July 2, 2011
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Training on the beach - The Cronk

I drove out to the Cronk this evening and had a training run along the beach in preparation for the Race The Sun next month. This race is a relay race around the 98 miles of the island's coastal path. Unfortunately, the section of path from the Cronk, for about 2 to 3 miles, has long since gone, through coastal erosion. I think I will need more training for this section. It really is tough running on the beach here. It is a mixture of sand, shingle on stones. My next training run I will move further along and test myself on that. I have downloaded InstaMapper for the iPhone. A great little tool and it's free. It makes use of the inbuilt GPS of the iPhone and tracks the phones movement. The data is automatically sent online for 'live' tracking. When I got home I logged in to my account and tidied things up. Here is the result of my first training run on leg two of the 'Race The Sun' from the Cronk - 1.3 miles out and back. My average speed was 4 mph and my maximum speed was 6 mph. I need to improve on this as there is a time limit for the 11 mile leg.

GPS tracking powered by InstaMapper.com

Filed under  //   Cronk   InstaMapper   Isle of Man   Race The Sun   iPhone  
Posted May 5, 2010
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Palm trees in Douglas

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With the exception of this past winter, the Isle of Man usually has a quite mild all year round climate, thanks mainly to the gulf stream. We get a lot of rain and it can be windy but it rarely gets below freezing or very hot. I took this picture of the many palms trees that grow along Douglas promenade. The photo hasn’t been enhanced and yes the sky was that blue. A lovely spring day on the 7th April 2010. The photo was taken using my iPhone with the default camera app.

Filed under  //   Douglas   Ellan Vannin   Isle of Man   Palm Tree   Photo   Spring   iPhone  
Posted April 10, 2010
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