{"id":256,"date":"2021-12-24T20:51:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T11:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/?page_id=256"},"modified":"2022-03-31T16:17:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T06:47:41","slug":"racing-the-train","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/?page_id=256","title":{"rendered":"Racing the train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Racing the train - Pinera to Lynton\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FgPXcrDozxs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1999 my major project was software to control a train set modelled on the Belair line. I got interested in the real one and noticed how close Lynton and Pinera stations were to each other on the map. I thought it must be possible to run from one to the other in less time than the train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried (uphill!) and failed miserably, due to getting lost. Instead of getting up to Windy Point, I got onto a mound looking up at it. I decided it was too ambitious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Years later I tried again going downhill, but starting while the train was still on its way up, giving me an extra 10+ minutes. I only just caught the train and decided that doing it in real time was infeasible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017 I revisited the idea, with a few things having fallen into place:<br>I got into parkrun and was running 5km in under 22 min.<br>I was working near Mitcham station.<br>The Lynton bike track has been built, so there was a 3.7km route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried running the route and came in under the time.<br>Then I did it for real, beating the train. The downhill running muscles were sore after that.<br>I did it again and some friends recorded me doing it! Editing the video was harder than the run.<br>Just after the run with the cameras, a friend said Pinera or Belair to Torrens Park would be easier. They are further apart as the crow flies, so I hadn&#8217;t thought of it.<br>I scouted routes around there. Found OpenStreetMap has tracks that Google Maps didn&#8217;t. Lovely places to walk there. No footpath on James Rd, so running around there wouldn&#8217;t be fun.<br>Found some tracks in Randell Park. Great scenery there. Planned a route.<br>Ran it successfully uphill! Did so a few times.<br>After a number of unsuccessful tries, I ran Lynton to Pinera uphill. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1999 my major project was software to control a train set modelled on the Belair line. I got interested in the real one and noticed how close Lynton and Pinera stations were to each other on the map. I thought it must be possible to run from one to the other in less time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-256","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272,"href":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256\/revisions\/272"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eric.mappage.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}