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No need for AR in this case. There was a laser grid projected onto the road in front of the runners by a pacing car. https://image.businessinsider.com/5da1887a
by ddeck 7y ago
No need for AR in this case. There was a laser grid projected onto the road in front of the runners by a pacing car.
https://image.businessinsider.com/5da1887a4af90974904877c2 https://image.businessinsider.com/5da1887a4af90974904877c2
https://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/10/12/08/EKipchoge1210abcdef-3.jpg https://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2...
But that can't provide the drafting and morale benefit of running behind your teammates
- ralfd 7y agoWait ... why a laser projection? You could just use the car for pacing.
- read_if_gay_ 7y agoMaybe for keeping a safe distance without having to eyeball it, or for avoiding the fumes.
- Mountain_Skies 7y agoMight want to use an electric car to avoid the fumes. I do wonder if the car, even a larger distance ahead, does more for drafting than a human in front of the runner.
- cehrlich 7y agoI don't have the source on hand, but there was an interview with the person who designed the unusual reverse-V shaped pacer formation, where he said that if it was up to him there wouldn't be a car in front of the runners. The goal is to have as much air as possible hit the front pacers.
- jeff18 7y agoAccording to the article, it was an electric car.
- canucker2016 7y agoThey used an Audi e-Tron car for pacing the Ineos 1:59. For the previous attempt at the Breaking 2 event at Monza racetrack, they used a Tesla as a pace car.
- jdietrich 7y agoRoad cyclists frequently draft behind a car or motorcycle; motor-paced racing used to be a very popular discipline and motorcycles are still used for pacing the Keirin event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor-paced_racing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor-paced_racing
- rtkwe 7y agoCould be a requirement to stay a certain distance back to keep the car from performing too much of the drafting maybe?
- maxlamb 7y agoThe pace car was a Tesla so no fumes :)
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- Tharkun 7y agoIIRC it was done that way as a way to follow the optimal path, instead of eyeballing it and taking corners too wide and adding more distance. Might not seem like much, but he had to shave off less than a minute of his previous attempt, so every little helps.