I drew a #Mastodon near Rotterdam with my bike in #TheDistance - courtesy Adriaan Pandelaers

#Cycling #Zwift #IndoorCycling #BikeTooter #Elephant

@derekvanvliet
Hi Derek,
Nice job! What app is that? I Google "the distance cycling app" and didn't find it. Is it a competitor to Strava?

@MikeWallaceDev it's called The Distance. it's not really a strava competitor. it lets you ride, walk and run on routes all over the world virtually. I'm really enjoying it.

Here's a link to it on the app store:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-distance-virtual-trails/id6444012052

‎The Distance - Virtual Trails

‎Increase motivation and make your workouts more exciting by mapping them over real world famous trails from around the world! Every step and pedal stroke takes you closer to your goal in The Distance. - See how many morning walks it takes to travel the distance of the Boston Marathon. - Find out ho…

App Store
@derekvanvliet
Apparently it's iPhone only. But do I understand correctly that this is a virtual route? Meaning that you did walk 16 km, but not on that road, and not in that shape?
@MikeWallaceDev that’s correct. I rode 66 km today on my trainer and the app gave me credit for it on that virtual route.

@derekvanvliet
Sorry, I wrote 16 km, I didn't have the number in front of me! 😂
66 km indoors is great! I find it more difficult to do distance indoors...

And actually, I'm kitted up and going to try Rouvy for the first time! Go go go!

@derekvanvliet
aw, what a shame.
It's not too far from me. Was thinking to get my bike out on a nice weekend (if we get one soon) and try to draw something next to it.

...actually, I still should. need to make time to find a funny enough route, though.
@MikeWallaceDev

@derekvanvliet @MikeWallaceDev also no data collection how wonderful.
@derekvanvliet Amazing! Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
@derekvanvliet ja... kann man machen.. X-) funny.. wenn man die zeit hat und die lust, dann.. kann man das machen.. 😉
@derekvanvliet
Bonus point for including 'Monster' 👍
@derekvanvliet Hashtag says "indoor cycling," can you tell me more about how you did this? Did you ride around this part of Holland or no?
@chuha no I used an app called The Distance that takes your walks, runs and rides and applies their distances to virtual routes such as this one
@derekvanvliet Can't believe that you did this.
@derekvanvliet that is so cool! Can you see it grow in the app?
@JohannaMakesGames thanks! every time you finish a workout that is saved in apple health, the app loads the distance from that workouts and adds it to the progress on your trails. So it’s not exactly real time but I check in on my progress about once a day
@derekvanvliet indoor? That is impressive!
@derekvanvliet this is awesome 👏👏👏!
@derekvanvliet Super! Although closer to #TheHague (#DenHaag) than to the city of #Rotterdam. 😉
@derekvanvliet oh I thought this was a particularly blatant US gerrymandering map
@derekvanvliet Poor thing is bleeding tho 😢
@derekvanvliet that's pretty cool! How did you plan the route? Is "the distance" an app or something? Can't find it yet

@T_recks yeah you can grab the app here https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/the-distance-virtual-trails/id6444012052

It’s a virtual trail app so it comes with lots of these routes built in.

‎The Distance - Virtual Trails

‎Increase motivation and make your workouts more exciting by mapping them over real world famous trails from around the world! Every step and pedal stroke takes you closer to your goal in The Distance. - See how many morning walks it takes to travel the distance of the Boston Marathon. - Find out ho…

App Store

@derekvanvliet

Definitely impressive.

But also kind of stupid.

@derekvanvliet ik heb nog de bus gepakt in Monster!