With quite a bit of battery saved so we can go at whatever speed we would like, we have chosen a safe cruising speed given the very light traffic and light winds. We do not know where the other teams are and we can’t see them (as of now) behind us. It has been fun driving along and finding family, friends, and media passing and then seeing them on the side of the road with cameras taking pictures. As soon as I can get some I will post a few online.
We are on the road about 30 minutes out of Medicine Hat. With every team leaving at 1 minute intervals, the 180 mile stretch will be fun and hopefully everyone will come in close to one another. We have been told to expect thousands of people in Calgary (eveb more than in 2005 when 30,000 people showed up for the finish).
Thanks again to everyone following the race and for those that posted. It really is great to see such an active blog and has been great fun. Now time to keep up speeds, travel safely, and arrive in Calgary!
Here are the current official standings from NASC:
Team Time
Michigan 47:22:53
Principia 56:18:51
FH Bochum 58:43:32
Waterloo 59:05:33
Minnesota 60:30:16
Calgary 70:13:58
Missouri S&T 72:58:23
Iowa State 84:53:20
Red River 85:38:55
Kentucky 91:42:36
Arizona 94:54:11
Queens 101:18:35
Northwestern 104:30:51
Durham 121:27:28
Oregon State 121:42:48
And some quick calculations. Leader is the time behind the leader. Gap is the time behind the next place. These are my numbers, so please let me know if you find any errors.
Team Time Leader Gap
Michigan 47:22:53 ——– ——-
Principia 56:18:51 8:55:58 8:55:58
FH Bochum 58:43:32 11:20:39 2:24:41
Waterloo 59:05:33 11:42:40 0:22:01
Minnesota 60:30:16 13:07:23 1:24:43
Calgary 70:13:58 22:51:05 9:43:42
Missouri S&T 72:58:23 25:35:30 2:44:25
Iowa State 84:53:20 37:30:27 11:54:57
Red River 85:38:55 38:16:02 0:45:35
Kentucky 91:42:36 44:19:43 6:03:41
Arizona 94:54:11 47:31:18 3:11:35
Queens 101:18:35 53:55:42 6:24:24
Northwestern 104:30:51 57:07:58 3:12:16
Durham 121:27:28 74:04:35 16:56:37
Oregon State 121:42:48 74:19:55 0:15:20
We arrived in Medicine Hat at 13:08:52 this afternoon! I apologize for the problems with the tracking website – I believe we lost internet access which the updates are dependent upon. Anyhow with nothing planned except general maintenance on Continuum and then an evening charge starting at 6pm, the team hopes to complete work and then relax and get some sleep. We haven’t seen any other teams yet and we heard from the Germans that they would be in around 5pm. Only one day of racing left!
We have decided to publish our live tracking website. Please feel free to follow along with us this morning as we make our way to Medicine Hat and tomorrow as we head into Calgary.
You can track us live at: http://solar2.umsolar.com
It was not built to be public as is, but we figured it would be nice to get it out! So be warned it may not always work, so treat it as beta but enjoy.
We have made it past Regina. Camping just under 30 miles west of the control point, we have met some wonderful locals who have invited us onto their land. Staying on a small farm, we even found a pond to boost our evening charge. Throughout today’s monotonous route, we steadily built upon our lead. The team is eager to get to Medicine Hat and complete the longest leg (between checkpoints) of the race at 294.8 miles. Thanks again to all for posting on the blog. We enjoy reading the comments while racing and hope to have some good internet coverage throughout the day tomorrow.
I now have updated standings from the end of Stage Three (posted this morning in Winnipeg).
Michigan: 34:14:01
Principia: 35:35:37
FH Bochum: 40:59:51
Waterloo: 42:05:46
Minnesota: 42:58:22
Calgary: 51:09:39
S&T (Rolla): 53:19:54
Red River: 59:19:39
Iowa State: 63:52:37
Kentucky: 66:55:55
Arizona: 67:05:08
Northwestern: 69:51:30 * trailering penalty not added yet
Queen’s: 73:16:45
Oregon State: 83:03:21
Durham: 90:56:48
Unfortunately only five teams did not have to trailer at some point to reach Winnipeg. Those teams are Michigan, Principia, Bochum, Minnesota, and Waterloo. This last leg was hard on teams as many got stuck in the rain and many teams did not have much power.
We officially got into Brandon at 11:53:15 am. We saw Principia enter shortly before we left, but I was unable to grab an official time before we left. Now heading toward Regina, we are under partial clouds. We are over 10 km out and just over 210 km from Regina.
We are just arriving in Brandon – one stop light from the checkpoint. And we are out under sun!
