Today I rode the first section of the Race Across Oregon

Today, I rode the first section of the Race Across Oregon. I went from Hood River, over Mt. Hood, and down to the first Time Station, and I never left my house. How did I do it? with my Computrainer. My Computrainer has been a valuable tool during my winter training, and now it becoming a tool to prepare me for the RAAM.

 I entered the course into The Bike Route Toaster. This program is easy to use, and can export the course as GPX file (the kind used by Garmin GPS systems). I was able to then convert the GPX files into a file that can be used by the Computrainer 3d program. Map My Ride is also able to export GPX files, but I was not able to import its format. it also appeared not to have elevation data.

After importing all the data. I was ready to ride. Now if I could just beat the Metal Man to the top of the climb.