Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Runalyze

A OpenSource Online Running Diary


Ever wanted to host your own running portal, something similar to strava or garmin connect?
Well ... here we go: runalyze !


Installation (Linux)

Basically you follow the instructions from the website which are as simple as getting the tarball and extract into some directory on your webserver (which you can be reached from a browser of course).
Then load the install.php (script) url from a web browser.
That should be it ... well almost. Runalyze requires an mysql database installation so it's an good idea to check with that first and have some mysql use with enough privileges.
The following grants should be fine for 'someuser':

GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, ALTER ON `runalyze`.* TO 'someuser'@'localhost'

Later in the install you will have to enter that username.

One problem I had after the install was that the index page wasn't really loading. Looking into the webserver log gave the answer, I had to create a temp dir and set permissions:

# mkdir /tmp/cache.storage.my-servername.de
# chmod  777 /tmp/cache.storage.my-servername.de

Troubleshooting

FIT import not working

I had problems with uploading .fit (garmin) files. The issue here was that you could choose one or more files for upload and basically there were some calender entries but all with zero data. That means all had the same timestamp and no distance, time, ... data was shown.
The problem here was that the perl script  call/perl/fittorunalyze.pl wasn't executed on that file. The reason for this script not being executed were the php safe_mode settings on the server for the runalyze directory.
So in case you have similar issues you might check the php_admin_flag safe_mode.

Monday, May 11, 2015

100 Km Albtrauf für Nepal #100atnepal

100 Km Albtrauf für Nepal #100atnepal


Ein Spendenprojekt von Andreas Bulling und Frank Weller:
https://runance.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/100atnepal/

Die Idee ist es, den Leuten in Nepal zu helfen, der Lauf soll dazu motivieren, die Spendensumme ist natuerlich ansporn die 100 trailigen auf-und-ab Kilometer auch durchzustehen.
Die Aktion ist auf https://www.aktion-deutschland-hilft.de gelistet und Spenden werden direkt an diese Organisation uebermittelt, welche sie, in diesem Fall als Hilfe fuer Nepal, projektgebunden einsetzt.


Spenden kann jeder direkt unter:
https://www.aktion-deutschland-hilft.de/de/aktiv-helfen/interaktiv-helfen/starte-deine-spendenaktion/?hptitle=100km-albtrauf

Also einfach dem Link folgen und ein paar Euro locker machen ;)
p/s: es gibt keinen Mindestbetrag ;) (max. natuerlich auch nicht)

pp/s: Ich werd mal schauen, wie weit ich mit den Beiden mithalten kann und zumindest gemeinsam mit am Start stehen und soweit laufen wie es meine Fitness erlaubt.

UPDATE (20.05.2015): erfolgreich am 15.05 gelaufen ca. 107km in 16 Stunden im Regen und Nebel auf einem tollen Wanderweg mit zwei klasse Typen. Spendenstand 3.321,80!
 Spenden werden weiterhin gerne angenommen auf der Seite von Aktion Deutschland Hilft.

Hier ein Bericht in der Geislinger Zeitung.

Foto: Karsten Dyba


Ambit 3 vs. Fenix 3

My pro and cons list

Sooner or later I might upgrade from my (in the meantime very reliable) Garmin Fenix (1).
So here is my list of pros/cons regarding those two watches.

Update: ... and the winner is ... fenix3. After my old fenix1 had issues with battery charging and lifetime I got a exchange offer from Garmin and now I'm very satisfied with the fenix3

Item
Ambit3
Fenix3
Remark
Price (05/2015) HR Bundle
ca. 350 EUR
ca. 430 EUR


Battery (default GPS tracking)
20 (30h?)
16h
Ambit best vs. good tracking
Charge and use while running
?
yes


Linux?
Openambit?
Usb mass storage


Wlan
-
Yes