Quote Originally Posted by Penguin View Post
how can i get the garmin to understand i'm trying to run up a hill, notice on download it takes it in as the crow flies rather than include the climbing distance with the mileage? hope that makes sense, otherwise learn penguense
Climbing distance though amounts to pretty much bugger all. Take the 3 peaks for example which for simplicity assume to be 23.5 miles long with roughly 1 mile of aggregate climb. Now draw a line 23.5 inches long and draw a one inch high line in the middle of it and complete the triangle. I think you will find that the total length of the line taking into account the total ascent, the top two lines of a very flat and extended triangle, is 23.5 inches and a teeny weeny little bit