Technology – Running

Run it forward

10th May 2019 Quintus Van Rensburg No Comments Technology

We’re making sure Anthony Swarts can run on pace in future. He is now the proud owner of a refurbished Garmin Forerunner 305. Mandy Burns sourced it for us.

The use of face recognition in races

25th Apr 2018 Quintus Van Rensburg No Comments Technology

Face recognition commercialization:

1. Upload a selfie to wechat official account.
2. Run Shanghai half-marathon.
3. Within hours get back photos of yourself (from 000's of pics by freelance photographers).
4. Pay $1 to buy unwatermarked images.
(c/o Neil Nand) pic.twitter.com/us94xWR1eN

— Connie Chan (@conniechan) April 25, 2018