Last time I tried this (in May I think) I did exactly that. But since I skated alone I put the camcorder on the ground and then the timer in front of it, so that you could see the timer starting, running and stopping while I was running the course. I did this mostly to get some feedback to what it actually looked like when I was running cones, but also to post if I did any fast times.
Two things made the video pretty useless, first is even though I trust people I must admit it felt sketchy leaving a camera and a laptop on the ground while walking up the hill. So I didn't do more than a few runs. Second out is that since no one was zooming and the timer filled half of the screen the rider was about 1 pixel large the first 10 cones and then grew rapidly so that only the knees showed at the last 3 cones.
I think I need someone to handle the camera, part from that, a good idea.
3.19 using grippins, I'm impressed! I felt anything under 3.50 using them was scary compared to cambrias. Have you tried noschoolz?
New timer, what kind are we talking about? I'm building a wireless unit for training, though it needs some tuning to get the accuracy. Check it out at
http://www.ettsexett.com/slalom/wireless/wireless.html
This post got too long. Sorry.
