uphill notes · the mimic
Strava × Claude · UC 2 — creative use of data
An OCC profile,
rebuilt outside your door.
Martin didn't want to fly to the Alps to train for the shape of the OCC. So Claude read his real 2025 OCC race off Strava, extracted its elevation signature, and mapped it onto the hills of the Rheingau-Taunus. Same envelope, a fifth of the drive. Both profiles below are normalised to % of route so you can see the shape match.
OCC 2025 — the real race (60.5 km · 3,228 m)
Taunus mimic — the home loop (31.9 km · 1,125 m)
The routes, from above
Same signature, different countries. Plan view of each GPS track — start marked in white, the high point (roof) in the route's colour. Not to the same scale; each is normalised to its own footprint.
OCC 2025 · Chamonix
60.5 km · point-to-point through the Mont-Blanc valleys
Taunus mimic · Königstein
31.9 km · Altkönig → Kronberg → Feldberg loop
Gentle openerBoth climb long and runnable at the start — no early cliff.
Deep valley resetA long plunge to the lowest point around the middle.
The roof, lateThe highest ground comes back-loaded — legs already deep.
Long way homeA sustained descent to the finish. Gravity, for a long time.
OCC 2025 · the blueprint
Distance60.5 km
Climbing3,228 m
High point2,210 m · ~65% in
Signature2 steep climbs, late
Taunus mimic · the home loop
Distance31.9 km
Climbing1,125 m
High pointFeldberg 882 m · ~76% in
Compromise2 climbs merged into 1