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| to stop (the watch) or not...that is the question (Read 371 times) |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 4:13 AM |
| wondering if people stop the timer for their runs. I figure I recover during the time, so it "counts" towards total time (I run be distance, not duration), but wondering what others think / do. |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 4:18 AM
modified: 3/2/2008 at 4:42 AM |
| If it's going to be more than a few seconds, I pause it. I like my average pace to be accurate. Total time from start to finish isn't as important, training isn't supposed to be a race. |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 4:28 AM |
Yes its a tricky one! I was pondering that same question this morning.
I usually stop the clock for a toilet break or long drink break. But I do wonder if it gives you a false sense of speed. When you're in a race you can't stop the clock and you always stop for waterbreaks.
I'll be interested in what others say. |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 4:39 AM |
| I stop any time that I stop running. Running in metro Nashville, I get stopped at intersections, so I stop and just chill out with no time running. That's usually the only time that I ever get stopped in order to stop... |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 6:25 AM |
| I keep my watch running from beginning to end. I might put lap markers around some stops, esp. if I want to know how long a stop is (like if I have to get something from pack, and this procedure might occur in a race). Sometimes the stop (about 1-3 min) is for recovery before resuming a timed section of trail (loops, out/back, whatever). If I end up talking with people along the trail, the drop in hr is very obvious, and I can subtract it later if desired. Most of my stops are things that might occur in race, so my pace does include those stops. It's definitely not a continuous run, esp. if stop for more than 1 min so I think it needs to show somehow. A few minutes here and there doesn't make a major difference in my total running time per week (or whatever). |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 8:11 AM |
| I always stop it for stop lights and running in LA, there are a lot of lights. I figure it all evens out though, there are some runs where I hit every single light and then there are other runs where I catch all of them. |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 4:00 PM |
| Quote from Dustin on 3/2/2008 at 4:18 AM: If it's going to be more than a few seconds, I pause it. I like my average pace to be accurate. Total time from start to finish isn't as important, training isn't supposed to be a race.
but if the time stopped is subtracted, is the total time really accurate? stop lights can provide a minute of rest and I often feel, well, rested, after a stoplight break --- should that be accounted for somehow? I wonder if keeping the stopped times might provide more accurate pace (I wish I could have stopped the time for my recent marathon (2:10 port-o-potty break. that hurt! and it took over ten miles to make up))
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 4:20 PM |
| I dont stop it at lights or when I have to stop for a few seconds. If I know it is going to be extended (stop to pee or something) then I will stop it so I can get a relatively accurate pace. |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 10:04 PM |
| Quote from offthecouch on 3/2/2008 at 4:13 AM: wondering if people stop the timer for their runs. I figure I recover during the time, so it "counts" towards total time (I run be distance, not duration), but wondering what others think / do.
Just keep the watch going from the time you start until done.
If you stop to walk, rest, visit, pee, whatever, keep it running.
I want to see how long I was "on the road" and don't really care what my "pace" is during training runs.
Actually, there might be some training runs where I do care about pace. In those cases I don't stop to "walk, rest, visit, pee, whatever..." |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 11:54 PM
modified: 3/2/2008 at 11:56 PM |
I stop mine if I take a potty break since I never do during races and I stop it at one intersection that can be up to 3 minutes because I like to make sure I am in my training pace and that throws it off. Even my slow runs I have a target pace...its just a slower one
I dont stop it for shorter things (i.e. pausing for a car to cross a street, slowing down for water, etc) |
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