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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:12 AM |
you can - but if its a measured course the chances are very very good indeed that its your garmin thats wrong not the course. because of that the only time i ever put a different distance in my log is if the course hasn't been officially measured (i also won't then claim those as PRs).
recently i did pencarrow lighthouse half (0.6km over) and Round the Vines half (0.6km under) and i logged both of those as the garmin distance as they are off-road non-measured races. but i ran nelson half at the weekend and my garmin measured it 0.3k long. but thats a measured course so i just put it as half marathon distance.
but hey - its your log - you put whatever you want to in it. so long as you know what it means etc it should make no difference to anyone else. |
2008 targets:
5k - 21mins (22.29 21.55), 10k - 45mins (49.38 48.12 47.19), HM - 1hr45 (1.50.08 1.44.10)
"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves" - Sir Edmund Hillary |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:20 AM |
| Quote from MandyS on 5/11/2008 at 1:12 AM: you can - but if its a measured course the chances are very very good indeed that its your garmin thats wrong not the course. because of that the only time i ever put a different distance in my log is if the course hasn't been officially measured (i also won't then claim those as PRs).
No, I realize the course was measured accurately and is an offical USATF distance, but dodging people and not running the tangents exactly as measured (who does, other than elites with few or no people in front of them?) added .29 to the distance *I* ran--not to the course. I only get PR credit for 15.5, even though I ran a godawful 15.79...I think I should get to claim that added distance as a separate run. That Pace Bunny has f'd with me enough this year...  |
Kirsten
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.: 2008 Goals :.
• Get down to 123#s and STAY there!
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:30 AM
modified: 5/11/2008 at 1:30 AM |
Anal Retentive? YES!  |
Run until the trail runs out
2008 TARGET 150 MONTH
2009 TARGET 40/40 |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:32 AM |
| Quote from MandyS on 5/11/2008 at 1:12 AM: its your log - you put whatever you want to in it. so long as you know what it means etc it should make no difference to anyone else.
Of all the words that may end up in this thread - these are the most important. |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:43 AM |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:45 AM |
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Run until the trail runs out
2008 TARGET 150 MONTH
2009 TARGET 40/40 |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 4:17 AM |
| Quote from DJ Marcus on 5/11/2008 at 1:43 AM: Dude.
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 4:25 AM |
| Quote from JakeKnight on 5/11/2008 at 4:17 AM: Dude.
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 5:17 AM |
Hah...my anal retentiveness is such that if I run the same loop around my neighborhood every single day but the garmin reads differently every single day....I believe the garmin. But in a race I believe the race. Even if the race is a completely uncertified community event where they stand at a random location and declare it the start line. 
I think I quit feeling conflicted about it the day I left my garmin running attached to the jogging stroller for 1.5 hours while we were inside and came out and apparently it had gone something like 2 miles during that time. |
Beware the Pink Boxing Gloves of DOOM!
"It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds" - Captain Hammer
2008 Goals New PR's in 5K 10K HM, M
Faster than a speeding toddler..... |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 5:17 AM |
| Quote from DJ Marcus on 5/11/2008 at 4:25 AM: Dude?
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Beware the Pink Boxing Gloves of DOOM!
"It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds" - Captain Hammer
2008 Goals New PR's in 5K 10K HM, M
Faster than a speeding toddler..... |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:59 PM |
| Quote from Ennay on 5/11/2008 at 5:17 AM: Dooooooooood
I'm waiting for a Whaazuuup from the old school crowd. Love the Bud Light ad teams.
Thread hijack - you people convinced me for the need to get a 305 and I am waiting at the door for mine to arrive. I am such a tech ho. Eventually I will need an intervention but I digress....
Back to the regularly scheduled program - Zoom - I think you can do both. Count the total distance to track down the Pace Bunny and have a distance adjusted PR. One is time and the other is distance. And when in doubt - always trust technology to be the answer. 
Here is a follow-up question - for you race organizers, exactly how do you measure curves to meet USTAF standards - tangent, along the curve, something different. Just curious as this thought is now stuck in my head.
BTW - have you ever run on a track and worked out the different distances from inside to outside lanes while your on your run? Told you I was in need of a technolonerd intervention.  |
Illegitimis non carborundum
2008 goals:
1) run a fall marathon (Indy)
2) stay injury free
3) PR 5K, 10K, HM & M
4) get my kids to start running with me
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 2:11 PM |
Quote from CarmelRunner on 5/11/2008 at 1:59 PM:Back to the regularly scheduled program - Zoom - I think you can do both. Count the total distance to track down the Pace Bunny and have a distance adjusted PR. One is time and the other is distance. And when in doubt - always trust technology to be the answer.
I counted my chip time and 15.5 for the race, which is official for PR and records and whatnot. For the additional .29 I put no time down, just the distance for MY mileage records for the year. I figured, if I hadn't been running in a race that distance would have counted towards my mileage, since it's distance I ran. And I had a shitty race and have been sick for a month. It's not like I'm claiming miles I didn't actually do, right? |
Kirsten
• Ladies Locker Room •
.: 2008 Goals :.
• Get down to 123#s and STAY there!
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k |
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