Walk This Way...this way
JogTracker© anyone?I likeyThis is a nice/free application for certain "smart" phones.I discovered it out of necessity.It's said: "Necessity is the mother of invention".While not truly an invention, and certainly not mine, thenecessity qualifier Is valid..My beloved Garmin had become increasingly balky.Button presses that used to be crisp and responsivewere becoming hesitant and unreliable.Exploratory surgery seemed indicated.Confident and scrubbed, I proceeded, Hippocratic Oath, notwithstanding.Any loose connections would be repaired quickly, closure realized,sutures applied, and just like on TV, all would be right with the world.Unfortunately, as the procedure became increasingly invasive, my handsstarted to tremble. This was clearly beyond my wage scale.Time to abort.. Anybody need a low mileage 305 fixer-upper?Just yesterday, JogTracker had me going 13:06 m/m pace, whilebackup, Polar watch recorded 13:25 m/m pace (for the same run!)So what's not to like about it? I like-did-it !!bf
Just yesterday, JogTracker had me going 13:06 m/m pace, whilebackup, Polar watch recorded 13:25 m/m pace (for the same run!)
FWIW, you can easily verify which one is correct, simply by dividing the total time (in minutes) by total distance (in miles).
There are only a few possibilities here:
I suspect the JogTracker yielded a longer distance than the Polar watch.
I personally use a Nike+ Sportswatch. Generally, I'm satisfied with what it gives me, but I don't trust its real-time pace monitoring at all - it consistently reads out paces that are much faster (tens of seconds) than the pace for the entire km lap.
- Ken
Age:42, MAF:138, 168cm/5'6", 62.2kg/137lb (from 73kg/161lb), BF: 14.9%
Goals: MAF10k@56:50, 59kg/130lb (32 days to go)
Stage: Trying to get back to MAF Base Building after muscle strain injury
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Thanks Ken,
Yeah, there are certain anomalies inherent in most of these devices/programs.
I believe most of it stems from the "sampling" rates of the gps unit; especially
around tight curves, like seen on track ovals.
A good work-around seems to be relying on a particular lane of the track for
consistent distances, and simply clocking a run that way. Low tech, but
effective. Just need to be flexible dodging walkers, though I never seem to
catch up with them!
bf