RunningAHEAD - Topic: For those that run a marathon with garmin...

Bugs

posted: 10/18/2008 at 9:13 PM

Do you have it on auto lap or do you hit the lap button yourself? Seems obvious that you're going to have to run further than 26.2 miles because of the turns or in my case an out of the way port-a-potty. I'm not sure I like running the marathon with garmin, not that it would have made a bit of difference that last 10K. Sad

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posted: 10/18/2008 at 9:28 PM

Autolap...one reason I got my Garmin was because I wanted a rough idea of my lap paces, but could never remember to hit the lap button reliably.

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posted: 10/18/2008 at 9:35 PM

Don't forget to disable auto-pause or your time will be screwed up. I just hit laps every 5 miles.

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posted: 10/18/2008 at 9:54 PM

When I wear it I let it autolap so that I don't have to bother myself with pushing the button. It gives me a general idea of how well I'm running tangents based on how much farther off from the mile marker I am each time it beeps at me. By the end of the race, it's an audible warning that a mile marker is coming up. Wink

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posted: 10/18/2008 at 10:18 PM
modified: 10/18/2008 at 10:19 PM

I always manually lap in races. The longer the race the more off it can be - my last marathon "measured" 26.51 It can be kind of confusing near the end when the brain is fuzzy to know whether you are on pace or not. I use my timed splits. My friend running PDX was using autolap and she said for awhile she was confused thinking she was right on the edge of BQ and starting to get her hopes up (she originally went in just wanting to break 4 hrs, so BQ wasnt a goal). Because her "average pace" was really close to BQ average pace. But her real pace was slower

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Bugs

posted: 10/18/2008 at 10:32 PM

My last marathon was 26.59, avg pace 9:07 which was actually sub-four pace, my goal. However with the .5 added I was over. But I'm like Blaine, where I like the beep even when it's off because it feels good to hit "another marker". I'm undecided. I like running with a pacer so I don't have to worry about it.

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Afty

posted: 10/18/2008 at 11:22 PM

I push the lap button and use the lap pace as an indicator of my pace in the current mile. I don't use the instantaneous pace because it's unreliable. But to be honest, I think the Garmin is more accurate than the mile markers at most races.

emuporium

posted: 10/19/2008 at 9:31 AM

I prefer to manual lap in races so I can be more precise. The first mile or two of Twin Cities was through downtown buildings and dense tree cover so I was off from the start! Like afty I like seeing the exact time for the mile so I can put the instantaneous pace out of my mind.

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