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Weather forecast was crap but never mind skin is waterproof yeah. So having checked that it was on (run director inspection at 8am πŸ‘) I was going. What to wear was the hardest desicion but I went for shorts, base layer and long sleeve top. Started my strava app on my phone and my stopwatch and off we go. Despite the weather there were still about 300 people lined up at the start. I've set my phone to give me audible live time checks at every 0.5k but for some reason they didn't seem to be accurate. I've done this parkrun now 12 times so I know where the kilometre marks are and strava didn't seem to match the times at the checkpoints I thought? I knew I was going at a fast pace cos I could feel it! I was shocked though when I stopped my watch at the finish in a time of 24.03 and the official parkrun time has just come out as 24.06 which is 50 secs quicker than my previous PB! WOW Wasn't expecting that.

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AlMorr profile image
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Congratulations on a PB at this mornings Parkrun, sub 25 minutes, fantastic. 😊 πŸƒ

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Dave58Graduate10β€’ in reply toAlMorr

Couldn't believe I got a PB in this weather. So unexpected

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molly1973

Wow! In this weather, too! Great job πŸ‘

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Dave58Graduate10β€’ in reply tomolly1973

It's raining here now but it was dry this morning but it was very windy

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molly1973β€’ in reply toDave58

I’m in Leeds and it’s been awful today. Putting today’s run off until tomorrow!

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Dave58Graduate10β€’ in reply tomolly1973

Hope you have a good run tomorrow.

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molly1973β€’ in reply toDave58

Thank you: I did!

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Dave58Graduate10β€’ in reply tomolly1973

Awesome. I went for a jog with the wife this morning. Much nicer weather. She's on c25k wk8.3

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Sandraj39Graduate10

Oh wow! That is a very special time for a 5k - you must be feeling pretty chuffed! Well done!πŸ™‚πŸ‘

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Dave58Graduate10β€’ in reply toSandraj39

Absolutely chuffed thanks. So unexpected too.

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Sandraj39Graduate10β€’ in reply toDave58

...and setting the bar high for yourself now!πŸ˜‰

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Dave58Graduate10β€’ in reply toSandraj39

Always nice to pb 😊

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over61andstilltryingGraduate10

Well done to you!

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Dave58Graduate10β€’ in reply toover61andstilltrying

Thanks. It was hard in this wind but satisfying all the same

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10

Well done Dave! I’m liking your time very much. And in this wind! πŸ‘ŠπŸ’¨ πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ

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Dave58Graduate10β€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

Thanks. Yeah it was so unexpected too

JonathanP profile image
JonathanPGraduate10

Congratulations - excellent time particularly given the wind! I managed to equal my PB (28.26) this morning which was a bit of a surprise too!

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Bridget007

Wow 😲 you really are speedy! Well done πŸ‘πŸ»

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ArthurJGGraduate10

Well done. Yes Strava uses GPS which people think must be really accurate because it’s electronic but actually the mechanical methods they use for official course measurement are more reliable. Just not so practical to carry round the course with you :) GOS is usually pretty good to be fair but there are issues that can arise: for example it assumes you have run in a straight line since the last time it saw you, which if it’s sampling every second is a good approximation but if say there is a blind spot where you run round a bend the GPS will assume you went in a straight line not a curve so it will underestimate the distance. And because it’s watching you from a height of over 20,000 miles (!) atmospheric conditions can affect the signal too. I think it’s fair to say atmospheric conditions were out in force yesterday.

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Dave58Graduate10β€’ in reply toArthurJG

Thanks for the insight into how GPS works. Our parkrun course is an out and back one with a big loop at the turn. The error yesterday was it shortened the loop which affected my split times but obviously the official parkrun time is completely accurate and that's what matters

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ArthurJGGraduate10β€’ in reply toDave58

That sounds about right. At least it didn’t have you running across the North Sea as it had me doing earlier in the week. On a route I’ve done many times before, which it normally logs accurately.

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Dave58Graduate10β€’ in reply toArthurJG

It actually did have me running across the sea as it happens. As you say it's normally quite accurate but it was very wet and windy yesterday although I was lucky I didn't get wet as the rain seemed to miss us until after we finished

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