10 or 12?

[Lozza05]

Hi everyone, this morning I was determined to go for a longer run. I have done quite a few 10 ks & the odd 12k but I knew this morning I wanted to do more. According to Nike Run Club I did 10 miles but on my fitbit I did 12 miles. I'm taking it as I did 10 miles but what does everyone else think? Would you take it as the 10 or 12 miles?

[sTrongFuse Graduate10]

It's a tricky one. I'm always more amazed that something that far up in space can find and track something not much bigger than a £2 coin at all (and a little bit peturbed, but I try not to think of that), lete alone that it does it accurately. GPS chips in different devices are notoriously fickle. I find there's about a 10% difference between the distance my Garmin registers and my phone (the Garmin always being the lower figure).

There really is no way of actually knowing which is more accurate unless you can do an actual measured run and see which is closest (and even then, they may both be wrong).

Personally, unless I know for certain otherwise, I always tend to go with the lower distance. I'd rather feel comfortable "knowing" that I've done at least that far and may have actually done more, than have the nagging doubt that actually I may not be running as far as I think I am.

There are no right answers, I'm afraid and even someone doing the same run might get a different distance on NRC if they are using a different phone from you.

[Lozza05 in reply to sTrongFuse]

Thank you so much for your reply! I have told myself I have done 10 miles which to me is amazing as its the furthest I have ever run. Now an afternoon on the sofa drinking tea! Haha!

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to Lozza05]

Safer that way. This way you get to be happy that you've run 10 miles (which is great) and not beat yourself up on having just been a mile short of a HM

😂

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Whichever it was a fantastic long run, well done. Going on your normal time for a 10k run how does it compare. Happy running 🤗

[Lozza05 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Thank you!!! I slowed my pace right down as I wanted to complete this run. It took me 2 hours, I know that's not a particularly fast time but for me it was more about the distance. I was so proud of myself when I had finished.

[Grannyhugs Graduate10 in reply to Lozza05]

2 hrs is a great amount of running. That’s my 10 Miles time. Well done 🤗

[Lozza05 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Thank you again!

[SkiMonday Graduate10]

Having read the replies: congratulations on achieving 10 miles! 🎉🎉🎉🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

If you reply to the pinned post over on "Marathon Running and Race Support" you've earned a 10 mile badge.

[Lozza05 in reply to SkiMonday]

Thank you!!!!

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

Not sure whether you did 10 or 12 miles but either way - well done on a great distance!🙂

[Lozza05 in reply to Sandraj39]

Thank you! I'm taking it as I done 10 miles & to be honest I'm extremely happy with that. My longest ever run!

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to Lozza05]

💪😀

[Ian5K Graduate10]

I was looking at Runkeeper.com site this morning. It allows you to trace a route on a map very quickly then it snaps to the closest roads and paths and gives you a distance.I traced my last route on an ipad with a finger and it literally took seconds to work it out.

[Lozza05 in reply to Ian5K]

Oh I will give that a go. Thanks!

[Impetuous in reply to Ian5K]

Komoot does something similar. It’ll import your runs from Garmin, etc., map the route onto the closest paths and then let you tweak it by dragging milestones to get it exactly right. It’s not massively intuitive but it is very smart.

[BoDiddley]

Have a go using this. Not a solo sure it’s any more accurate but it’s what I use to plan a run. It might confirm a 10 or 12 mile if nothing else.

onthegomap.com/s/kqp38hqu

[BoDiddley in reply to BoDiddley]

onthegomap.com/?m=r&u=km&w%...

[Lozza05 in reply to BoDiddley]

Thanks!!!