Yesterday I ran the NRC 5x5x10k pace run and realised afterwards that one of the intervals was a minute longer than it should have been. I ran the same run a few months back and just had a look at my stats for the last time I did this run.
On my first go the timings for the intervals were 1-5'16", 2- 6'16", 3-2'14", 4-5'24", 5-6'17 and 6-5'54" (the length of the interval, definitely not my pace lol).
This time every interval was 4'59" EXCEPT interval 5 which was 5'59"
Has anyone else had a similar issue with this (or other) NRC guided runs. I have to say that I didn't really notice the extra minute this time, while the glitch on the first attempt was incredibly annoying.
PS I just had a look at my post on here about this run, I didn't even notice at the time how 'off' the timings were so I'm obviously projecting my irritation onto my former self 😂
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I haven’t paid much attention to the timings but I agree that the distance is off. Usually NRC miles are a decent chunk longer than regular miles. I prefer the timed runs to the distance runs for that reason.
Often I’ve just gone with it but today, when 10miles came up on my watch, I couldn’t face carrying on so ended the run “early”. One of those runs!
I use it for the coaching but wouldn’t rely on the run keeping features.
Distance is definitely off, my Parkrun only shows as 4.8km. I'll start the guided run on the way there, then pause until the run itself starts. It annoys me otherwise 😂
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week3run1 ✅. 3 x 17 mins with 1 min walks. 
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