Don't trust map my run

[Mrsbee28]

Did my first park run today think I started too fast as I had to walk most of the second lap having said that I managed a time of 37.38 not to shabby. However map my run said I'd only run 4.5km so god knows how long I run for the other day when I thought I'd done 5k. Shall be going again next week really enjoyed the atmosphere.

[Hidden]

Hey, we've had a couple of posts today about tech not being accurate. Futbut, map my run and others too. I reckon you just have to take them with a big pinch of salt and use them for understanding your relative gains. I thought parkruns were all calibrated exactly, so take the gain and we'll done for going out

[Mrsbee28 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

I trust there measuring more than my phone I'd done what I thought was a 5k the other day but it must have been further than I thought.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Parkruns are all measured distance and should be pretty close to 5k.

Do you run through trees? Anything blocking the signal can give a duff result. It is more likely your phone than the app, that is guilty.

Glad you enjoyed parkrun. It is brilliant.

[Mrsbee28 Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

There is a bit of the trail that goes through the woods so that could explain it. I trust there measuring more than my phone I'd done a run the other day on the road that I thought was 5k but must have been longer as it took me longer and I ran the whole way.

[davelinks Graduate]

A dedicated gps sports watch is generally more accurate than a phone

[Mrsbee28 Graduate in reply to davelinks]

I keep looking but there's that many out there I'm unsure which one to get. I don't want to spend loads of money on something that's going to be rubbish.

[MarkyD Graduate in reply to Mrsbee28]

Garmin ForeRunner 235.

That was easy, wasn't it?

[davelinks Graduate]

Well, the phones rubbish at recording accurately, the Garmins aren't rubbish, I have one and the wife uses a basic FR10 as a lot do on here, so there's a good review.

[Curlygurly2 Graduate]

I have two Garmins, I was lucky enough to be gifted one. One of them is much better than the other at all sorts of thing, like run/walk intervals, but it loses the signal under trees, and on cloudy days more often than the other. So - I often wear both. I can tell you that they nearly always have a difference in distance. I've come to realise these things are really a bit hit and miss a lot of the time, if you do the same route often you will regularly find differences. I never take the info I get from either of them as gospel.

[Rignold]

If you walked most of a lap, 4.5k in 37 minutes sounds pretty reasonable tbh. You'd have had to be tonking the first lap to hit 5k. I'd have thought

[Mrsbee28 Graduate in reply to Rignold]

The first part of the first lap was down hill and with all the other runners I think I must of and would explain why I was dead on the second lap

[Mrsbee28 Graduate in reply to Mrsbee28]

I Must learn to pace myself.