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HericusGraduate
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It's very irritating to measure out a 5k route and allow an extra couple of hundred metres to make sure, then find your Fitbit tells you that you've run only 4.9k.

Just how far do I have to run before I can be REALLY confident that computer will say "Yes"?

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SlowLoris

Fitbit can be a bit inaccurate.

My Garmin always tells me that the Parkrun is about 20m shy of 5K so I never get a PB from it.

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Run as far as you think... then just keep running until you are tired:)

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ickleguiGraduate

healthunlocked.com/couchto5... <- you didn't mention graduating here but I saw some people posted asking for a graduation badge on a REALLY old thread so, erm, you might want to head here instead :D. Congrats on your round-it-to-5K-anyway :D

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HericusGraduate

Thanks for that. I just followed a link that I found somewhere

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Tasha99Graduate

My ParkRun always shows as 5.2k. I’ll never go sub 30 😂

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TedGGraduate in reply toTasha99

My Parkrun is the opposite, it always measures 4.89k so it’s only ever going to be a Parkrun PB 😔

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