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Remember to clear your Garmin data!

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I was training just now. Some may call it drinking a brew and reading from the web... but it’s a running site so it’s training! I happened upon this runners story which demonstrates the need to clear your GPS watches... this guy forgot to do this.

runnersworld.com/news/a2592...

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DiscoRunner profile image
DiscoRunnerGraduate

🤣🤣🤣!

Irishprincess profile image
IrishprincessGraduate

Look, it's bad enough that my vivid imagination creates potential axe murderers on some of my run routes without me worrying now about actual real life murderers running beside me in a race ! Good gawd 😮😳 Mind you at his pace, I wouldn't be anywhere near him anyway......😏

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to Irishprincess

Deleted my reply... it wasn’t going to help!

Yeah, I guess if you’re going to run from your murder scenes you need to be fast... another benefit of being a slow runner right there!

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IrishprincessGraduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

We leave a trail everywhere we go nowadays .........

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grumpyoldgirlGraduate

😱 oh no, the cops will know I've done.. er... Two parkruns since Christmas and not a lot else 😂😂😂

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to grumpyoldgirl

😂😂

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Maddee_6333Graduate

😳

Mine went missing at last year’s MoRun, I really miss it, it was only an elderly 110, bit it was my first (and only) running watch.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to Maddee_6333

That sucks... I still haven’t invested in one.

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Maddee_6333Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

It really does - it was secondhand and a present from my husband.

ktsok profile image
ktsokGraduate

Errr... anything you want to confess to, UNM?! 😳😉

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to ktsok

No comment 😂

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ktsokGraduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

🔪👟👟🔪👟👟🔪👟👟

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to ktsok

Now you’ll worry if my next run report says it was murder out there!

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Oldlady57

What are you trying to tell us UNM 😱😱

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to Oldlady57

Well... either what I said... or maybe just don’t go around killing people 😂

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Oldlady57 in reply to UnfitNoMore

🤣🤣

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HeavyFootGraduate

OMG. There I am resting on the grassy knoll in Dallas.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to HeavyFoot

Careful... don’t let that tracker log you resting there 😂

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TartancatGraduate

The moral of this story is to not wear your Garmin whilst planning and carrying out murders. Good tip UNM, I shall remember that in future!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to Tartancat

It’s all part of the mental training... just a run, Garmin on, murder/reconnaissance, naked run!

Beanjo profile image
BeanjoGraduate

I’m with Irishprincess on this- my vivid imagination needs no encouragement

so I’ll file this post in the recesses of my mind. Interesting stuff though 😊

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to Beanjo

He won’t be running for a while... unless he’s in one of the prisons with a parkrun.

Beanjo profile image
BeanjoGraduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

By the way- love your definition of training 😂

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to Beanjo

Mental training 😀

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ktsokGraduate in reply to Beanjo

Me too. I do a LOT of training 😆

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to ktsok

I’m planning on marathon du Medoc.

Wine drinking training ✅ years of practice I got this down.

Mental training... in progress, reading a lot

When this ice is gone I may get onto that other little element 🏃‍♂️

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Couchpotato2Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

Am doing that one too at some point. Maybe a good starting one actually.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to Couchpotato2

There’s Bacchus in England that offers HM at 6 wines or marathon at 12... could be good training!

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Couchpotato2Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

I didn't know of this but have now looked it up.

The map looks like someone has already practised the HM drinking ... run-bacchus.com/the-course

ktsok it's in September, that's enough time to train!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to Couchpotato2

I believe I heard that they also have a parkrun there now

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ktsokGraduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

What do you reckon UnfitNoMore, Couchpotato2? I think this one could be a goer?! 😳😬🤪

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ktsokGraduate in reply to ktsok

PS. How do you tag people CP?!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to ktsok

Well... it’s about 180 miles from me... and my favourite local parkrun has a cafe... they have tea, coffee, hot chocolate and prosecco... no prizes for guessing my post run drink 😂

But it’s on my HM/Marathon hit list.

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Jell6Graduate

Technology!

I'm pretty sure that I read about a case is USA, where they are using Alexa data as evidence in a murder trial.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to Jell6

Not seen that one... I did see that Strava has been highlighting where their army bases are in Afghanistan and Iraq though 😂

Couchpotato2 profile image
Couchpotato2Graduate

or maybe don't commit murder...

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to Couchpotato2

Well... some would say that’s just taking the easy route 😂

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Couchpotato2Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

Haha!

MarkyD profile image
MarkyDGraduate

Bit of a non-story really. We all happily carry our phones around with us and these leave much the same location footprint. The appropriate agencies can request ‘triangulation’ data from the mobile carriers and calculate the location of your phone for the previous 12 months.

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to MarkyD

They can... it would seem that while they had suspicions here they didn’t do that, which is strange... maybe no warrant? I think they can search a house without one, and certainly with consent, once they have you in custody. Or maybe he knew that and didn’t take his phone?! My phone would prove I was at home and nowhere near a lot of places that I’ve been in the last 12 months 😂

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