Stats question

[ButtercupKid]

As the proud possessor of a physics o grade, I completely grasp that pace and distance affect each other. But I’ve just completed 3:2, which should be identical to 3:1, yet Strava says I’ve done 3 minutes less today. What’s happening ?!!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Huh???

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Exactly what I thought ! Very short wormhole ? 😄

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to ButtercupKid]

Are you on Strava...? In the C25K club..?

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

On Strava, but not in a club.

[Nilsam Graduate]

You are just trying to confuse your online friends ...blinding them with technology and figures.🤓👀 Saying that I am sure there are wizzy people out there that will help you out. 😎🤳👍

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to Nilsam]

😂

[SeeJillRun Graduate]

That’s strange but in a good way lol xx

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to SeeJillRun]

Think it’s just strange 😄

[SeeJillRun Graduate in reply to ButtercupKid]

😂😂

[Oldgirlruns Graduate]

I think you’ll find it’s all in the physics..........

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Not really. Two identical sets of running instructions should take the same length of time to complete.

[Elfe5 Graduate]

Technoglitch???

I know nothing about Strava, but I do know that when I use Mapmyrun, it occasionally has a hiccough & carves off lumps of time & distance 🙄

PS I do realise that Strava is a whole different order- but technology...

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to Elfe5]

Wondering about that. My phone is elderly and not keen on cold weather, so that might be a factor ?

[Elfe5 Graduate in reply to ButtercupKid]

My phone is very elderly too, so maybe.

Temperature hadn’t occurred to me- I’ll have to track that.

I do get the same glitch each time so I wondered if there was a feeble GPS area. At the end of the day, our bodies have done the exercise & I try not to be bothered by the technology. On familiar routes I know:

“This bush is 0.5k, this tree is 1.0k etc & a watch with that is ok! 😄

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to Elfe5]

Cool !

[Alast]

I don't use Strava but presume it works the same way as Map My Run which I do use? I get small variations in my overall times because I set the program running just before I leave the house and stop it when I get back (I don't run a circuit, I go out and turn around at the half way bell). When I (rarely) do things at a consistent pace Laura (who I also starts as I leave the house) is telling me "That's it for today..." just as I get home. What is more usual for me it that I slow down my running pace towards the end, so my second 'half' takes me longer to complete, so my 5 minute cool down walk finishes well before I get home so that 'run' takes longer. Could it be something like this (but backwards)?

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to Alast]

Not really. Variations in pace and distance happen all the time for all kinds of reasons, from the weather to your own tiredness. This is a problem with the time the actual programme takes to run, which should be the same for two identical runs.

[PaulS83]

As an engineer, I’ve thoroughly reviewed all the data and conclude it’s what’s commonly know as a TFU. The T stands for total, you’ll have to guess F and U.

A glitch, I suspect.

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to PaulS83]

Love a useful piece of terminology ! Thanks 😀

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

First of all congratulations on that O Grade for physics, of course run 1 and 2 are the exact same so Strava is incorrect, perhaps weather conditions had a say on that different 3 minutes, the main thing was that you enjoyed the run today.

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Much better weather for it !

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to ButtercupKid]

We have had a few snow showers here in Central Scotland this morning BCK, it's only settled and lying on the hills, however, this morning I went for a walk in my walking boots along the canal bank, but suddenly remembered that I should be doing run 1 of week 2 of Ju Ju's Magic 10 which I remembered was a short 15 minutes run, the longer 39 minutes run I intend to do on Wednesday.

So I thought here and now I will do that 15 minutes run although I don't have my running shoes on, I just ran a little quicker than walking pace and finished the run as the next shower came on, I ran slowly, probably at +40 minute 5K pace, at least I can tick that run off and prepare wearing proper running gear for the 39 minutes run on Wednesday.

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Well done for remembering ! Running in boots is probably good for building up leg strength 😄

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to ButtercupKid]

Probably is but I wouldn't want to run a 5K in boots or heavens above welly boots, yuk, by the way the snow is now starting to lye and not melt, Buddy34 took a great photo of the snow earlier today.

[Chris--B Graduate]

Einstein's theory of special relativity says that time slows down or speeds up depending on how fast you move relative to something else.

How fast were you running? 😁

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to Chris--B]

Not that fast 😂😂