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Maybe wait another 30secs or so before starting to run to see if the GPS fix improves.

Got a pic of the tracking from this run?

Like this?

https://strava.app.link/PR23D3FN6T

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How high are the surrounding buildings?

If you read the DC Rainmaker review of the Apple Watch he highlights this issue- the watch says it’s ready to go before (sometimes well before) it has fully acquired the sensors. This ruled it out for me as a sports watch as you don’t know when the figures it reports are accurate- only that it would be sometime in the first few minutes.

Yeah, this happened with me with my garmin if i didnt wait long enough for it to properly aquire the gps or whatever.
I hate having to stand outide for 1-2 mins

A few three story buildings but mainly two story buildings.

https://www.centuriontrack100.com/races/centurion-track-100-2019

Sweepstake on number of entries... 15 tops?

I'd love to do that. I've done a track marathon before, but it was in July and was humid and windy.

I can't imagine ever running 26.2 miles again, let alone 100 though

Had a random punt at a fast 5km tonight. No warmup, just straight out the door, new pb- an agonisingly close 20:03!

Next time.

Come over to Stretford Parkrun sometime #flatandfast

100 though

I'm sorting an Escape from GB place so a 48hr 100 might be on the cards in May/June!

26.2 on the track gets a Chapeau from me!

P.s. hope they can get Walmsley over for that 100

I suffered badly from shin splints years ago and went through progressively more built up running shoes and then custom orthotics trying to get rid of them. The net result was shin splints plus additional problems!

Then I thought about the nature of the problem, which in my case was the over-pronation which essentially is an incorrect motion that the shoes and orthotics are trying to prevent, but forcing a rigid biomechanic as a result. So I got a pair of neutral shoes and spent a couple of months on a treadmill in front of the mirror concentrating on trying to eliminate the over-pronation and gradually building up the time to allow everything to adapt and ensure that it became my natural motion.

It worked and I now run fine with neutral shoes over any distance/ surface so it's worth considering if you run into the same problems again.

Tarawera Ultramarathon in 13 and a half hours time. Terrified.

Good luck.

Just your standard cross country race for me this weekend.

Enjoy! Same as Juanito, local xc for me too.

I'm sorting an Escape from GB place

Should have been held on 29th March

@andyp how’s the running going?

That'd be Escape from Europe, no?
Organiser defo missed a trick, start in Brussels, all participants get a Blue Passport & commemorative 50p medal.

thanks. I think the shin splints were caused by 3 days of longer off road runs though, my lower leg wasnt used to working so hard! All seems fine now - it took three weeks to get back on track.

I'm a fore/mid foot runner and wear neutral shoes already, but sounds like I had a similar experience to you. About 5/6 years ago I managed to sever my big toe tendon in my left foot, get a sciatic nerve inflammation where I couldnt use my leg at all and then have a major 5-days-in-hospital bike crash, all in the space of a six months. As well as other problems, my gait was all messed up (I couldnt walk 100m never mind run to start with).

I went down the stability shoe and the expensive custom orthotic route, only to come to the conclusion that that stuff causes more problems that it solves. Lots of time spent stepping forward and back in front of a mirror along with strength and mobility work got my lower leg strength up to scratch and my hips able to place the foot on the ground safely.

First run last night with no walking interludes, which is good. A few aches and pains so far, but that’s to be expected I think.

The goal for the next month or so is to up the duration, then after that I’ll think about upping the intensity.

It sounds like the issue Neil referred to from DC rainmaker is the cause then. The GPS signal should be fine in that environment. I’m guessing it doesn’t have a full lock, GPS needs a lock on three satellites to accurately locate you, and it gives false readings until it gets a lock. Moving delays getting a lock too.

GPS needs a lock on three satellites to accurately locate you

Four. Doing it with just 3 requires access to an accurate atomic clock as a time reference.

Just get the watch ready for the run earlier, especially if it has access to wifi or phone connectivity as most devices will now try to download bang-up-to-date ephemeris data over the Internet as that's faster than waiting for it to come down s.l.o.w.l.y from the individual satellites.

Or do 30-60 seconds stretching or warm up whilst the watch gets a better lock (i.e. more satellites), depends how much you value accurate reliable data.

Was dreading this mornings run in thanks to the rain/drizzle but it wasn't that bad at all, verging on semi-enjoyable.

That's a rough ride! Interesting that you had the same experience with the shoes/ orthotics.

I run mid/forefoot too, depending on pace, and it's always lower leg endurance that limits how long you can hold the forefoot for so I try to gradually build that up.

I also found that running on grass makes a massive difference to how much you can run - hard surfaces are brutal - and uneven surfaces were fantastic for building up the general resilience of all the ligaments/ muscles in the lower leg. Sorry if this is obvious!

What distance are you looking at?
10k?