greeno-
also very curious about this...
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I was recording on a phone, and you could see that the route it tracked was all over the place. This substantially increased the 'distance' i'd ran, which made my pace much faster. You'll notice runs with a watch have a much smoother line as the GPS signal is more accurate.
I once ran 10k with a friend after I got a watch. She recorded on a phone, which recorded 11.1k. Her 'pace' was about 30 sec/km faster.
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Basically, it's not that useful to compare strava times/pace. When I got a watch (Garmin 735XT) i was suddenly running much slower which did initially hurt my ego.
The flip side is that it was much more accurate, so I'm not going to enter a race thinking I can run much faster than I'm able to.
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Im only jealous. I would be happy with 45!
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I ended up deleting my first few park run strava efforts from before I had a watch - my PBs were set a good few minutes faster than I would ever hope to run in real life.