Running

Thanks, will see if I can get a pair

How bored are you that you thought that might add some excitement to your run?

I just had my first run in a month.

4 weeks boozing
1 month no running
0 favours done

Calf felt alright though so I'll keep running more and more until my feeble body breaks down again

(this probably belongs in the Strava thread, thought I'd post it here though as it's running-related I guess)

I'm using an Apple Watch 4 with a free Strava account to track my runs and get some stats.
This works really well, though there are two bugs / glitches / whatever that happen repeatedly, and I'm wondering if there is a fix for it -

1. Strava / the Apple Watch is GPS-tracking my routes fine for the most part (sometimes a little bit off, but it's all within, say, a 20 meter tolerance) - what I don't understand is though: it usually does not record the first ~50m of my runs (it pretends I started two blocks further down the road - this also happened somewhere else completely, in the mountains - overall tracking was fine / close to where I actually ran, but the start was about 40-50 meters "late", the start of the run (the green dot) is just further down the road than where I actually started the run, or the green dot is correct, but the first about 50m of the run is just a straight line (like a beeline, through buildings etc.) until it properly picks up the tracking).
   Can't seem to figure out why it does that. It happens not every single time, but most of the time.

2. The overall pace seems off (with every run I record) - meaning that Strava list the pace of the run as, say 6:00/km - but the individual paces of the kilometers are all higher, like 6:10, 6:05, 6:20 etc. - why is that?

Thanks in advance for any help!

My guess Re: issue 1) - I think this is caused by the “hide start/finish” function on strava so rather than pinpointing your exact start/end point (e.g your house) it will choose a different start point close by for safety purposes

..this was my first guess as well, alas it should only hide a certain (much, much bigger) radius from others - and it actually does show the finish really close to my house - it's just the start that's off..

I work from home and do the dadding. How bored do you think I am?

(in serious : I wanted to keep it slow today (I don't know why) and I know this works. It's a bit like doing MAF)

Re the first thing, could be that the watch isn’t getting a full gps lock on enough satellites until you’ve set off and is struggling to place the first coordinates.

The second thing sounds like Strava cutting out all the stops at traffic lights etc. It almost always shows a slightly faster average pace for me compared to the true number that I get from the Polar watch.
Is the elapsed time different on Strava than it is on your watch? If so, it’s just how they calculate moving time.

@salad-cunt I owe you one for the head torch recommendation. Got the NU25 and ran the canal to work just before sunrise yesterday. Trippy as fuck.

It’s also great being able to get stuff from the garden/shed hands free. Such a simple quality of life thing I should have done years ago.

Haven’t got the little blinkenlight for the back tho.

One of the tricks is apparently to start recording 30 seconds before you start running, then hit pause immediately. Because the activity has started it’ll try and get a proper GPS position, so when you unpause and start running a bit after then it’ll be accurate, rather than it spending the first bit of your actual run acquiring a lock

Ha, you're welcome, happy to hear you enjoy the light 👍

Thanks for the feedback regarding Strava -

could be that the watch isn’t getting a full gps lock on

..yea, might be - I could open the app on the watch and wait 20 seconds before I actually start the run?

Regarding the second thing I'll need to look closer at what the watch says / what Strava says, or might even take my phone with me and record with a second app to compare.
Now that I mention it I recall there was chat in here about Nike Run Club app vs. other apps' tracking and if I remember correctly NRC was not recommended as it was less accurate?

Beat me to it - yea, I'll try that, though I'd have hoped it looks for a proper GPS when you actually open up the app 💁🏼

Will report back 👍

Can anyone with deep pockets or aspirations confirm if this twerp is wearing cheat shoes as a fashion statement?

Or are they post-cheat fashion shoes..I don’t know anymore

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They’re not cheat shoes

Dealer boots

Playboy plimsolls

Look like Pegasus turbo natures

It sounds bad to me!

I had no idea it works, I tried a while back and I couldn't run as fast so I stopped doing it.

Those are just Next Natures. Can get them for £70 ish now and seem to be more a fashion shoe as a lot of runners didn’t rate them

Good way to keep easy runs easy!

That’s exactly it.

A guy I went to school with (and who always gives my 5km plods kudos on Strava) is currently starting this

https://my.raceresult.com/227644/live

His current 24H distance PB is 240km

Wintery scenes for this morning's parkrun at Fletcher Moss. This was supposed to be my "5k race" in the training plan and I was quietly hoping for 20:xx (having got 21:xx in a race pace run earlier) but a steady start to figure out the feel underfoot and get through the crowds meant a 22:13 in the end, which I'm not unhappy with! Mostly just great to be out with 100+ other people 0n a rare proper snowy morning. Really nice.

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Long run next week is 14.5km, so finally at a distance worth making the trip out to the hills for with a pal. Should be okay to throw in, right? As long as we keep the heroics to a minimum and take it easy?

Wintery scenes for this morning's parkrun at Fletcher Moss.

nice! 🙂