Running

Managed a sub 40 at Victoria Parkrun today. 39:31 chiptime. GPS time was a minute quicker. Outside line perhaps?

Firstly well done!

Official finish time is always the official finish time… difference could be multiple things, but a couple of the most likely are…park run is afaik done on gun time, not when you cross the line, or if you’re recording on an older gps or heaven forbid phone it’s likely it added some distance on and your total distance was further than 5k…

Nice

GPS time was a minute quicker.

On device time or Strava reported time?

Strava often ignores time where it thinks you were stopped, and by stopped it could mean "where the GPS lost signal for a bit". Is the "elapsed time" different from the reported time?

(The only way Strava will use the full GPS elapsed time is if you set the activity to be a "race".)

Also if you've ever been on the other side of parkrun you'll see that the events are run on a wing and a prayer. I've had my official parkrun time modified by huge amounts as the person running the stopwatch missed a few presses or pressed a few extra times, or the people handing out tokens forgot to give them to a few people, or a few finishers ducked out of the finish funnel before collecting a token, etc.

Got some endorphin trails for Christmas and managed to get out for a 90 min offroad blast this afternoon. Initial impressions are wierd. I'm hoping they'll grow on me or I'll find some terrain where they make sense. I love the endorphin speeds and pros and love trail running so was excited about these but they seem like a strange combo of maximised parts for very different purposes at the moment.

Cheers! Obvs very pleased with it so not a moan about the time at all. It was just the km markers seemed off according to my polar and the three Garmins around me and all ended up adding .2 ish at the end. I assumed it was just margin of error.

How people run that in 33 mins blows my mind.

Got an invite to the Trevelyan Hunt, which I am quite excited about.

I have an older version of these - two years in and still going well - They aren't great in very slippy / heavy muddy conditions but good on trails and a bit of road - https://www.adidas.co.uk/terrex-two-ultra-trail-running-shoes/H69066.html

I hope this is the right place to ask...
Getting back into running regularly/more quickly (shin splints allowing)
Ran 20.17 at Parkrun at the weekend on a new course and really thought I was around the 22-23 min mark. Clearly my idea of time/pace is terrible so I'm considering a running watch to be able to a) develop a better understanding b) push myself on a bit.
If I am going to get a watch, it might as well have music storage so I can leave my phone at home.
It's a bit of a minefield isn't it? I'm an iphone user so could get an Apple watch (SE or Series 6), which obviously has lots of other functionality. Garmin seem popular - recommendations? Anything else to consider? Budget £300ish
Any thoughts welcomed!

Apple Watch.
GPS is getting better, frankly on my most recent direct test with my fenix it followed exactly.
And if you’re in the apple ecosystem, the whole thing working together is nice.

That's a firm recommendation! I guess my one reservation is daily charging but it's not the end of the world.

Id probably go apple watch. I have a Garmin 945 and its great but the garmin pay is pretty sucky and its a big old bugger.
Cons of the apple watch is that it seems very smashable (could be wrong?) - which for me is a big issue

Can't imagine a watch that claims an all day battery haha. For that money you could get a Suunto 9 which lasts over 24 hours of actual activity (and longer).

Granted it doesn't hold music.

I've got a Coros Apex and a Garmin Solar Instinct, mainly for the massive battery life.

Both watches are decent, but I prefer my retired Garmin 735xt.

The three in order of my preference would be

1. 735xt
   
2. instinct solar
   
3. coros apex
   

Garmin 945 (~20 months old) is struggling with battery life. Lasts 3-4 days on a full charge (with no activities) compared to the 2 weeks it could last when new. Not sure how it's going to hold up to 8h of skiing for the next few days.

Anyone with any experience of replacement batteries or getting a refurbed watch from Garmin. I wouldn't mind sending this one back (it's in pretty good nick) and paying, I dunno, £50 for one with a better/new battery.

Costs about £100 (it did for my 735 a couple of months ago). You send your old one off and they'll post out a new one.

I did it with my 625 a few years ago as well

Thanks, will give them a shout when I'm back from skiing.

Bought some Hoka Carbon X2s and wore them to walk around today to break them in. Don't know exactly what I was expecting from a carbon plate (magic?) but they don't feel overwhelmingly different to some of my other running shoes, albeit stiffer through the mid foot. I like the rocker shape, which feels very different to that on the Cliftons. Looking forward to running in them.

Would imagine the sprung carbon plate only kicks back when you give it the beans - otherwise it’s just a hard in sole.

You should notice it when running, I doubt it does much when walking.

Let’s us know how you get on with them - I’ve been meaning to try a pair of Hokas for years and never got round to it

I got a cheap Apple Watch off eBay, does everything I want well, native workout recording app is best and most customisable, also now syncs to Strava properly. I can’t find a way to push single podcasts to it reliably, but the subscription / auto update seems to work fine, especially now I have a newer phone.

Anybody want my old Fenix 5? Screen is in perfect condition. Light scratching and scuffing to the PVD. It's hard for me to benchmark battery condition but what I can say is that when I did a 14 hour activity recently there was still 15% battery left when finished.

All straps used but fine to use.. Fluro one good condition. Green one has a broken hole.

No charging cable. Will ship fully charged but you'll have to buy one. They're cheapz on eBay.

£100 posted.

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It's just so fucking frustrating. I've recently got back into running and have a lovely flat 3-mile route that I can take. I've been doing that once or twice a week for the last month or so followed each time by some fairly comprehensive stretching. The problem is that it just progressively tightens up my right ITB to the point where it won't relax in the 2-3 days between runs and causes me lateral knee pain for cycling and other everyday shit like climbing down stairs. It's getting to the point where it's just not worth it if I have to follow every single run with an hour of stretching plus half an hour of roller work/massage every day in between. sigh

I wouldn’t necessarily be so quick on the foam roller or stretching.
A dynamic warm up and cool down and specific S&C is from my experience the way to go.
Also ITB may need rest, so it might be a case of working on strengthening it but not running…

had hip soreness for the last few years when running. going back to the gym to do some lifting and try to improve my range of motion when I'm not running seems to have improved things a lot. wfh for 2yrs hadn't helped things - cardio is still decent but I feel more fragile than I was.

As ^, wouldn't necessarily focus on the post run stretching, but find which bit is tight or has poor range of motion and work on that for 15mins a day when you're not running. hopefully the result will be that when you do run you're not just aggravating things