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The band broke on my Nike Sportswatch and it's an integral band that can't be replaced, so I just bought a Garmin Forerunner f235. I spliced my Nike band together with safety pins and wore them both on this run to see how well they matched up. I only had the f235 for four days so I wasn't confident that I could use it well. They recorded the exact same finishing time, but the Nike showed a distance of 13.5 miles compared to the Garmin's 13.3, so the Nike showed a notably faster pace. The weird thing is that the Garmin showed a total elevation change of just over 3,500 feet, which seems way high given the course. However, even more oddly, the Nike didn't record any elevation change at all, which has never happened in the six years I've been running with that watch. The course was really unusual, going up a very narrow canyon with high walls most of the way, so maybe that caused a problem. But anyway, my questions are: How do I get a basic elevation change per mile reading on the Garmin? I can find a map that roughly shows it, but I can't find a nice table like I have on the Nike. If I go to "running mode" on the Garmin, it automatically links up the GPS. I don't always want that if I'm just going to the "running history". Do you know how to tell the GPS to turn off in that situation? I'm just waiting for it to time out and turn itself off, which is kind of annoying since it keeps giving me warnings. I didn't take any pictures because I don't take my phone along, but it's an out and back course, so the first and last two to three miles look like this (photos from the internet, not me): It's just out in the open on a jeep trail. It doesn't look like it, but it's a pretty sustained hill. Miles 3 through 11 or so look like this: The whole way, it's a relatively rough gravel/scree jeep road that's not fast at all to run on. It was actually one of the more intimidating looking runs I've done, because you get taken out on buses 30 miles from anything and start out in the middle of a big plain. The mountains look like they're a long way away and pretty tall, and usually you can't see that far on a run with a big elevation change. And then when you come back out of the canyon, you can see the light glinting off the buses at the finish line and they really seem a long way off. Ah. The Nike elevation uploaded. Must have been a glitch. Here's what the Nike watch recorded. Mile 1 12:24 12'24" +243ft Mile 2 26:18 13'54" +319ft Mile 3 42:02 15'44" +467ft Mile 4 54:42 12'40" +324ft Mile 5 1:09:31 14'49" +202ft Mile 6 1:24:25 14'54" +428ft Mile 7 1:40:05 15'40" +335ft Mile 8 1:49:14 9'09" -404ft Mile 9 1:58:57 9'43" -394ft Mile 10 2:08:59 10'02" -245ft Mile 11 2:19:30 10'31" -391ft Mile 12 2:30:21 10'51" -418ft Mile 13 2:41:33 11'12" -309ft (It doesn't show the last .5 miles.)
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12-05-2016, 01:43 PM | #287 | |
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I am doing a 20 mile trail run this Saturday in Bella Vista AR. It says its 2200ft of elevation over that distance. I am going to get my ass kicked as I am not in shape for 20 miles of trail. Oh well. |
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Rain Man, that race course looks cool - awesome scenery. I'm sure the elevation is killer, though.
I have a Ragnar Trail race this weekend, a Hot Chocolate 15K the weekend after, and then my next Half race is scheduled for mid-February.
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The full marathon in Death Valley was really weird. It started at 3,400, climbed to 5,200 in the first 6 miles or so, and then had a 5,000 foot drop to the finish over 20 miles. I bet those people have some really sore quads today.
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What's the Ragnar race?
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Ragnar Alafaya - it's the first Ragnar Trail race in FL.
https://www.runragnar.com/event-deta...lafia_river_fl
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25 states down on my half-marathon list, 25 to go.
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Are you in Alaska? I may have, then.
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Not that day.
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You don't have to outrun the bear, just 1 other person is enough.
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so you are a glass half full type of person?
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Ran the St. Augustine Half last weekend and finished with my slowest time ever (by 20+ minutes) at 2:33. Poor training, IT band + shin splint issues, and hot weather contributed. I think my last mile was like 15 mins.
I have a 5K in 3 weeks and then a break until the Shamrock Half next March. Hopefully will be in better shape by then!
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