tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814082344307223103.post2961535990526479715..comments2023-08-08T06:38:27.045-04:00Comments on Earn Your Donuts: Virtual Race Report: 2011 Sweat Your Thorns off Virtual 5K (And other stuff)Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814804554194390618noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814082344307223103.post-74096655323964833992011-06-30T15:09:19.219-04:002011-06-30T15:09:19.219-04:00I've long ago concluded that my (admittedly ra...I've long ago concluded that my (admittedly rather low-end) Garmin is the most inaccurate GPS in the world. (Except for maybe its big brother in my car.) I'm usually tempted to leave it home when I run a 5K, but for longer races where I have less of a feel for my pace and strategy, at least it gives me a rough sense of how fast I'm going ("Ok, no wonder I feel fast today...I can't maintain this for 6 miles and so I probably need to ease up.")<br /><br />I lucked out in this one. Mile 3 was one of the miles that was marked, whereas some of the others weren't. (There was also an unscheduled detour taken by some of the runners, so I may have just missed the mile markers, but I think it was just the front of the pack runners who got out before all the course volunteers were in place that were affected).Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02814804554194390618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814082344307223103.post-71541692675170183592011-06-30T14:56:33.105-04:002011-06-30T14:56:33.105-04:00I feel your pain on trying to calculate a race tim...I feel your pain on trying to calculate a race time during a longer race. I ran a virtual 10k as part of a 10-mile race. It was on a nice, flat, open road and would have been ideal for a garmin...if I had one. I had to use a stopwatch, taking my 6 mile time plus 1/5 of my 7th mile time, barely getting a PR...only to find out later that the mile markers were off and who knows where that 6.2 was.Kate Geisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11854561265520868538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814082344307223103.post-90225843151050563072011-06-28T01:00:34.922-04:002011-06-28T01:00:34.922-04:00That virtual 5k did sound like fun! I wish I would...That virtual 5k did sound like fun! I wish I would have known about it, but ill just have to keep an eye out for it next year.<br /><br />Good luck on getting that PR for the mile though, with as much as you have been running I would think you would have the endurance to push a pretty fast pace for just a mile :)Brett Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046757136477093762noreply@blogger.com