My Garmin said 42,28 km for todays race… Pretty accurate right?
Absolutely 100% percent accurate! Well run today Jan!
My Garmin said 42.45 km for BMO on Sunday. I find that the accuracy is usually within 1% and for training runs about 0.5%. Yes, running the tangents is the main factor, but also weather, latitude and time of day can play a role for GPS accuracy. BTW, I remember that all major city races in Germany would paint a blue line on the pavement that outlined the shortest distance. The competitive runners would always gravitate towards this line. That was back in the eighties. Don’t know if they still do that, but it was pretty helpful.
Mine showed a little longer than that but running as the 3:45 pace bunny I was weaving around a lot more, high-fiving kids, etc. so I wasn’t surprised. Last year’s Vancouver Marathon race director had painted a blue line which you can still see in some places (like turn onto Camosun).
My Garmin said 42,28 km for todays race… Pretty accurate right?
Absolutely 100% percent accurate! Well run today Jan!
My Garmin said 42.45 km for BMO on Sunday. I find that the accuracy is usually within 1% and for training runs about 0.5%. Yes, running the tangents is the main factor, but also weather, latitude and time of day can play a role for GPS accuracy. BTW, I remember that all major city races in Germany would paint a blue line on the pavement that outlined the shortest distance. The competitive runners would always gravitate towards this line. That was back in the eighties. Don’t know if they still do that, but it was pretty helpful.
Mine showed a little longer than that but running as the 3:45 pace bunny I was weaving around a lot more, high-fiving kids, etc. so I wasn’t surprised. Last year’s Vancouver Marathon race director had painted a blue line which you can still see in some places (like turn onto Camosun).