PREFONTAINE

good job, PRE. solid week.

by the way, i did see your comment on my race report from oct. 9th. thanks for your insights. i usually do not rely on my garmin for race distances, as i know that they aren't always accurate. in fact, i don't even wear my garmin in most races; just a simple stopwatch. i measured this course using the course tool here on the blog (can be accessed from your "workout calendar" page -- sidebar on the left). it came out to 3.11 miles exactly, so i know the course was accurate. they actually figured out what was wrong with my time and made the adjustment on the posted results, so all is well!

Allie,

Hello. I am always amazed that you are able to read my blogs when they refer to your entries from the distant past. I do have email notifications selected on my blog page such that when someone blogs me I am to be notified...but I never am notified.

Learning a little more about this site as time goes on and I love it.

Funny you mentioned they adjusted your time regarding your race. During my very first race on 2/28/09, there was a discrepancy with regard to what my Garmin reported and what the chip time reported. I wrote the race director about that and he followed up on it with the timing company. End result, 10:20 per mile pace stayed and 10:12 pace per armin report considered inaccurate. So there was a difference of (13.11 x 8 seconds)00:01:44 between the two times.

But what do you think in general about my comment? Not in your case, but when my Garmin is inaccurate, I always now just accept that for me, it is likely I am not running the tangents well. Do you think that is likely what is happening?

Thanks for saying good job by the way. I must stay vigilant regarding my staying on track. I can at times miss runs...and did very well addressing this last training episode. But I must continually stay aware and monitor myself. Which is why I am writing a week end summary. Last training period it was every three weeks...but I want to continually assess whether I am on track with the miles, and staying true to the program (Advanced Marathoning, 55 week peak program schedule, has various types runs to do on particular days).

yes, running the tangents is important in a race, as the course is measured using the shortest route possible and therefore not running them well will cause you to add distance to the overall race (although usually it is not enough to matter too much). i do not run tangents well. it is something i am working on though!