The Running Thread - 2021

[The running raven]

Naples classic half marathon and 5k

 

[camaker]

Naples classic half marathon and 5k

Thanks. I skimmed through the results and nothing really jumped out at me. All the gun times and chip times seemed to have reasonable gaps. The only other avenue of inquiry that I can think of right now involves delving into the data from your watch (deeper than just the time) to see if there’s an explanation there. In the absence of a smoking gun, though. I’d tend to go with a chip timed race result over my watch result. Maybe someone else (@DopeyBadger, perhaps) can think of other possibilities.

 

[The running raven]

Ok! Thank you for looking!!

 

[pluto377]

November mileage- 100.00

It was a good month and I'm pleased with my progress.

This week hasn't been as good since after my 11 mile run Wednesday I came back to my car and discovered it had been broken into (passenger window smashed) and my purse was stolen. Sitting around waiting to file the police report was definitely not ideal recovery from a long run. Got one replacement credit card in the mail already and waiting for my new license to arrive, so slowly things are getting back to normal.

 

[SheHulk]

This week hasn't been as good since after my 11 mile run Wednesday I came back to my car and discovered it had been broken into (passenger window smashed) and my purse was stolen. Sitting around waiting to file the police report was definitely not ideal recovery from a long run. Got one replacement credit card in the mail already and waiting for my new license to arrive, so slowly things are getting back to normal.

Sorry that stinks.

 

[DopeyBadger]

Did a race today, but official race time and my watch time are different. Do I go with the lower one (race) higher one (watch) or average them. Watch was started same time as I hit the timing mat, but the two times are 2 minutes apart.

Thanks. I skimmed through the results and nothing really jumped out at me. All the gun times and chip times seemed to have reasonable gaps. The only other avenue of inquiry that I can think of right now involves delving into the data from your watch (deeper than just the time) to see if there’s an explanation there. In the absence of a smoking gun, though. I’d tend to go with a chip timed race result over my watch result. Maybe someone else (@DopeyBadger, perhaps) can think of other possibilities.

Yea, that's bizarre. The largest gap between gun/chip for the 5k runners seems to be around 30 seconds or so. Even the HM runners had 30 second gap as well. Looks like the 5k/HM started at the same time, and top finishers in both events had a gap between gun/chip around 1 second (indicative of an on-time start). One thing I did find interesting is the number of runners who were slower through the first mile split than their final average pace. That would be unusual in my experience because most runners don't tend to run negative split 5ks. But that could simply be because the 1 mile split was off. So I agree that the place to look is your watch. I'd be curious to see how the official 1 mile split lines up with your watch split at the same location as the timing mat (not necessarily 1.00 miles on your watch). Is there anything else in the watch data that looks off? At the end of the day, 2 minutes in a 5k is a huge difference between your race time and watch time (40 sec/mile). According to your fitness level, which time is more reasonable?

 

[The running raven]

Nothing else on my watch looks off. The watch time seems to be closer to my fitness level.

 

[dis_or_dat]

Nothing else on my watch looks off. The watch time seems to be closer to my fitness level.

Maybe you can look and see if other runners had similar issues. (leaderboard vs strava etc)

 

[Jules76126]

I want to thank everyone who recommended the BOB running stroller. We used our stroller for walks as baby is too little to run (12 weeks old) and after a few times out, the hand brake stopped working. My husband was very upset as we all know these strollers are expensive. We set up a video call with BOB. We figured they would say they couldn’t fix the issue and we were out of luck. The stroller works fine for walking, but you really need the hand brake to run. Well we showed them the problem on the call and as we assumed, can’t be fix. So they were like no problem, we will just send you a new stroller and you can keep this one for parts. We were shocked and true to their word, the new one arrived within a week. Highly recommend them!

 

[camaker]

This is a heartbreaking post. Many of you were around when we lost our almost 10yo bulldog, Owen, to a sudden heart attack a couple of years ago. We ended up with two lovely bulldog girls after his passing.

Well, day before yesterday, Bella started throwing up. No fever, no distress, no other symptoms. We didn’t think too much about it and thought she was doing better yesterday, until she started throwing up again in the evening. We took her to the emergency vet and were told she was septic and needed surgery for a probable perforated bowel. She wasn’t stable enough to do the surgery last night, but they let us see her around 11pm.

This morning the hospital called and said she had improved overnight and they were taking her into surgery. They just called and said things looked very bad internally, with lots of tissue and organ damage, and now was the time to make the call so she didn’t have to go through the pain of waking to a recovery process that she most likely wouldn’t make it through. Those were some of the hardest words I’ve ever had to give.

RIP, our sweet Bella. She was only 2 1/2!

 

[SheHulk]

RIP, our sweet Bella. She was only 2 1/2!

I'm so, so sorry.

 

[Herding_Cats]

I'm so sorry. it seems a lot of fur-babies have crossed the rainbow bridge in the last few months.

 

[MissLiss279]

This is a heartbreaking post. Many of you were around when we lost our almost 10yo bulldog, Owen, to a sudden heart attack a couple of years ago. We ended up with two lovely bulldog girls after his passing.

Well, day before yesterday, Bella started throwing up. No fever, no distress, no other symptoms. We didn’t think too much about it and thought she was doing better yesterday, until she started throwing up again in the evening. We took her to the emergency vet and were told she was septic and needed surgery for a probable perforated bowel. She wasn’t stable enough to do the surgery last night, but they let us see her around 11pm.

This morning the hospital called and said she had improved overnight and they were taking her into surgery. They just called and said things looked very bad internally, with lots of tissue and organ damage, and now was the time to make the call so she didn’t have to go through the pain of waking to a recovery process that she most likely wouldn’t make it through. Those were some of the hardest words I’ve ever had to give.

RIP, our sweet Bella. She was only 2 1/2!

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This makes me so sad. I’m so sorry.

 

[DopeyBadger]

Condolences @camaker

 

[PrincessV]

@camaker I am so sorry for your loss. (digital hugs)

 

[Bree]

This is a heartbreaking post. Many of you were around when we lost our almost 10yo bulldog, Owen, to a sudden heart attack a couple of years ago. We ended up with two lovely bulldog girls after his passing.

Well, day before yesterday, Bella started throwing up. No fever, no distress, no other symptoms. We didn’t think too much about it and thought she was doing better yesterday, until she started throwing up again in the evening. We took her to the emergency vet and were told she was septic and needed surgery for a probable perforated bowel. She wasn’t stable enough to do the surgery last night, but they let us see her around 11pm.

This morning the hospital called and said she had improved overnight and they were taking her into surgery. They just called and said things looked very bad internally, with lots of tissue and organ damage, and now was the time to make the call so she didn’t have to go through the pain of waking to a recovery process that she most likely wouldn’t make it through. Those were some of the hardest words I’ve ever had to give.

RIP, our sweet Bella. She was only 2 1/2!

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I am so sorry for your loss

 

[dis_or_dat]

So sorry @camaker

 

[Princess KP]

So sorry for your loss @camaker

 

[huskies90]

So sorry @camaker

 

[Kelkee]

Sorry for your loss @camaker