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Post by greyfox on Feb 23, 2009 20:13:31 GMT -5
I'm training for my first 100 (Umstead) and suddenly realized that my Garmin 205 isn't goinfg to last more than about 12 hours. What do folks do to pace themselves for 2X hours?
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Post by mateoloco on Feb 23, 2009 20:26:27 GMT -5
It's not really gonna take you more than 12 hrs to do 100 miles, is it? Lucky for you, Umstead has mile markers , so you don't really need a Garmin for the race at all.
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Post by pigman22 on Feb 23, 2009 23:32:56 GMT -5
If you are willing to spend about $50-75 for a lesser quality like a 101 you can use that for the first part of the race and use your main watch for the last part of it. I notice that over fifty miles in the woods that it tends top be less accurate, but with that kind of distance, .5 miles off isn't really going to bother me... It actually works out pretty well because the 205/305 has that cool little light up background that you can use for when its dark out. But, lets say you don't want to buy another watch, I would not use the watch for the first part of the run because you wont be as tired. Then at like 13 or 14 hours you can turn it on. Sometimes the scare of seeing just how slow you are going can make you faster. And obviously since your tired by the end part of the race, the watch would be much more useful. But I am kinda weird so maybe that wouldn't work out for you. Hope that helped.
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Post by pigman22 on Feb 23, 2009 23:33:53 GMT -5
OR... You could just team up with someone for the frist half and use their watch and then use your watch the rest of the way...
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Post by nilspedersen on Feb 24, 2009 22:24:37 GMT -5
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Post by richcheese on Feb 26, 2009 14:38:53 GMT -5
You'll have the time to do the calculations in your head...
Besides you'll probably sign up for and have a pacer for the second half of the event. Make them do the math! ;D
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Post by colonel on Feb 26, 2009 21:12:52 GMT -5
You'll have the time to do the calculations in your head...... At Pinhoti, I had the time, but after the 12 hour mark I didn't have enough mental capacity still functioning to make any calculations. Fortunately, Sarah "The Angel of Mercy" Tynes took pity on me and made a pace chart for me. She even put some yarn through it so that I could hang it around my neck. I must have looked at it 50 times. (she even made the print big enough that I could read it without my reading glasses!) The chart gave the time I needed to be at when I reached each aid station to be on a 24 hour pace, and the pace needed to make the cutoffs.
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Post by pigman22 on Feb 26, 2009 21:23:19 GMT -5
Honesty I think knowing the cutoff times is really helpful. Like even when I'm doing fine, the times really freak me out and it actually makes me push alot better...
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Dan B
Stunned Runner
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Post by Dan B on Mar 3, 2009 6:54:40 GMT -5
Another issue with Garmins or GPS in general in the woods/trails is they are not accurate. They always read short on the mileage since they can't always get good signals from all the satellites they need. I did read that you can add the foot pod for the 405 but I am unsure if the watch switches between satellite and foot pod reading automatically. ( of course foot pods aren't that accurate when your stride changes as you get tired) Plus you still have the short battery life issue. ( about 8.5 hrs for the 405 using GPS)
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Post by pigman22 on Mar 3, 2009 21:22:38 GMT -5
Holy crap that thing is sick! I have no clue why someone would even think about trying that but its pretty cool.
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Dan B
Stunned Runner
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Post by Dan B on Mar 4, 2009 7:26:35 GMT -5
I just ordered the kit to make a USB charger.
I'll let you know if it works ( now if I could recharge my legs I may be able to to a 100 miler someday)
Keep Ya Posted Dan
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