Yeah, feedback seems to be almost universally positive. There was some chat about it yesterday but it ended up on the 2022 TFK fun running thread rather than this one. The main/only quibble is the traffic at the start line & it can be tricky if you get caught too far back. They had over 5,000 entries & nearly 3,900 runners on the day. But there’s a great atmosphere alright & the club really gets behind it in terms of organisation and volunteers/stewards. People seems pretty happy with the goody bag & the course actually measuring 5 miles this year.
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Taking a big step this weekend, I’m moving to working off miles/minute for my training paces. I have a question. I’ve changed my measurement settings on the Garmin Connect app from metric to statute but the watch itself is still coming up in metres/kilometres and I can’t see how to change it on the face of the watch. I thought the app would sync with the watch. Does anyone know if there’s something I’m missing?
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Can you turn the watch off and restart it?
Have you got connect IQ
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You have to change it on watch. What watch have you?
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Garmin Vivoactive 4.
Thank you.
That’s unreal. You can even retain distance in metres/km and change pace to mile/minute or any combination.
Unreal if you’re doing a 10x400m at 6:00m/m pace for example.
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Thanks chief didn’t really expect to break 70 today so was pleasantly surprised to sneak in a bit under it. Perfect conditions, cool, clear and barely a puff of wind. 3’750 togged out apparently.
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Has anyone done the 10k for Milford Hospice before? The 2023 version is on next Sunday. Seems straightforward enough and it’s a great cause.
I haven’t done it but @Rintintin has a few times. I know they’ve said previously it isn’t a great one if you are going for a time as it attracts a huge number of walkers who’ll all line up near the start so you’ll spend the first 1km picking your way through them.
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Is a Strava subscription worthwhile, lads? I think you subscribe @Locke? I’m wondering if having access to the extra functionality might be useful. Maybe help you train better, shave a few seconds off times in races & let you know when you’re risking injury. Or is it a bit pointless and you can keep on top of the stuff I mentioned without paying extra?
I think it’s worth it. Not sure how much it is, is it 40 quid or something? I’ve subscribed that long that I don’t know what it would be like without having a sub.
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what watch do you use?
i see from above, garmin Connect should do everything for you that strava does
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I’ve never subscribed. Never will bother.
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You are not a proper runner unless you have a strava sub
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Course is 300m long and no official times . So it’s purely a fun run. Grand one to get the year going as long as ur not worried about times. A great run for ppl to start out with . Loads of people in the same boat and loads who are doing just this one a year for a very good cause.
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I have a sub myself . Not really sure what I’m getting out of it at this stage. Between training peaks and Garmin they have most things covered. But I’m a sucker for a gimmick. One thing I’ve noticed with Strava and Garmin . If u were to keep a track of fitness through either. Strava ups ur fitness points when ur killing urself as In it loves to see high hr efforts where as Garmin takes the opposite approach. If a run of that pace was not taxing on ur HR ur fitness goes up.
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Excuse my ignorance but what does the Garmin Connect app offer other than logging your runs? I see the Strava sub gives you access to stuff like relative effort so you can track if you’re running into an injury & it updates your fitness “score” after each run so you can keep tabs on your overall fitness level?
