JulieODC
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- Aug 6, 2009
I am so sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.Sharing bad personal news: my mother-in-law passed away today from COVID-19. We were there at the end. I loved her like my own mother and she loved me like her son.
Sharing bad personal news: my mother-in-law passed away today from COVID-19. We were there at the end. I loved her like my own mother and she loved me like her son.
Sharing bad personal news: my mother-in-law passed away today from COVID-19. We were there at the end. I loved her like my own mother and she loved me like her son.
A question for all the Strava users out there, or I guess more of an observation that I know the answer to but value input on things I don’t know about.
I‘m signed up for the NYC virtual marathon which requires an upload to Strava upon completion. Ive never used it, and after trying many apps I found that I like my Apple Watch and the activities app that comes with it. So I downloaded Strava and after a bit of research and tweaking some settings my runs appear in Strava with all associated info as they should, but all come up short on the distance. It seems Strava modifies the GPS to what it thinks is more accurate than the original device and on the loop I run this is costing me .2 - .25 miles every 5 miles. That’s a potential for 1.25 miles or more over the course of my virtual 26.2. It seems that there isn’t anything I can do about it but have others had the same experience with any devices? Do I have to run 28 miles to be sure I get credit on race day? I would be upset if I run a marathon and get listed as DNF for only registering 25 miles.
Yikes! That’s a bit of a difference. Mine from my Garmin watches (previous Fenix 5s to now Fenix 6) is a 0.01 difference. I always make sure I wait until that 0.01 shows up on my Garmin before I hit stop. This results in a round number on Strava. But this ‘error’ is for the total run not for each mile.A question for all the Strava users out there, or I guess more of an observation that I know the answer to but value input on things I don’t know about.
I‘m signed up for the NYC virtual marathon which requires an upload to Strava upon completion. Ive never used it, and after trying many apps I found that I like my Apple Watch and the activities app that comes with it. So I downloaded Strava and after a bit of research and tweaking some settings my runs appear in Strava with all associated info as they should, but all come up short on the distance. It seems Strava modifies the GPS to what it thinks is more accurate than the original device and on the loop I run this is costing me .2 - .25 miles every 5 miles. That’s a potential for 1.25 miles or more over the course of my virtual 26.2. It seems that there isn’t anything I can do about it but have others had the same experience with any devices? Do I have to run 28 miles to be sure I get credit on race day? I would be upset if I run a marathon and get listed as DNF for only registering 25 miles.
A question for all the Strava users out there, or I guess more of an observation that I know the answer to but value input on things I don’t know about.
I‘m signed up for the NYC virtual marathon which requires an upload to Strava upon completion. Ive never used it, and after trying many apps I found that I like my Apple Watch and the activities app that comes with it. So I downloaded Strava and after a bit of research and tweaking some settings my runs appear in Strava with all associated info as they should, but all come up short on the distance. It seems Strava modifies the GPS to what it thinks is more accurate than the original device and on the loop I run this is costing me .2 - .25 miles every 5 miles. That’s a potential for 1.25 miles or more over the course of my virtual 26.2. It seems that there isn’t anything I can do about it but have others had the same experience with any devices? Do I have to run 28 miles to be sure I get credit on race day? I would be upset if I run a marathon and get listed as DNF for only registering 25 miles.
Yikes! That’s a bit of a difference. Mine from my Garmin watches (previous Fenix 5s to now Fenix 6) is a 0.01 difference. I always make sure I wait until that 0.01 shows up on my Garmin before I hit stop. This results in a round number on Strava. But this ‘error’ is for the total run not for each mile.
Thanks! This year's course was a bit different from previous years as we started and ended from the Kentucky Castle a few miles away from the usual Keeneland. It had plenty of rolling hills but not a "big hill".@Kerry1957 Congrats on your race! I did that race last year, and found it to be a challenging, but lovely course. The big hill that everyone kept saying would be the worst was not bad, but all the other rolling hills added up! Glad to hear it went well.
I do not use an Apple Watch, so I cannot attest to the accuracy of it, but like others above, my Garmin watch has always been within 0.01 miles of Strava for runs of 6 miles or less. For my last Disney half marathon, I had 13.11 miles on my Garmin watch and 13.15 miles on Strava, so Strava was 0.04 miles longer (not shorter). The only Strava quirk that I have seen over time is that if you stop your watch, then move to a different location and resume your run/watch, it sometimes (maybe all the time) counts the distance while stopped, but again, that makes the Strava mileage longer, not shorter.A question for all the Strava users out there, or I guess more of an observation that I know the answer to but value input on things I don’t know about.
I‘m signed up for the NYC virtual marathon which requires an upload to Strava upon completion. Ive never used it, and after trying many apps I found that I like my Apple Watch and the activities app that comes with it. So I downloaded Strava and after a bit of research and tweaking some settings my runs appear in Strava with all associated info as they should, but all come up short on the distance. It seems Strava modifies the GPS to what it thinks is more accurate than the original device and on the loop I run this is costing me .2 - .25 miles every 5 miles. That’s a potential for 1.25 miles or more over the course of my virtual 26.2. It seems that there isn’t anything I can do about it but have others had the same experience with any devices? Do I have to run 28 miles to be sure I get credit on race day? I would be upset if I run a marathon and get listed as DNF for only registering 25 miles.