Comments on: Runnex @ 25 Years http://thebullrunner.com/2008/05/04/runnex-25-years/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:32:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Edjosh http://thebullrunner.com/2008/05/04/runnex-25-years/#comment-2261 Edjosh Thu, 08 May 2008 07:29:04 +0000 http://thebullrunner.wordpress.com/?p=468#comment-2261 TBR, Where can I find that Garmin, the monitoring gadget that you are using in the race? How much? TBR,

Where can I find that Garmin, the monitoring gadget that you are using in the race? How much?

]]> By: markfb http://thebullrunner.com/2008/05/04/runnex-25-years/#comment-2260 markfb Mon, 05 May 2008 16:22:48 +0000 http://thebullrunner.wordpress.com/?p=468#comment-2260 5km route is 5.65, 10km route 9.9 5km route is 5.65, 10km route 9.9

]]> By: Black Sigil http://thebullrunner.com/2008/05/04/runnex-25-years/#comment-2259 Black Sigil Mon, 05 May 2008 12:23:09 +0000 http://thebullrunner.wordpress.com/?p=468#comment-2259 Bullrunner, My niece Ryanne Nicole, who ran 2.2k yesterday and is an avid visitor of your site wanted to come up to you and introduce herself but she was too shy. I promised her that the next time we bumped into you I'll be the one doing the introducing, hope you don't mind. The race was nice but me and my brother didn't join, I ran with my niece to set her pace and my brother did the same thing for fiance who ran the 5k. See you in the next race and Happy Birthday! :) Bullrunner,

My niece Ryanne Nicole, who ran 2.2k yesterday and is an avid visitor of your site wanted to come up to you and introduce herself but she was too shy. I promised her that the next time we bumped into you I’ll be the one doing the introducing, hope you don’t mind.

The race was nice but me and my brother didn’t join, I ran with my niece to set her pace and my brother did the same thing for fiance who ran the 5k.

See you in the next race and Happy Birthday! :)

]]> By: dennis http://thebullrunner.com/2008/05/04/runnex-25-years/#comment-2258 dennis Mon, 05 May 2008 08:15:27 +0000 http://thebullrunner.wordpress.com/?p=468#comment-2258 so was the 5KM route yesterday not accurate? What about 10KM route? so was the 5KM route yesterday not accurate? What about 10KM route?

]]> By: Neville http://thebullrunner.com/2008/05/04/runnex-25-years/#comment-2256 Neville Mon, 05 May 2008 05:09:37 +0000 http://thebullrunner.wordpress.com/?p=468#comment-2256 Hey TBR, finally I was able to talk to you. And yup start run training or walking hehe for our planned ultra marathon. Lets create a team and run and walk the ultra mrathon. Will call our team "corredor del toro" . hehe. It was nice seeing you, and your really thin in person. Thanks for meeting up with me. Till next time. Hey TBR, finally I was able to talk to you. And yup start run training or walking hehe for our planned ultra marathon. Lets create a team and run and walk the ultra mrathon. Will call our team “corredor del toro” . hehe. It was nice seeing you, and your really thin in person. Thanks for meeting up with me. Till next time.

]]> By: markfb http://thebullrunner.com/2008/05/04/runnex-25-years/#comment-2257 markfb Sun, 04 May 2008 23:22:28 +0000 http://thebullrunner.wordpress.com/?p=468#comment-2257 There are a lot of races lined up for May. Lets hope the lessons learned here will be passed on. The other organizers should follow Rio's example of giving out results quickly and in a well laid out format. Now we only need to get the measurement right. This is a problem most races have. If using a bike odometer, there's a wheel calibration that needs to be done. For the Forerunner 305, you need to get at least a +-6 to get it accurately. This is normally done by staying put in one area for 1 to 2 minutes so the device can lock on the satellites properly. It also accounts for elevation into its measurements. Now if you want to use your car or motorcycle to measure, just make sure that the tires you have on are the ones in your odometers specs. Using yarn will not work as the length varies according to the tension used by the group measuring. As I've read, courses are measured along all the tangents, they cover the shortest possible way along the course. However due to the number of runners, some may get the longer line and end up with a slightly longer finishing distance. Out of 3 garmin 305 users last sunday, none got 10km. Im sure 2 of us made sure we got the best line. : ) Here is the direct link to the USATF Course Measurement and Certification Procedures. http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/certification/manual/equipment.asp IMHO, a properly measured course entails a lot of work. Most of us weekend warriors will be satisfied with what the gps and bike reading will give. There are a lot of races lined up for May. Lets hope the lessons learned here will be passed on. The other organizers should follow Rio’s example of giving out results quickly and in a well laid out format.

Now we only need to get the measurement right. This is a problem most races have. If using a bike odometer, there’s a wheel calibration that needs to be done. For the Forerunner 305, you need to get at least a +-6 to get it accurately. This is normally done by staying put in one area for 1 to 2 minutes so the device can lock on the satellites properly. It also accounts for elevation into its measurements. Now if you want to use your car or motorcycle to measure, just make sure that the tires you have on are the ones in your odometers specs. Using yarn will not work as the length varies according to the tension used by the group measuring.

As I’ve read, courses are measured along all the tangents, they cover the shortest possible way along the course. However due to the number of runners, some may get the longer line and end up with a slightly longer finishing distance. Out of 3 garmin 305 users last sunday, none got 10km. Im sure 2 of us made sure we got the best line. : )

Here is the direct link to the USATF Course Measurement and Certification Procedures.
http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/certification/manual/equipment.asp

IMHO, a properly measured course entails a lot of work. Most of us weekend warriors will be satisfied with what the gps and bike reading will give.

]]> By: bullrunner http://thebullrunner.com/2008/05/04/runnex-25-years/#comment-2249 bullrunner Sun, 04 May 2008 13:29:26 +0000 http://thebullrunner.wordpress.com/?p=468#comment-2249 Passion Runner, ack sayang nga! Next time :) Thanks for the link for results. Coach Rio, congrats! Minor negatives lang naman yan. It was still a great race! Cat, so sorry! Fixed it already. It was really nice meeting you. :) Mark, I was thinking of that too! Standing beside Neville makes anyone look large! Tara...let's train for ultras so we'll look as lean as him hehe. Congrats on the run...and winning over Tiffin by a tiny step hehe. Mel, congrats! I probably ran past you because I just ran 5k! Passion Runner, ack sayang nga! Next time :) Thanks for the link for results.

Coach Rio, congrats! Minor negatives lang naman yan. It was still a great race!

Cat, so sorry! Fixed it already. It was really nice meeting you. :)

Mark, I was thinking of that too! Standing beside Neville makes anyone look large! Tara…let’s train for ultras so we’ll look as lean as him hehe. Congrats on the run…and winning over Tiffin by a tiny step hehe.

Mel, congrats! I probably ran past you because I just ran 5k!

]]> By: mel http://thebullrunner.com/2008/05/04/runnex-25-years/#comment-2250 mel Sun, 04 May 2008 13:06:18 +0000 http://thebullrunner.wordpress.com/?p=468#comment-2250 ran my first 10k today, saw TBR running past me approximately on the 2k mark, hope i run faster next time ran my first 10k today, saw TBR running past me approximately on the 2k mark, hope i run faster next time

]]> By: mark p http://thebullrunner.com/2008/05/04/runnex-25-years/#comment-2252 mark p Sun, 04 May 2008 12:58:20 +0000 http://thebullrunner.wordpress.com/?p=468#comment-2252 Remind me not to stand beside Neville next time we have our picture taken. We look "malusog" compared to you guys!!! You should have gone to the Bahay ng Alumni. The toilets were available there. I guess thats why you call it home court advantage. Knowing the ins and outs of UP helps. Yes I tracked it using the map available in Runnersworld.com and it is approximately 5.65 Kms long. It feels good to be running once again. Remind me not to stand beside Neville next time we have our picture taken. We look “malusog” compared to you guys!!! You should have gone to the Bahay ng Alumni. The toilets were available there. I guess thats why you call it home court advantage. Knowing the ins and outs of UP helps. Yes I tracked it using the map available in Runnersworld.com and it is approximately 5.65 Kms long. It feels good to be running once again.

]]> By: Passion Runner http://thebullrunner.com/2008/05/04/runnex-25-years/#comment-2251 Passion Runner Sun, 04 May 2008 12:46:27 +0000 http://thebullrunner.wordpress.com/?p=468#comment-2251 Results are out. Check out http://runrio.com :) Results are out. Check out http://runrio.com :)

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