Ever felt cheated by course measurement? We’ve all been there, but it’s highly unlikely to be an actual mistake. As always, share your triumphs, PBs and woes below the line. Just check your GPS in by the door, it doesn’t work down there ...
A busy weekend of races - Brighton half, a new Kingston half, Cambridge half ... was your glass half full? (Sorry). As a member of a running club and of various Facebook running forums, I spent Sunday night watching the proud updates and PBs roll in. One thing I noticed rather a lot of was people claiming that courses were “definitely a bit long”.
This always make me raise a sceptical eyebrow - with a few, rare exceptions where the organisers or marshals have really made a mistake, this is almost always nonsense. Courses are measured accurately - and just because your Garmin might disagree, that doesn’t mean you are right and they are wrong. Sorry again.
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