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RunsLikeAGirl
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 Posted: 05/15/03 - 15:51 Post subject: Recording PRs
So tell me:
What if you're in a large race, say a 5K with 3500 entrants, and they have chip timing, but no mat at the start. There's a potential to be starting 5 minutes back from the line. You start your watch when you cross the line, and according to your watch, you beat your current PR by 2 minutes, but because you weren't on the line when you started, your official time is 2 minutes slower than your current PR. Is it still a PR?
Please discuss.
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 05/15/03 - 15:58 Post subject:
I'd say yes. You still ran the full amount of the 5K and beat that time, right? You just added on a brief 'warm up' before you crossed the line.
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TriBob
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Posted: 05/15/03 - 16:05 Post subject:
| runswithscissors wrote: | | I'd say yes. You still ran the full amount of the 5K and beat that time, right? You just added on a brief 'warm up' before you crossed the line. |
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jrjo
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Posted: 05/15/03 - 16:27 Post subject:
Personal records are always whateve the watch reads 
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flarunner
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Posted: 05/15/03 - 16:56 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | Personal records are always whateve the watch reads |
Whether in a race or on your most run 5 mile course.
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Posted: 05/15/03 - 17:32 Post subject:
PR=start line to finish line.
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shelflifers
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Posted: 05/15/03 - 18:25 Post subject:
Exactly. This was something you had nothing to do with. It was out of your control. PR it is!
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Pebbles
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Posted: 05/15/03 - 19:09 Post subject: Re: Recording PRs
| RunsLikeAGirl wrote: | So tell me:
What if you're in a large race, say a 5K with 3500 entrants, and they have chip timing, but no mat at the start. There's a potential to be starting 5 minutes back from the line. You start your watch when you cross the line, and according to your watch, you beat your current PR by 2 minutes, but because you weren't on the line when you started, your official time is 2 minutes slower than your current PR. Is it still a PR?
Please discuss. |
YES! 
And that's all I have to say about that
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Cappy
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Posted: 05/15/03 - 20:06 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | Personal records are always whatever the watch reads |
I always used my watch time.
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RunsLikeAGirl
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Posted: 05/16/03 - 08:13 Post subject:
Oh good!
Thanks!
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Posted: 05/16/03 - 08:49 Post subject:
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shelee
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Posted: 05/16/03 - 15:33 Post subject:
i would like to say, yeah, i mean the others are right. but this happened to me at my canterbury race in madison, a 5K. i had to dash into java juice, lol, for a quick pit stop right before the race adn ended up behind walkers. it took at least a minute to just cross teh strart line and then to fight my way past a zillion runners. anyway, i'm still bitter, lol! really! i was sick that day, and i think in all honesty i had a new pr, but i won't count it. if it's not written, i can't be sure. i mean i looked at my watch but wasn't very precise about the timing.
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coachmarkos
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Posted: 05/16/03 - 16:02 Post subject:
I'd call it a PR!
Which calls for a:
 way to go!
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TimRuns
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Posted: 05/16/03 - 20:04 Post subject:
| runswithscissors wrote: | | I'd say yes. You still ran the full amount of the 5K and beat that time, right? You just added on a brief 'warm up' before you crossed the line. |
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Posted: 05/17/03 - 07:46 Post subject:
THat is kind of surprising for a race with 3500 people there wasnt a mat at the start but since you started your watch when you hit the start line I say count it!
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