|
Oct 2020
11:15am, 1 Oct 2020
996 posts
|
Totriornottotri
Going round Canary Wharf is notorious for signal loss.
|
|
Oct 2020
11:20am, 1 Oct 2020
675 posts
|
Spideog
I had suggested to them in some previous communication about the app that standing still beneath Canary Wharf for 20 minutes would result in a world record being recorded on the app.
They ignored me after that. 
|
|
Oct 2020
11:31am, 1 Oct 2020
41 posts
|
gambrinus
Switching to the elite race for a moment. I can't imagine anything worse than doing 19 laps of a park (I find lapped parkruns a bit tedious). I'd be interested to know what the pros think- would they rather do a "proper" marathon course or is it easier just to switch off and do heaps of laps?
|
|
Oct 2020
11:33am, 1 Oct 2020
3,461 posts
|
Little Miss Happy
Can’t think why Spideog 😊
Off to physio this afternoon in the (probably vain) hope she can work some miracle on my knee and make Sunday less of an ordeal than it’s otherwise looking as though it’s going to be.
|
|
Oct 2020
11:37am, 1 Oct 2020
11,708 posts
|
geordiegirl
oh heck 26.3 to be sure it is then!! thanks guys We're winging the very last bit of our run so should be fun
|
|
Oct 2020
11:38am, 1 Oct 2020
15,840 posts
|
jennywren
It didn’t seem to bother Eliud Kipchoge when he did his sub 2 did it? I don’t think they look at the scenery. It would drive me mad too but they’re a different type of human I feel.
|
|
Oct 2020
11:39am, 1 Oct 2020
3,462 posts
|
Little Miss Happy
I guess they are doing a job.
|
|
Oct 2020
11:45am, 1 Oct 2020
8,542 posts
|
jda
I'm sure they are caught up in the race and the scenery isn't an issue. Doing a solo time trial I don't think I'd like it, but racing is a different matter. Track cyclists can ride thousands (literally!) of laps in a single race. Or at least they used to, I think the really long races are less common these days.
My last 10k race was 9 laps, and that was fine - well, the laps were fine, the racing itself not quite so good. But I can't blame the course, the three top guys went under 29 mins
|
|
Oct 2020
11:50am, 1 Oct 2020
676 posts
|
Spideog
Think they are well used to doing long races on short tracks. 25 laps of 400m for a 10km is what they grew up on, doubt it will be a problem for their concentration.
|
|
Oct 2020
12:07pm, 1 Oct 2020
2,681 posts
|
Trin
gambrinus, obviously I can't speak as someone anywhere near elite status 😂 but I've done a couple of track marathons. I was dreading the first one because I thought it would be unbearable but the 105 laps kind of slipped past quite quickly. It became almost a hypnotic experience. So I did another one, as you do 😉
|
