London Marathon 2020

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minardi Oct 2020 6:48pm, 4 Oct 2020 5,926 posts	0 minardi Theyre pretty quick at confirming a new time - I sent a photo of my computer showing my garmin connect entry and I've had a confirmation of the proper time, accirdto me
minardi Oct 2020 6:49pm, 4 Oct 2020 5,927 posts	0 minardi according to me Where's autocorrect when you need it?!
Totriornottotri Oct 2020 6:50pm, 4 Oct 2020 1,036 posts	0 Totriornottotri Wow - did your app update?
chunkywizard Oct 2020 6:56pm, 4 Oct 2020 10,127 posts	0 chunkywizard My legs hurt! Pretty happy with my time, I’ve blogged about it here. fetcheveryone.com/blog/69441
Spideog Oct 2020 6:56pm, 4 Oct 2020 700 posts	0 Spideog Wasn't hopeful of the app working. Not having been able to test how it would operate beforehand was a minor problem as I tried to sync the starting of the app, my Garmin and the bloke setting us off at 10 second intervals. Pressed the button on the app, started the Garmin, got the chip in my number scanned, and started running... But then just as about to put the phone in my belt noticed it was asking for permission to use some phone service, gave that permission, then it said something else in the app that I couldn't read in the rain, then I think it asked again do you want to start running now. Got that all sorted, checked that it was actually starting the timer and put the phone away... Then realised from looking at Garmin I was already running about 50 seconds a mile quicker than intended so spent the next mile trying to calm things down and get back to the intended pace. Other than that during the "race" all went well. Was a small flurry of people overtaking on the first lap who were only doing the 5 mile event, other than that saw pretty much nobody the whole way round. Except for the winner who flew past while I still had 2 to go. Did pass a few more people in the last part of the last lap with lapping some and catching a few who were the just minutes behind in the final results. With a mile to go I checked the distance on the app and it was about 0.3 of a mile out of sync with my Garmin, so on crossing the line I kept running across the soggy cow field until I could get the phone out to check it had completed. The extra distance on the course compared to the Garmin meant it all worked out fine though and got the required distance. Most importantly though I got the required time to be able to claim my GFA place back, and would even just have snuck under the time for claiming a non deferred GFA place for next year. Happy day, but have a total of 4 black toe nails now. Small price to pay though.
Fizz :-) Oct 2020 6:57pm, 4 Oct 2020 4,426 posts	0 Fizz :-) FDNB. It’s at the bottom of the My Run page
Bazoaxe Oct 2020 6:58pm, 4 Oct 2020 17,772 posts	0 Bazoaxe Well done Spideog - what was your time ?
AndyS Oct 2020 7:02pm, 4 Oct 2020 149 posts	0 AndyS That's done - and I'm glad it's over! I ended up having to run an extra 5k at the end due to the stupid bl**dy app.
GimmeMedals Oct 2020 7:04pm, 4 Oct 2020 18,096 posts	0 GimmeMedals Not on mine, Fizz 🤷‍♀️ Well run, Spideog
Fragile Do Not Bend Oct 2020 7:07pm, 4 Oct 2020 6,897 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Nope, definitely don’t have that Fizz. Very odd.