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Jan 2019
2:31pm, 28 Jan 2019
293 posts
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Spideog
I suspect that the slightly undulating or twisty course does brake up the monotony of trying to keep focused on the pace, you put in some effort to get up a little incline, then you put in some effort as you've got a bit of downhill, then you put in some effort to get round the next corner etc.
A straight flat course and the mind can wander a bit. That is where following behind someone else as a pacer makes for it being faster though. Even if you are getting minimal to no wind shielding from them, just running beside someone else will keep both of your minds focused on the job at hand. One of you drops half a stride behind and they will push on to keep up, then the other pushes on to keep up etc ... then PB.
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Jan 2019
3:43pm, 28 Jan 2019
688 posts
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Nessie
For me, setting off too fast on a flat "easy" course, then dying on my @rse, is the usual culprit.
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Jan 2019
3:51pm, 28 Jan 2019
17,139 posts
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Dvorak
I wrote a bit about an "ideal" course, then decided it was so long I'd turn it into a blog post ... and muffed copying it and lost it, gah.
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Jan 2019
3:58pm, 28 Jan 2019
30,255 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
I was always quite quick at Livingston, which was not on paper an ideal course at all. Only thing I could think was that it might have been a bit short. Always measure 3.08 or 3.09 but I assumed that was just Garmin error.
Narrow start, 1 short lap on tarmac, congested for first 1km, along riverside, up a could of short, not too steep climbs, then on to longer loop, 2-4k, muddy trail, narrow, some roots and rocks, a couple of steep down to river, under a bridge, back up, then bridge crossing river, slippy, puddles, up above river, so slightly climb, mostly tarmac narrow path, slippy in winter, one more down under a bridge, and sharp back up, and finally last K back round the first loop.
Really not ideal, but suited me nicely. Or it was short?!  G
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Jan 2019
4:01pm, 28 Jan 2019
1,938 posts
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TomahawkMike
This may have been answered before... . Mineheads nearest event is supposedly Barry Island at 15.3miles, Teignmouth shows Exmouth at 6.1 miles. Both these are okay for seagulls perhaps but not drivers. So is this because parkrun decided to make the distances between nearest events neutral on mode-of-transport? So they make no assumption that you may be driving, cycling, walking across the moors, or using a boat. Just wondered...
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Jan 2019
4:04pm, 28 Jan 2019
6,680 posts
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larkim
It's just as the crow flies (or "as the crowf lies" if you are a film reviewer). A simple on-the-fly calculation without human interference. Pesky computer!
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Jan 2019
4:06pm, 28 Jan 2019
30,256 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Did Fetch blog backup every 20 seconds not save it Dvorak? Shame.
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Jan 2019
4:10pm, 28 Jan 2019
17,140 posts
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Dvorak
Crow flies Just as it was easiest, I expect. Essex/Kent gives some good examples, as does Fife/Lothians. Eg Kirkcaldy-Portobello 10.8 miles or 30 if you are driving
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Jan 2019
4:12pm, 28 Jan 2019
30,257 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
There did used to be a hovercraft that would probably have got you there pretty quickly Dv?! G
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Jan 2019
4:14pm, 28 Jan 2019
17,141 posts
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Dvorak
I wrote it on thread, and instead of opening a new tab, just changed the page. Having thought I'd copied, but hadnt. Basic errors. Of which typing anything lengthy on the phone was the first 
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