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Ridiculous WAVAs in profiles based on 100m sprint times rounded down.

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GregP Apr 2013 12:44pm, 12 Apr 2013 66,125 posts	Quote Pin GregP In this instance it is largely about you, Nellers. You are a Senior Fetchie and noted good egg, with a WAVA-shaped pair of clay feet.
Nellers Apr 2013 12:56pm, 12 Apr 2013 24,626 posts	Quote Pin Nellers Senior by age, duration of membership or site hits? Anyway, I didn't make the rules. I didn't set the 100m races up as PB events. I didn't program the 100m wava tables in to the site. All I did was run a race and record the time. Isn't that what the site is for? Is it my fault if people (mainly people who are younger than me and should be faster but aren't;-)) are a bit green-looking?
hammerite Apr 2013 1:30pm, 12 Apr 2013 18,419 posts	Quote Pin hammerite Is anyone really that fussed about WAVA? My 100m PB listed on Fetch isn't even my proper PB, I did 12.7x as a school boy using whatever automated timing system they used for race meetings at Bedford track in the 90s.
monsenb1 Apr 2013 1:32pm, 12 Apr 2013 948 posts	Quote Pin monsenb1 Agree with Lisa T regarding garmin times and official race result times.. However for fetch wanting-to-log-my time-ASAP-lack-of-patience-reasons I do record my Garmin time initially, and replace with official results as they are published. I do use my Garmin to time my race..so I start it when the race starts and not later when I pass the start line (non-chipped events). I am therefore never more than a few seconds out and I tend to stop my Garmin a second or 2 after I pass the finish line, so my Garmin time is normally a worst-case scenario and not a look-I've-been-robbed-of-x amount of-seconds-ordeal.
Lisa T Apr 2013 1:49pm, 12 Apr 2013 1,421 posts	Quote Pin Lisa T If the race time or distance is wildly different to that advertised or recorded, I'll put what my garmin says in my training log but I always list actual official results in my race portfolio - so what would show as my PB. Sometimes the official time is faster than what my garmin says & sometimes slower. Swings & roundabouts! I have to say hammerite, I am bothered about WAVA, cos I know as I get older I'll likely not get too much faster, so it's a way of measuring myself.
Lisa T Apr 2013 1:51pm, 12 Apr 2013 1,422 posts	Quote Pin Lisa T That said WAVA on fell races is fairly useless!
GregP Apr 2013 2:09pm, 12 Apr 2013 66,128 posts	Quote Pin GregP LisaT 1,422 is spot on, IMO. thumbsup
GregP Apr 2013 2:10pm, 12 Apr 2013 66,129 posts	Quote Pin GregP Apple logies. Meant 1,421.
Lisa T Apr 2013 2:12pm, 12 Apr 2013 1,423 posts	Quote Pin Lisa T Thought you was talking in code then GregP!!! Took me a while to work out your meant the post number. Bless me!
GregP Apr 2013 2:13pm, 12 Apr 2013 66,133 posts	Quote Pin GregP ~blesses Lisa T~