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Nov 2014
2:47pm, 16 Nov 2014
109 posts
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Jonny1616
Ran the BHF 10k in Pollock Country Park Glasgow today. Lovely park and nice event but another short course at 5.94 miles  This is the third race this year for me that's measured well short. I don't understand how courses are not measured accurately beforehand. Tad annoying.
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Nov 2014
9:28pm, 16 Nov 2014
7,723 posts
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Boab
Not Porty Runners Sandra, it's Alex Jackson who organises it. Alex also organises the East League cross country. I've contacted him and the new year's day run is on this year.
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Nov 2014
1:02am, 17 Nov 2014
5,199 posts
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katypie
yay
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Nov 2014
9:56pm, 18 Nov 2014
455 posts
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kaiser
jonny I ran bhf on sunday and my garmin measured 6.1 miles
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Nov 2014
10:06pm, 18 Nov 2014
248 posts
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The Belly Is Gaun Tae Get Ye
Jonny the GPS measurements are affected by the extensive tree cover in Pollok Parkand could easily account for the missing 0.27 miles.
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Nov 2014
11:28am, 19 Nov 2014
23,179 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
I'd agree re Pollok. I did the parkrun there when it first started and my Garmin lost some distance. It's measured correctly though. I wouldn't diss a course measurement based on GPS - it can often be out. Anything with sharp corners, or twists and turns too can lose signal.
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Nov 2014
8:12pm, 19 Nov 2014
110 posts
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Jonny1616
Thanks for the info guys.
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Nov 2014
1:46pm, 20 Nov 2014
7,615 posts
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Bazoaxe
I have seen an e-mail on my iPhone from GSI admitting that the Scottish Half was long by 292.8m due to a measuring issue between miles 5 and 6 where we turned around the cones. They laid the course out correctly as per the certificate, it wa sthe measurement that was wrong.
Sadly no adjusted times provided though
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Nov 2014
2:19pm, 20 Nov 2014
9,297 posts
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Dvorak
Victory for the people! (kind of). I can't seem to find their public statement about is so far though.
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Nov 2014
2:28pm, 20 Nov 2014
9,298 posts
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Dvorak
Actually, that still has the aroma of mature trout - does an IAAF Bronze event rely on a single measurement? If the course was laid out correctly, why was their course map different. I wonder how apologetic their public apology will be?
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