Who Squares Wins!

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Pam runs Jul 2023 8:24pm, 12 Jul 2023 406 posts	0 Pam runs I believe the admin should put a minimum distance per activity to be included in WSW, afterall, this site is meant to be a training site, rather than a walk 0.1 mile, save, change watch to run, run back 0.2 miles, save, change watch to walk and walk back 0.1 mile to the start. 😁
fetcheveryone Jul 2023 8:31pm, 12 Jul 2023 29,315 posts	0 fetcheveryone I think that's me
RunRuss Jul 2023 9:15pm, 12 Jul 2023 58 posts	0 RunRuss I believe the admin should put a minimum distance per activity to be included in WSW, afterall, this site is meant to be a training site, rather than a walk 0.1 mile, save, change watch to run, run back 0.2 miles, save, change watch to walk and walk back 0.1 mile to the start. 😁 Agreed. 1/2 mile? 1km? More? Activity dependent? Swimming shouldn't be penalised unduly.
chunkywizard Jul 2023 9:20pm, 12 Jul 2023 16,457 posts	0 chunkywizard 1km would get my vote.
Night-owl Jul 2023 9:29pm, 12 Jul 2023 43,061 posts	0 Night-owl 1km would maych the rundle game. Apart from the swim
fetcheveryone Jul 2023 9:38pm, 12 Jul 2023 29,316 posts	0 fetcheveryone What you need is a feature request, so everyone can vote on it: fetcheveryone.com/featurerequests-open.php?sort=id&keyword=1661#feature1661
Foxy Jul 2023 11:02pm, 12 Jul 2023 34,393 posts	0 Foxy 1km sounds reasonable but maybe half a mile - Brexit means Brexit lol !
ChickenRunr Jul 2023 1:49am, 13 Jul 2023 63 posts	0 ChickenRunr 1km sounds reasonable but maybe half a mile - Brexit means Brexit lol ! The mile (Mille passus) is Roman, which is still kinda European. Let's go with a good old Anglo-Saxon Furlong.
Pothunter Jul 2023 8:43am, 13 Jul 2023 8,056 posts	0 Pothunter It would be interesting to see how many short runs/walks actually impact the scoring. I suspect it is a small minority because the hassle factor of running a short bit, stopping the watch, uploading it, changing to a walk, etc is waaay to much effort for all but the most ardent players. (I admit I did resort to this a bit in my WSW final although I used bigger intervals) At the end of the day you still have to cover a lot of ground if you want lots of squares. Is there any real difference to running a 5k loop then walking it or breaking the 10k into multiple little runs and walks?
FatRayToSlim Jul 2023 8:57am, 13 Jul 2023 55 posts	0 FatRayToSlim Is there any real difference to running a 5k loop then walking it or breaking the 10k into multiple little runs and walks? Yes. Start in the middle of a square, walk to the middle of the next square. Stop/save. Restart watch as a run. Run into the middle of the next square. Stop/save. Restart watch as a walk. Walk into the middle…..repeat over 5km Now you have recorded a walk and run in every square over 5km (except the first and last one), but only covered 5km once.