I got a Garmin- do I need to enable Glonas on it in addition to GPS to best track a long run? I’m not in a big city or anything. Doing a long tempo run where if I go out too hard (5:40pace or so for me) I’ll be dying so I want to sit right around 5:50 pace. What do you guys usually do?
mind eraser 101 wrote:
I got a Garmin- do I need to enable Glonas on it in addition to GPS to best track a long run? I’m not in a big city or anything. Doing a long tempo run where if I go out too hard (5:40pace or so for me) I’ll be dying so I want to sit right around 5:50 pace. What do you guys usually do?
I use both at all times. No reason not to.
As an aside, you’re so dialed that a 10 second pace deviation on a tempo will bonk you? You sure the pacing is correct?
GLONASS won't do all that much for you, and the other poster who said it doesn't hurt having it on is wrong. GLONASS makes GPS performance worse in many cases.
You won't get anywhere near +/- 10 seconds instant pace with a GPS. Maybe for overall pace, but if you're trying to monitor instant pace (to stay around 5:50 pace), you'll need a foot pod or to take short laps for your lap average pace.
Apophis99 wrote:
mind eraser 101 wrote:
I got a Garmin- do I need to enable Glonas on it in addition to GPS to best track a long run? I’m not in a big city or anything. Doing a long tempo run where if I go out too hard (5:40pace or so for me) I’ll be dying so I want to sit right around 5:50 pace. What do you guys usually do?
I use both at all times. No reason not to.
As an aside, you’re so dialed that a 10 second pace deviation on a tempo will bonk you? You sure the pacing is correct?
Exactly. OP is running tempos way too hard if that's the case. You should be able to do them without a watch.
Hrmmmmm wrote:
GLONASS won't do all that much for you, and the other poster who said it doesn't hurt having it on is wrong. GLONASS makes GPS performance worse in many cases.
You won't get anywhere near +/- 10 seconds instant pace with a GPS. Maybe for overall pace, but if you're trying to monitor instant pace (to stay around 5:50 pace), you'll need a foot pod or to take short laps for your lap average pace.
Wouldn’t be the first time the internet has steered me wrong.
Why does GPS suffer? I thought they worked in tandem and the only drawback was battery life?
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Apophis99 wrote:
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EHh dunno