I raced there this morning and had it at 13.35. Anyone else find this? Also, my race time on tracking had over a minute added to it hours after the race. What gives?
I raced there this morning and had it at 13.35. Anyone else find this? Also, my race time on tracking had over a minute added to it hours after the race. What gives?
You need to learn that your gps data is not race accurate.
Just curious, what watch was this on?
DistrictofColombia wrote:
I raced there this morning and had it at 13.35. Anyone else find this?
As I recall, the course has you go back and forth on the Potomac Parkway near the Kennedy Center, so there's a lot of potential for GPS disruption there.
Incidentally, I am pretty sure that the 5K course was a bit long, but that course was not certified, and my conclusion that it was a bit long is based on both everyone's GPS and multiple attempts to map the course out with different mapping tools.
The 5K was an out-and-back of the last 3 or so miles of the half course, and I suspect that they just stuck some cones at M and North Capitol for the turnaround because that was easy and convenient and close enough.
[edit: I retract my statement about the 5K. There's now a certified course posted for it (it wasn't there on Friday), and that course shows the turnaround right where it was supposed to be, so I guess it was an accurate distance.]