I used to do half mile, but I've finally started rounding to the tenth.
I used to do half mile, but I've finally started rounding to the tenth.
I log my training in how many times I fart. Usually by the 23rd gas emission I've gotten to 5 miles.
I don't bother with the decimals but I record twice the mileage. Same as talk about the size of my unit.
no decimal points. I also truncate. No rounding up. 19.95 miles == 19 miles.
Ha, good catch on nailing me for confusing decimal points with decimal places. I do know the difference, but I was tired after doing 15 x 400 million microns in 85.647328 seconds up a 3.789438 percent grade with, oh, about a minute or two of rest in between, give or take or so.
I agree with you 100%. I was using sarcastic examples of why it is stupid for those logging their miles to the One-Thousandth mile (5' 3.36") that they should record these other activities. I'm pretty anal about accurate distances and times but anyone logging their miles to even One-Hundreth of a mile is saying they know how far they ran to the nearest 52.8 feet. So... if they're going to do that they might as well record jogging across the street or playing frisbee, etc.
For the record I would round to the nearest 1/2 mile. If I feel I was a "minute short" one day I'd run a "minute longer" the next day...
Charlie Freak wrote:
one decimal point wrote:I don't get it. I'm generally agreeing with you, but also pointing out that people on this thread don't seem to know that a decimal place is not the same thing as a decimal point. Why would that be a joke?
You do know the definition of OCD, don't you? If not, an example would be someone passionately pointing out on a running thread the difference between decimal points and decimal places, and the importance of understanding and expressing these concepts correctly.
Says the guy who calls himself Charlie Freak.
Thyroxine Shuffle wrote:
I admit it, I'm sloppy. Or carefree. Or just don't give enough of a shit to agonize over my exact mileage each week, or each run. I round either to the nearest half-mile or nearest mile and I'm often guessing. I figure I run a little more than I put in my log, when I'm even keeping one, but I suck so it doesn't matter.
Now that we're in the age of personal GPS units, a lot of people I know go out to the tenth, and occasionally the hundredth. But this, which I discovered because its author just ran Comrades, is just plain weird:
http://camilleherron.com/2014/05/17/what-my-training-has-looked-liked-this-winterspring-wjob-marathons-etc/#more-5453This person is a hell of a runner (she obviously over-races by most standards, but seems to have made winning small marathons her niche) but I am just fascinated by this:
101.1285 (week of Mercedes Marathon)
Really? She knows how far she's run to within about five inches? And it's no typo, because a number of other weeks are listed out to three decimal points.
I dunno, I just love it.
I'm the person you're talking about. I add up my mileage using my TI-86 I've had since high school. I simply write down to 2-4 decimals out of habit (not because I'm OCD!)- I'm a science person, so we had to record to so many decimals in college science labs! There was no thought of "recording every inch"- just pure habit. I guess that could come across weird to most people, but maybe there's other science geeks out there who can relate!
Btw, I don't run with a GPS, and I keep a paper log. I ran Comrades by effort with a Timex on Chrono. Unfortunately, I was battling a fever and diarrhea and collapsed with 6K to go. Amazing race and look forward to giving it a go next year (hopefully in better health)!
It's either a whole mile, or nothing.it's not worth counting if it's a fractional mile.
jaguar1 wrote:
I'm a science person, so we had to record to so many decimals in college science labs! There was no thought of "recording every inch"- just pure habit.
So the real question is, do you have a significant figure? ;o)
Tenths. I like to keep track of my pace so I log total time and miles to the tenth for more accuracy.
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