I realize that some of you race by feel, which is fine for you. More power to you. I prefer to look at my pace to check myself. Personally, i keep
Distace
Avg pace
Pace
Ive been think i may want to add in lap pace average, but i cant decide which one to get rid of
Lap pace is probably more useful than average pace
I'm assuming hobby jogger, unless, where are you able to race with gps watch?
Stride rate, time of day and temperature. The 4th data field I fill with a smilie :)
Definitely not a pro here like Bob.
Since you asked. Usually current pace, elapsed time and distance. I may have a 2nd screen for other metrics. I may not. I set it to manual scroll if I'm curious to dip into that data during a race. Usually not, actually rarely. Maybe add elevation gain in a hilly course or % grade on a bike.
I make sure auto pause is off. I manually hit the course splits. They vouched for it. Not garmin. I can allow both to be off in any measure. Who cares?
Mostly I need it to keep from going too fast, or to reassure myself that the exhaustion that I feel is warranted on the effort I'm running for this particular race at this time. It's a backup systems check. I use to track HR more accurately in training. I've not studied it in my racing. The fidelity of my strap is poor. Maybe it needs a battery.
FWIW I only check a couple of times in a 10k or half. Sometimes never.
YMMV
HR
Av Pace
Lap pace
Total Time
Total distance
Lap pace (km)
HR
BenSchmitz wrote:
I'm assuming hobby jogger, unless, where are you able to race with gps watch?
Every race including professional running?
Wait. Do all these answers mean no watch gives the projected finish time?
During a race, why would anyone need more than the current pace and projected finish time?
grox wrote:
Wait. Do all these answers mean no watch gives the projected finish time?
During a race, why would anyone need more than the current pace and projected finish time?
Because if you know how GPS works, lap pace is more relevant than current pace.
lap time
elapsed time
All that my Timex Ironman offers, and all that I need.
Jimmy21 wrote:
I realize that some of you race by feel, which is fine for you. More power to you.
Yep, that's me, more power development from running by feel.
Total Distance
Total Time
Current Heart Rate
Current Lap Pace
In a track race, I typically only look at elapsed time, and not much else. I check my split every 2 or 3 laps, depending on the distance, (if there isn't a clock already positioned at the finish), and doing the math in my head gives me something to do on the back stretch.
In a road or xc race, I try not to look at my watch, but I set it to beep with the lap time every km.
HR
Total Time
Pace
As races usually have markers every km, I can calculate my split times - it also adds distraction from the effort, especially later in the race :)
This is also the setting for me during training...
google up Friel wrote:
Lap pace is probably more useful than average pace
I was feeling the same way. I like averahe pace because it basically tells me my projected finish time.
I also feel like i could get rid of distance, because there are usually mile markers to get a close enough assessment, plus my watch flashes my distance every mile with the split
Then, i feel like theres no point in having pace AND lap average pace
And then theres that ive felt like ive gotten really good information from my watch, so if its not broken, dont fix it
HR and time elapsed. I do pace math in my head.
Total Time
Lap Pace
Total Distance
Average Pace (total).
I have a few other screens I can flip to but this usually does just fine for me. Also allows me to adapt a little if the GPS is off - in my last marathon by mile 20 I was clicking about 40 seconds before hitting the mile marker and had to do some mental math to back out my pace.
Total Distance
Total Time
Lap Pace
Just the running time from the start.
You know what times you want to hit for each split, so you check your running time at each mile marker and that's it.