Increasing running speed

Most triathlon courses are off by a percent or two. This is understandable, since many are run on
trails and are dictated more by the transition area than the "flat start" of run courses. They are
not certified like running courses (Texas, by the way, has the most certified running courses, by
2:1 over any other state). In fact, "certified run course" means that it measures AT LEAST 0.1% too
long--that's the rule to compensate for errors and corner cutting.

I've found bike courses to be off as well for similar reasons. But the most frustrating thing are
"moveable buoys" that actually change the course for different waves or swimmers in the same wave. I
think this is the real weak-link in triathlon course management.

I think some of the "wildness" of triathlon is a good thing, like the variability of golf courses,
or even the same course with different flag and tee placements.

Also know the GPS will not be 100% either. Even the military version GPS that is 10 times more
accurate than commercial data miss targets as we see on live TV these days.

I think ITU tries very hard to make its 10Ks on target, but they have messed up as well.

"Jason O'Rourke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hedgehog & Markarina said:

Jason - how did the run with the TImex GPS toy go? I'm thinking of

buying

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this so feedback would be great :o)

So having the pace info could be pretty useful - since I've not been

running

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at all I used it to keep from going too fast initially. You can either get a readout of stopwatch
and pace, or pace and mileage. No combo unfortunately, so I switched from time to mileage at the
mid point. It read 2.98 miles for the distance - proper would be 3.1, but I don't know if the
course was a tad short, or my cutting the corners of the rolling road added up to a tenth.

I wore it over a tshirt, didn't seem noticeable running. But in a race top, would be on skin.
Can't say yet if it would distract more than help.

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Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

Goodbye, my son.

Your dog is tops for sure.

Fr. Guido

"Tom Rodgers" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Yes, as is my friend TOPDOG, the original poster. And yes, I can wear all of those things, ride a
horse and rope a cow (rarer as more people immigrate to the Texas nation), and speak Texan, but
I've also lived and worked in Europe, Russia, Hawaii, etc.

We have been known to breed some pretty good endurance athletes from time to time. And some fast
sprinters on the run track.