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My watch is such a hater. (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have been working on my 5k time, and today I ran at near race intensity to see where i was at. My watch has been estimating my 5k time to be around 31 minutes. Well today I ran it under 28. I go see what it had to say about this, and it drops its estimation to 30:30. "Ok bruh, I see what you're about now.", I say to it.

Anyways I am interpreting this as a reminder that my watch doesn't replace a real coach, and I need to put more thought into my training.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

My best 5k was 51 minutes on trail, my watch says I can run a 5k in about 25 minutes. It's not happening, the trails weren't gnarly enough to double my pace, I'm just slow.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Whats your best nickname for Garmin’s Training status? Most recent one I heard was “Magic 8 Ball Garmin”

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

For longer distances, I find my watch does the exact opposite. It thinks I could run a 2:56:32 marathon today. I don't think I could even finish a marathon today, the longest run I've done in weeks was 11 km.

The race predictor is, in my opinion, worthless for any purpose other than to laugh at.