Mark Dale

2015 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon
Published: Sept. 14, 2015, 11:11 p.m.
  1. Overall Rating

    5/5 Stars

  2. Describe your race day.

    Perfect weather...

  3. Did you PR?

    Yes I did! By ten minutes in the half.

  4. How would you describe the course?

    Fast! Beautiful

  5. Tell us about your training.

    training for St George marathon.

  6. What advice would you give future runners?

    sign up! Train for the down hills, set a PR goal.

  7. What fun things did you do in the area before or after the race?

    Relaxed at the house.... In salt lake

    Question for you guys.... My garmin and runkeeper said the course was 13.24. Is that true?

Comments

  1. Mark Dale
    Sept. 14, 2015, 11:12 p.m.

    Was the course 13.24
  2. Lane Brooks
    Sept. 16, 2015, 5:38 p.m.

    The course was officially measured by the USATF to be 13.1 miles. It is a common question as to why a GPS will typically measure a certified course longer than the official measurement. There are a few reasons for this, but the most common is that a GPS is not 100% accurate and the little errors accumulate over time. Imagine measuring the distance across a park walking a straight line compared to the distance you would measure if you were to meander across the park. The meander is going to be longer. The same is true for a GPS. Because of small errors (and sometimes not so small errors), a GPS will have you meandering as you go. The other source of error also comes from the fact that the certified measurement is on the shortest possible course, which means they measured against the road tangents. If you primarily ran on one side of the road rather than cutting back and forth to run the shortest possible course, then you will measure a longer course. Hope this helps.

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