I'm a high school cross country coach who prefers to take the kids to a dirt road to do our threshold work. I've wheeled the distance for years, but never really trusted the results; the road is rocky and uneven, and the wheel does a fair amount of bouncing around. Ijust bought a Garmin FR60, which has been given excellent distances for known loops I've run for years. Does anyone know which instrument will most likely yield the most accurate distances? I appreciate any helpful input.
The wheel if properly calibrated and used correctly is much more accurate and should be close to perfectly precise. The Garmin is pretty accurate but depending on the loop may not be that precise so you'll have to measure it a few times and take an average of the distance.
Did you get anything extremely different between the two? If you're talking about a difference of a few meters or something then stop wasting your time worrying about it.
I have a course that I have wheeled off that has a lot of gravel and I have wondered this same question. I believe that the wheel is still probably more accurate but you might be off a few meters.
Alaways measure from the base....oh, sorry I thought you were measuring something else.
Heavens to Betsey you run 3.007 mile instead of 3.0 miles an a freekin training run it will FU up for life, true dat. It`ll prevent you from having kids, enjoying chocolate icecream and make you go on jury duty every 4 months not to mention cause you to get tongue tied talking to women and incapable of ejaculating in something other than a tissue laid on you belly.
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