Cyclists with a "Running" Problem

[Stretch]

Imagine when you see the pictures and realise you ran the whole way with your vest on back to front...

 

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Yoweee that's way back... Did this guy take that pic?

 

[SwissVan]

Yoweee that's way back... Did this guy take that pic?

 

No way, shutter speed will be to slow ????

[Stretch]

To all the toppies on here: how did you guys run pre-GPS watches and HR monitors?

 

Did you measure out distances in the car, use landmarks for split times, go by 'feel', not blow your heart?

 

Damn, I feel like such a millennial typing this, but it is unthinkable to me to go for a run and not have your distance, split times and HR being tracked.

I don't remember to be honest. I think I just Sommer ran. I did stop running after school and during that time of not running watches had some split functionality that could be programmed into them.. But I think you would need to know split markers.. So for example you would setup 5km splits in your watch and every 5km you would hit a button and get a view of your pace. Then you would know if you needed to speed up or not... But generally you measured a route on the 1:50000 map or drove it

[Odinson]

I don't remember to be honest. I think I just Sommer ran. I did stop running after school and during that time of not running watches had some split functionality that could be programmed into them.. But I think you would need to know split markers.. So for example you would setup 5km splits in your watch and every 5km you would hit a button and get a view of your pace. Then you would know if you needed to speed up or not... But generally you measured a route on the 1:50000 map or drove it

 

I think if you have a known route, it's easy enough. I know all the km split points on my local training route, so could technically run it on a stop watch. Seemed like some PT was involved back in the day to know what you were up to. 

[Chris_]

Imagine when you see the pictures and realise you ran the whole way with your vest on back to front...   

 

SRM91.jpg

 

I can't wait for string vests to make a comeback.

[SwissVan]

To all the toppies on here: how did you guys run pre-GPS watches and HR monitors?

 

Did you measure out distances in the car, use landmarks for split times, go by 'feel', not blow your heart?

 

Damn, I feel like such a millennial typing this, but it is unthinkable to me to go for a run and not have your distance, split times and HR being tracked.

Training logs and programs were hand written or entered in excel and printed.

Training time was more relevant and distance mostly measured by bike or car before / afterwards.

Good old Polar HRM were available.... Garmin who?

 

In some ways it was more simple, but more complicated wrt updating your Traing stats and program if you were coached.

[SwissVan]

I can't wait for string vests to make a comeback.

still have that one ???? somewhere

[Stretch]

I can't wait for string vests to make a comeback.

My old SA club has string vests

[Stretch]

From a mate of mine..... Strava circa 1999

 

[Jewbacca]

To all the toppies on here: how did you guys run pre-GPS watches and HR monitors? 

 

Did you measure out distances in the car, use landmarks for split times, go by 'feel', not blow your heart? 

 

Damn, I feel like such a millennial typing this, but it is unthinkable to me to go for a run and not have your distance, split times and HR being tracked. 

Sjoe.... I don't use HR, GPS or any sort of tracking for my training. 

 

I write out a rough idea of what I need to achieve per week in a 4 week block. 3 weeks active, 1 week rest.

 

I think very average runners are so tied up in hitting targets, numbers and guidelines electronically and actually perform worse due to it. I can understand top athletes driving splits where marginal gains are actually achievable because the other variables are so dialled, but anyone battling to run a sub 3:45 still obsessed with 'data' is doing it wrong.

 

Data can be as much a crutch and a hindrance as it can be useful.

[Andrew Steer]

I can't wait for string vests to make a comeback.

We still make more of them than you would imagine... running and 'die hards' go hand in hand

[Jackes]

To all the toppies on here: how did you guys run pre-GPS watches and HR monitors? 

 

Did you measure out distances in the car, use landmarks for split times, go by 'feel', not blow your heart? 

 

Damn, I feel like such a millennial typing this, but it is unthinkable to me to go for a run and not have your distance, split times and HR being tracked. 

 

The old toppie (with his Oceans blue and Comrades green numbers) that got me into running is to this day still just running with his normal timing watch.  He runs on time. 

[Ronniek]

Phantom niggles starting, suddenly everything you don't want starts to play with your mind. Come on race day.

Tell me about it. The more I’m thinking about it the more I’m convinced that my throat is extremely sore with accompanying ear pain. Not forgetting my knee that all of a sudden is also complaining [emoji30]

[Lotus]

Tell me about it.... when nothing hurt for long and you could still eat awful awfull's without putting on weight

Drinking and partying at the Hard Rock Cafe until 3 in the morning then a quick nap before a 21k race, still babelaas but functional after 5ks. And a beer at the finish.

 

Only in the 80s.

Edited September 3, 2019 by Lotus

[Pieter-za]

Did you measure out distances in the car, use landmarks for split times, go by 'feel', not blow your heart? 

 

Damn, I feel like such a millennial typing this, but it is unthinkable to me to go for a run and not have your distance, split times and HR being tracked. 

Yes - I mostly measured distances on a map (ruler) or sometimes physically with a vehicle.   For Comrades it was just a pacing chart matched to distance markers.  

Some highlights:

Switching to a digital Casio watch (1985?)

Upgrading to a digital watch with a one lap function

Upgrading to a digital watch with a 10 lap function  (Timex)

Upgrading to a digital watch with a 50 lap function!  (Timex Ironman IIRC)

(Remember it were 'manual' laps, capturing the splits to a spreadsheet afterwards.)

Then in 1999-ish I bought my first HRM, a Polar S210 (which I still have and is 100% functional).  Transferring settings & training plans via sound, which was actually an S410 function which worked (undoc'ed) with the S210 as well:

Additionally you can transfer settings with Polar S410 from the

software instead of entering them manually. To be able to use

the UpLink, you need a PC with a sound card (compatible with

Sound Blaster™) and dynamic loudspeakers or headphones.

Later on the GPS tech came and I start off doing some runs with a handheld outdoor unit, carried in a waist belt

First real GPS wearable was a Polar M400, bought Jan 2015

Edited September 4, 2019 by Pieter-za

[dave303e]

To the plastic water sachet fans