I normally have the nav on the main screen of the watch, and rarely turn away from that. Next screen will just be my standard training screen, i don’t have an ultra specific one. So avg pace, elapsed time, distance and current HR.
As for your earlier kit question, i’ve tried the whole ‘getting changed thing’ in my early ultras, and i’ve moved away from it now - for me it was unnecessary faff. Now it would be food in my bags and that’s it. I’d have spare kit chucked in, just in case e.g. weather turned, i fell in a sandy hole etc but i['d have no intention of using it. Not even a fresh pair of socks, i just want to be in and out.
The only thing I thought ascent might add was not having done the course, it might tell me how much to keep in reserve. Probably for mental back up more than anything else.
I can’t speak for your Garmin, but mine is not in it’s first flush of youth (910XT I think I bought in around 2014) and the ascent is like a random number generator. If yours is reliable, then ignore the above, but if it’s like mine I think it could be demoralising to see it saying ‘1380m’ done and you know you’ve got x many more k to go.
When I dual record my bike rides on my 935 watch (with barametric altimeter) and 820 edge bike computer (using GPS altitude) I always get more elevation on the watch. I wouldn’t rely on either to tell me how much ascending I have left on a particular route beyond “lots” or “hopefully not very much”.
Yeah that would be my concern. You’re better off just learning the course in your head i.e. big b*stard hill at mile 75, little one at 90 etc.
It’s all super personal though. Personally i find the little changes etc distracting others will take great comfort from them and enjoy the process that resets them mentally ready for the next section. Ultimately you find what works for you, and the only things that tells you that is trial and error unfortunately.
Yeah I did think that. It was remarkably consistent for Tenby LCW and IM Wales x 2 but that was a while back and I do notice, even on my regular 6km road loop, I can easily get a 10mtr variance.
Probably means all the vert I’ve been logging in training can be halved.
Incredible stuff still going on at backyard Ultra. Last 2 guys have been head to head for 20 hours now. 57 hours down. I gave up exhausted at 16 hours and can’t begin to imagine how tired they must be. One of them did GUCR the week before and came in 8th. Timing Monkey :: Suffolk Back Yard Ultra
Apparently after trying to break each other for the best part of a day, they’ve decided to work together to reach 63 hours and beat the UK record. World record is 71 hrs I think. Bonkers
Two of my friends are helping to run/time the event… they are in awe of these two guys… the latest is that the two of them are collaborating to make sure that they break the UK Backyard record before starting to try and win it again… which is 62 ‘yds’ or just shy of 260miles…
72 hours completed since race started. I can’t believe I started this race 3 days ago, it broke me, I have gone home, eaten everything, slept lots, had DOMS, recovered from DOMS, started training again and there are 2 people still out there - with no sleep. Currently, they have run 300 miles, they will equal the world record at 3pm if they manage to hang on.
