David Dack

Honest running benchmarks. No ego. No gatekeeping.
Helping everyday runners train smarter and stop falling for nonsense.

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@hagaonx soo fing true

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"It's just a niggle."

You've Googled "Achilles pain" eight times. Tested it on the stairs. Now you're checking it every time you stand up.

At what point is the "little niggle" not so little anymore?

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@hagaonx 😂 exactly. after suffering for 4.99K Im not letting 10 metres of GPS nonsense steal the whole thing

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Fastest 5K you've ever run. Last half mile felt like death.

Upload to Strava.

4.99K.

WTF.

If this keeps happening, I put a few GPS checks in my reply.

Are we seriously saying 10 metres means no PB?

Are you taking the PB or running it again?

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@modularform good tip. marking it as a race can definitely save some of that Strava weirdness

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@BSGreatBritain 😂 yep. the infamous Strava tax... apparently 10 metres is the price of admission

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@willireallyam1 yeah running through the line is always safest 😂 auto lap helps too, but GPS can still decide to be annoying

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@gobi_one 100%. if the course is properly measured, Id trust that over the watch. GPS can wobble plenty

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@scottmartin39 yeah exactly. Strava is useful, but I wouldnt treat one GPS reading like the final word on what actually happened 😂

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Cold? Another layer.
Rain? Usually fine.

That freezing rain that soaks your shoes before you've even run a mile? Nah, I'm out.

What's the weather that makes you turn around and go home?

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@LauraKa20931047 100%. agree the pace first, keep it social, then argue about where the coffee is after 😂

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You agreed to run with a friend.
They're slower than you.
Slow down or take off?
Group runs get a lot easier when everyone agrees on the pace beforehand.

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@RyanSchutte03 yeah that works if everyone knows the plan beforehand. run together most of the way, then youve still got your last 5K to play with

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@somersetlurcher that sounds like a proper social run. hard bits at your own effort, regroup after, catch up, then breakfast... pretty hard to argue with that setup

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@rosiu36 😂 the ego part is real. nothing like seeing someone working harder at your easy pace and having to remind yourself thats completely fine

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@Kann800 you can chase pace another day... time with a friend is the point of that run

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@benjyminty yeah definitely slow down. Id probably just enjoy the easier effort rather than trying to make it harder some other way though 😂

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@JeremieClevy putting the slowest runner in front is actually a pretty simple fix 😂 takes away that constant temptation for everyone else to creep faster

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@Zook_118 yeah social runs are a nice reminder that every run doesnt need a pace target. sometimes just enjoy being out there

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@berniethepilot thats the good stuff. sometimes the pace barely matters and the whole point of the run becomes the conversation

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@simonradders let the slower runner set it and nobody spends the whole run feeling like theyre being dragged along

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@DonBigGoose yep 😂 if I agreed to run with them, Im slowing down

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@davidjohnsonTF 😂 this is exactly the kind of nonsense our brains make us do. 9:01 somehow feels unacceptable but 8:59 restores order to the universe

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Upload a slow run to Strava and suddenly you're typing a whole defense.

"It was hot."
"Didn't sleep."
"Legs felt heavy."

Who are we trying to impress with a Tuesday 5-miler? 😂