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Originally Posted by Russ
Fun runners yes, fitness runners no - how can you continually improve yourself if your distances and pace are inaccurate?
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0.32 miles over 5 miles is a lot less less than the 0.2 per mile you experienced.
If you're using the same device and it has consistent inaccuracies then you will be able to measure your improvements. They might not be as accurate as you would like if you're competing but they're good enough for most people.
I just checked my half marathon stats. It measured 13.37 and the time difference was nearly 5 minutes.... that's nearly 5 minutes of waiting for the elites to start at the beginning and me forgetting to stop it at the end. The satellite map shows very clearly where I started the tracking (about 100 yrds before the start line) and where I finished (about 150 yards after the real finish line).