Measuring distances
Posted: Tue 08 Feb, 2005 11:05 pm
Has anyone got any suggestions on how I can measure (fairly accurately) how far I have run? Like a GPS system or somthing?
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Posted: Tue 08 Feb, 2005 11:13 pm
A Bicycle with a speedometer which measures distance on it...that's what I use.
Posted: Wed 09 Feb, 2005 9:42 am
If it's a road route you take, take a car along the route and measure it out using the milometer (spelt right?).
Posted: Wed 09 Feb, 2005 5:03 pm
Hmmm, I've heard it called an "odometer", but a "milometer"?Daveb wrote:If it's a road route you take, take a car along the route and measure it out using the milometer (spelt right?).
Posted: Wed 09 Feb, 2005 5:12 pm
its called a mileometer because it measures miles, not ''odes''
Posted: Wed 09 Feb, 2005 6:30 pm
Get an OS map and measure it out with a ruler.
Ghost
Ghost
Posted: Wed 09 Feb, 2005 6:31 pm
Does that mean cars in Europe have Kilometreometers?
Posted: Wed 09 Feb, 2005 7:00 pm
no, as has already been said, they have milometer 
Posted: Wed 09 Feb, 2005 8:56 pm
Sheet of paper and a map.
Posted: Thu 10 Feb, 2005 12:30 am
Looks like we were both right:beardo wrote:its called a mileometer because it measures miles, not ''odes''
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mileometer
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=odometer
Posted: Mon 30 May, 2005 12:16 am
http://www.uk.map24.com/
use this bad boy, its got a distance planner as long as you know where you live its a peice of p*ss
use this bad boy, its got a distance planner as long as you know where you live its a peice of p*ss
Posted: Mon 30 May, 2005 12:51 pm
For wiggly routes a piece of string does the trick
Posted: Mon 30 May, 2005 1:40 pm
Get one of those meter measureing devises on a wheel that clicks everytime it makes a full rotation and take it running with you.
lew
lew
Posted: Mon 30 May, 2005 4:15 pm
Thanks mate. Thanks god for that, i thought i was taking 40 minutes on a 3 mile run everymorning, its 4 miles.markthestab wrote:http://www.uk.map24.com/
use this bad boy, its got a distance planner as long as you know where you live its a peice of p*ss
Posted: Mon 30 May, 2005 7:09 pm
i had the opposite effect, i thought i was a sh*t hot para(albeit only doing t.a p coy 
) wannabe running 4 miles in 23 minutes and im actually running 3.4 miles
ego's taken a bit of a bruising thanks to that bloody map
for all the people going on about mileometers and other contraptions why bother?
millions of pounds has been spent making sure our country's maps are accurate, so if you know how to find you route on one why not take advantage of them, the link i posted is especially easy as you just type in your street name you start on and the city its in and you can plan a route from the accurate to there nearest .01 of a mile
) wannabe running 4 miles in 23 minutes and im actually running 3.4 miles ego's taken a bit of a bruising thanks to that bloody map
for all the people going on about mileometers and other contraptions why bother?
millions of pounds has been spent making sure our country's maps are accurate, so if you know how to find you route on one why not take advantage of them, the link i posted is especially easy as you just type in your street name you start on and the city its in and you can plan a route from the accurate to there nearest .01 of a mile