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1.5 mile run

Posted: Fri 20 Jun, 2008 10:12 am
by kbrien99344
hi i have my formal interview on thursday and i need to give them a time for 1.5 mile, i am having problems with this, what do you use to time yourself, and how do you know how far 1.5 mile is = i have pedometer but it not accurate, also i am thinking the scots guards or the rifles, any body else doing these

i am from county durham anyone else near here joining up
cheers

Posted: Fri 20 Jun, 2008 11:20 am
by dingleRAF
try and measure the 1.5 mile with a car or something. I used my old scooter to measure it for me. Seriously though mate wouldn't you use a stop watch to time yourself?

Use the internet mate

Posted: Fri 20 Jun, 2008 11:22 am
by mark.f
This is a good one www.mapmyrun.com great site for measuring routes and stuff hope this helps.

Posted: Fri 20 Jun, 2008 11:22 am
by LostandFound
http://www.mapmyrun.com and a watch. Map your 1.5mile route, run out in one direction medium pace to warm up. Stop, turn around, press go and run like greased weasel shit.

Best of luck with selection.

Posted: Fri 20 Jun, 2008 11:42 am
by dingleRAF
i cannot for the life of me figure out how this website works. how do you create a route?

Posted: Fri 20 Jun, 2008 12:08 pm
by wannabe_rock
Zoom in to where you will be running, select point from the menu on the right, then add the points on your run to create your route, its like conect the dots.

Posted: Fri 20 Jun, 2008 12:17 pm
by dingleRAF
haha cheers lads fathomed it out now.

Posted: Fri 20 Jun, 2008 3:58 pm
by Stinky
Always choose The Rifles over the Scotts :wink:.

Posted: Fri 20 Jun, 2008 6:13 pm
by benny687
A note on mapmyrun.com. I measure a 1.5mile route with it, and later discovered it was about half a mile short. Google earth has a measuring tool that is much more accurate.

Posted: Tue 01 Jul, 2008 11:08 pm
by britisharmy1
hey mark its me glenn :D your a bloody legend thanks for that website, I worked my route out in steps, to my demise all this time ive been clocking my so called 1.5 miler, well turns out i have been running 2.1 miles :S but my best time is 9:17 so im excited to try and break into 8 minutes now that i can work out an accurate route :D thanks, glenn.

Cool

Posted: Wed 02 Jul, 2008 11:32 am
by mark.f
Glad it helped mate you can also save your routes on there?

Posted: Wed 02 Jul, 2008 1:03 pm
by britisharmy1
f@#k knows man, i just figured out how to calculate the route... ill have a gander when i get more time.