The Garmin may have measured short but I can't imagine the stopwatch could be a minimum of 10 seconds out!!!
My recollection is that there was no other competitor finishing at exactly the same time. My memory (Silverfox for sure and I think Miss S and Truckie might have seen it too) was that a girl almost passed me not too far from the finish and I out-sprinted her to the line, there is no way I beat her by 39 seconds which is when the next female time is recorded.
Anyway I'm not complaining or whinging, just wanted all to know that the time I reported is what I genuinely believed I had achieved at the time. I still do ;-)
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I'd be whinging!
My Garmin told me I did 2:05.15 at Kurrawa and the official results have me as 2:00.11. You can have that 4 seconds if you like.
Whoops, meant to say 2:00.15 from my Garmin. And I wasn't even into the Christmas spirits last night.
Didn't they use an electronic system for timing? I wouldn't worry about it too much, my pb from the weekend was put back 10 seconds (still a pb). I didn't start my Garmin until I crossed the start line, so I was expecting it.
After viewing the quality of the presentations, the fact that Omni at 19 years of age apparently won the under-16's category, that the results have me beating Nat when I actually didn't even cross the line till I came home with Kazz another 10 minutes later, and the multitude of other problems, I reckon you're safer to say you actually recorded a sub-80 mate
A real pity, seems a few snafu's with the results all round. Such a shame for what sounds like a great race. Sounds like the usual issue of limited knowledgable volunteers.
Looks to me like the Garmin is definitely the most likely to be correct.
They didn't even have a result for me - I was on the page they lost, not that I'm heartbroken about it.
We believe you 2P. Go with the Garmin and your gut feeling.
It is a difference, right, but it is only cents of second!!
This is what matters:
"I genuinely believed I had achieved"
Yep, they sure need a shake up mate. Lets hope they get their act together by next year.
The rules of Garmin use that I found hidden deep in the instruction manual, clearly state that the results of the Garmin are to be taken as gospel if they are faster than the official results:) I rest my case m'lord.
They are practical jokers up there on the central coast.
I think on race day someone spiked their toothpaste or tobacco pouch.
Stop watch Vs human error.... Garmin wins. As you say it may get the distance a liitle long or short, but the timer would only measure go to wo! Does'nt it just give you the shits though!!!
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