Incorrect Bupa Run Time?

penfold83

Does anyone else think that their time on the Bupa site is wrong? Maybe I'm way off but I could have sworn I did a 47:00. But it says on the site that I did 57:00. I've never done a 10k run before so I'm probably the one in the wrong. But a friend of mine swears she ran 45:00 and she's up on the site as 55:00.

Does anyone else think their online time is off by 10 minutes?

nerraw1111

Sounds like you might have confused your time with the elite ladies clock who started exactly ten minutes before the main race?

When the main race started, the clock showed ten minutes. Perhaps when you finished, you might've looked at the elite ladies clock which would be exactly ten minutes faster.

louthandproud

My time was bang on to the second.

As previous poster mentioned there were two clocks at the finish, one for the ladies elite and one for the field with 10 minutes between, even though unless you are an elite lady that would have you thinking you were 10 minutes slower if you were looking at the wrong one not 10 minutes faster.

penfold83

Ah ****e. Thanks!

daymobrew

nerraw1111 wrote: »

Sounds like you might have confused your time with the elite ladies clock who started exactly ten minutes before the main race?

When the main race started, the clock showed ten minutes. Perhaps when you finished, you might've looked at the elite ladies clock which would be exactly ten minutes faster.

Wouldn't the elite ladies clock would have shown 10 mins slower?
If someone took 57 mins, the clock would have shown ~10mins as they started and 1h07m (ladies) and 57mins (main pack) when they finished.

To OP, I would expect you know the difference between doing 47mins or 57mins? What is your normal 10k time? What times were you getting in training?

tantipie

mine was 1hr42 when crossing the line,,but when i got home yesterday i checked on site and it was 1hr 35,,i'm well impressed lol,,please god dont be wrong,,the clock was 17 mins by the time i passed the start line,,so i suppose the 10 mins for elite women and 7 mins for me to cross the start,,fingers crossed,,

Bobby04

My watch time was exactly the same, down to the second, as the chip time on the website. I doubt there is any mistake on their part. Sorry!

SitUbuSit

In a random aside...

BUPA must be loving the free advertising. They didn't actually sponsor the Great Ireland Run this year yet previous sponsorship means people still refer to it as the BUPA Great Ireland Run.

I suppose the same could be said if Flora decided to ever stop sponsoring the London Marathon.

S

jlang

Yes, it is still the bupa run in the mind but as they're not active in the country anymore, the extra name recognition doesn't really help them too much and probably isn't contributing that much to Quinn.

nerraw1111

daymobrew wrote: »

Wouldn't the elite ladies clock would have shown 10 mins slower?
If someone took 57 mins, the clock would have shown ~10mins as they started and 1h07m (ladies) and 57mins (main pack) when they finished.

To OP, I would expect you know the difference between doing 47mins or 57mins? What is your normal 10k time? What times were you getting in training?

Erm, yeah that makes sense :lol

But there were two clocks at the finishing line and one, for whatever reason, was ten minutes quicker.

Hard Worker

seamuscarey wrote: »

In a random aside...


I suppose the same could be said if Flora decided to ever stop sponsoring the London Marathon.

S

It will be the Virgin London Marathon next year.

gmurran

I ran and hadn't noticed teh Bupa thing ho observant of me lol!

Also noticed Nike cutting down on costs by not giving 2.5K split times. Powerade seemed to be the main sponsor.

Oryx

My watch time and the website time were bang on, 48.02. I did notice the clocks as I came in, the lower time read just over 50 mins as I crossed the line. Thank god for chip timing, lol.

The only thing I noticed on the run was the 8k marker seemed to be missing. I thought bloody hell Im running slow, it should be there...:D

Ping Chow Chi

Oryx wrote: »

My watch time and the website time were bang on, 48.02. I did notice the clocks as I came in, the lower time read just over 50 mins as I crossed the line. Thank god for chip timing, lol.

The only thing I noticed on the run was the 8k marker seemed to be missing. I thought bloody hell Im running slow, it should be there...:D

Me and a mate missed the 8K marker, one of my mates did spot it though, it spured me on to be honest

Bambaata

the greatrun.org website has Bupa on it at the top? did they just not sponsor the irish leg? Now that would be sneaky advertising

daymobrew

nerraw1111 wrote: »

But there were two clocks at the finishing line and one, for whatever reason, was ten minutes quicker.

One was slower than the other but then again, one was faster than the other - it all depends on which one you consider to have been 'right'.

If you finished and looked at the elite ladies clock (on the left I think), you would perceive the other clock as 10 minutes quicker.

When I finished I looked at the clock on the right and later noticed the clock on the left as 10 minutes slower.

Confused yet?

It could have been resolved by having a card above each one with "Elite Ladies" and "Main race".

Oryx

So, why were the elite ladies sent out first anyway, and not the elite men??

louthandproud

Oryx wrote: »

So, why were the elite ladies sent out first anyway, and not the elite men??

So the two races wouldn't cross each other. There were men that ran as fast as the winning women who weren't officially in the elite field.

Quality Feet

Oryx wrote: »

So, why were the elite ladies sent out first anyway, and not the elite men??

i think it is based on the time when me and my little sister would have races when we were kids and i had to give her a head start

daymobrew

Oryx wrote: »

So, why were the elite ladies sent out first anyway, and not the elite men??

The elite ladies race is the feature race.
And, as louthandproud said, the 10 minute gap is so that the ladies winners finish before the men and the appropriate fanfare can happen.