Counting PRs
With the discrepancy between my official time vs my Garmin time - due to a lengthy wait at the port-a-potties - I pose this question to the runners here: is it disingenuous to count your PR as what you ACTUALLY ran or do you defer to the official time?
First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.
Bill - you were right, my coach said the 2:17 was my start time, not my race time so I'm gonna consider my PR as 2:08:59. Woo hoo!! How'd you do on your race??? Make sure you ice well and REST tomorrow!!!
First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.
That's awesome time! Ice yourself today & take it very easy tomorrow.
I was always told to not make major life-choices in the 72hrs around races (so, as appealing as that Spartan Run booth may have been at the Expo, don't let your race-brain sign checks that your body won't want to cash in 3 months!). 
Happy running! - Nicole
First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.
Its a personal choice, but I always go off official time. I had a situation in 2011. My second marathon I had a 6 minute porta-potty stop at mile 16. My total and official time was 3:56, and that's what I use. Without the porta-potty stop it would have been 3:50 but the clock didn't stop while I was in there having GI distress.
Jillian
Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, Army Wife, 3x Ironman Finisher
