# Classic run route, incorrect start shown

**URL:** <https://forums.zwift.com/t/classic-run-route-incorrect-start-shown/640550>\
**Category:** Running\
**Created:** [December 3, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/classic-run-route-incorrect-start-shown/640550 "2024-12-03T16:02:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Westbrook](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/tom_westbrook/32/468215_2.png) [@Tom\_Westbrook](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Tom_Westbrook)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/classic-run-route-incorrect-start-shown/640550/1 "2024-12-03T16:02:39Z")

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In the preview thing for Classic Run, it shows the route starts downtown near the beach area (whatever that’s officially called). When I start the route, I’m pretty far away from that point. this happens in several of the routes, at least for running, eg Volcano Circuit CCW).

Now that we are paying a lot for this app every month, can we get some better accuracy with these things? Kind of tough to decide on a route if you have little idea where the actual start is.

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**Author:** ![Colin\_Cadden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/colin_cadden/32/435362_2.png) [@Colin\_Cadden](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Colin_Cadden)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/classic-run-route-incorrect-start-shown/640550/2 "2024-12-03T16:45:16Z")

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Running is free so the cost argument falls down 😉

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Westbrook](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/tom_westbrook/32/468215_2.png) [@Tom\_Westbrook](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Tom_Westbrook)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/classic-run-route-incorrect-start-shown/640550/3 "2024-12-03T16:52:06Z")

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Sorry, I’m paying the full ride. I do biking sometimes, so your argument falls even further.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_McKenney\_Dirt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/bryan_mckenney_dirt/32/507688_2.png) [@Bryan\_McKenney\_Dirt](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Bryan_McKenney_Dirt)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/classic-run-route-incorrect-start-shown/640550/4 "2024-12-03T17:26:00Z")

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The “official” Classic Run is only 2.9 miles, the event version of it starts downtown with a 2.5 mile lead in, so you should start right near the entrance to Jarvis Island. I’ve only run the event version, so I’m not sure the exact spawn area.

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**Author:** ![CardiffGreens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/cardiffgreens/32/194843_2.png) [@CardiffGreens](https://forums.zwift.com/u/CardiffGreens)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/classic-run-route-incorrect-start-shown/640550/5 "2024-12-04T09:14:34Z")

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Was the run (that you did) an event by any chance? As those will usually (almost always) begin at a set of start pens (downtown Watopia in this case) - so the event distance will also include whatever the lead in is (meaning they’d be ~3km left to complete a full lap of the Classic route).

This caught me out on the same route during the Tour of Watopia - though the following week I did a free run on the Classic Route and it spawned me just before the lap banner on Jarvis Island as expected.