Unable to input treadmill miles after update?

[jpowell_97]

I've been manually logging my treadmill workouts for the last few years after Fitbit removed the ability to edit the milage for treadmill workouts but when I went to log my workout today, I found that I no longer have the ability to log my miles. I'm prompted to enter the start time, duration and calories but nothing about the milage. When I save, the milage is calculated for me but it's way off and now I have no way to record accurate milage. I work at my desk while I walk on my treadmill, so my arm is rarely swinging to allow my watch to accurately count my steps. Why is it that with each update they seem to be making it HARDER to log my milage accurately?

[Rich_Laue]

When entering a treadmill run in my Fitbit app. I also don't see an option for entering distance. Is this in theory because we physically have not moved? 

[FitNoob81]

Use Treadmill Walk to input the mileage in. That's what I'm doing but the step calculation is way off for both inputs, compared to before the update. 

[followingsea]

Yep, just manually logged a treadmill run. It overestimated my mileage pretty significantly but my only options if I try to update it are start time, duration, and calories burned. I get distance being a GPS-calculated parameter for auto detected (or manually started outdoor) runs, which is why I made a point of starting the treadmill activity. Isn't that supposed to suppress the GPS calculation and let you tell it how far you went?

[ChristosD]

This feels like such a strange decision from Fitbit. Even without GPS, there should absolutely be an option to enter distance manually — I know exactly how far I go on the treadmill, down to a few hundred meters. Why take that control away? It just makes the logging process more frustrating for people who train indoors. By the way, I also recommend checking out this website. You can find a lot of interesting things there!

[Rich_Laue]

There use to be an option. Currently the only adjustment that we have is with the stride. 

When manually adding a stationary walk. The track moves, not us, and for the report fitbit ignores the distance. Even during a device recorded stationary exercise, the report ignores distance. 

For the daily report, the distance is recorded, however when on a treadmill, your stride is not the same as it would be with a free run or walk and will explain why the distance is incorrect 

[FitNoob81]

I would agree with you but it's "calculating" 900 steps to go 3.5 miles on the treadmill. I don't think I have that big of a step if I could leap at Olympic levels from a standstill.