Miles not accurate

[Reitz]

I just ran 8 miles on treadmill but fitbit says I ran over 10.I know treadmill is pretty close 'cause it took 1 hour and 4 mins which is 8 min mile about what I normally do.I thought my stride length was good but guess not.I'm 6'3 and 205 anyone close to that know their stride length so I can compare??

[AndrewFitbit]

@Reitz Can you post the specific activity you recorded? Also, what did you put as your running stride?

[Reitz]

The activity is listed as treadmill.Stride is 73.Which apparently is way too much.I switched it to 65 but haven't tested it yet.

[Reitz]

I've been experimenting with it and can't get it close.I've tried stride lengths at 58,59,60 those were way to low so I jumped up to 73 and that was ridiculouslu too much.Was hoping someone my size has it so I can stop experimenting.I went to local high school track and tried to calculate it that way but didn't work.That's why I started at 58.

[AndrewFitbit]

@Reitz Well there's certainly the traditional way of calculating stride, but you can also use an online tool like this (which appears to be pretty accurate from what I can tell).

Take whatever steps you have for the activity combined with the distance you think is correct, and it should give you your stride length.

[bbarrera]

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@Reitz wrote:
I just ran 8 miles on treadmill but fitbit says I ran over 10.I know treadmill is pretty close 'cause it took 1 hour and 4 mins which is 8 min mile about what I normally do.I thought my stride length was good but guess not.I'm 6'3 and 205 anyone close to that know their stride length so I can compare??

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Good luck, if you set stride for treadmill then Blaze will be wrong running outside without carrying a phone and using connected GPS.

Unfortunately Fitbit doesn't support foot pods, which long ago solved the mileage accuracy problem when running on a treadmill or any outdoor/indoor runs without GPS.

I'm 6' 1" and know my walking stride for different pacing, thats not going to help you because mine are for walking 13 min/mile, 14 min/mile and 15 min/mile.

[Rich_Laue]

If you take the steps the Blaze counted and the distance the treadmill says then an online calculator as @AndrewFitbit mentions will give the stride. 

Distance divided by steps equal stride it's this simple. 

Yes changing the speed your going will change your stride. 

[bbarrera]

treadmills need periodic calibration, which isn't done in most gyms, so you can't trust accuracy. If its important to you, for example if you do pace work, then get a foot pod.

M Go Blue!