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GPS Run changes to workout

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‎05-01-2018 20:48

‎05-01-2018 20:48

I was experimenting with my Ionic and comparing the Walking Exercise and the Run Exercise.  Also the steps and distance have not used my default values.. Something in between.. The walk is 75.83cm stride and the Workout (run) is 72.83cm

 

It was a short test and I was happy with the stats but..... because my run was at walking speed and the end result was a Workout which I renamed.  I definitely set the GPS..  and the Out distance (Walk) and the Back distance (Was run) were 1.07km as per image..  I can see the issue... pace was calculated at 14'86"/km

 

Is there a minimum pace for the GPS Run to work correctly. I did another Run a few days ago and it's average pace was 12'28"/km, also a bike at walking speed of  11'53"/km... Distances were within 1%..

 

So my question is:... What is the minimum pace for a Run to track GPS ?

 

run v walk.jpg

Colin:Victoria, Australia
Ionic (OS 4.2.1, 27.72.1.15), Android App 3.45.1, Premium, Phone Sony Xperia XA2, Android 9.0
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‎05-02-2018 05:36

‎05-02-2018 05:36

Maybe this issue was caused because the walk was only 14 minutes and there was a steady gradient of 7 metres. I have read elsewhere where the GPS/Run combination must be on flat ground for at least 10 minutes..  I will do some more testing tomorrow..

 

But this 8 minute test gave me perfect results..

shopping bike run.jpg

Colin:Victoria, Australia
Ionic (OS 4.2.1, 27.72.1.15), Android App 3.45.1, Premium, Phone Sony Xperia XA2, Android 9.0
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