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Running pace

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‎05-02-2019 22:32

‎05-02-2019 22:32

First time posting so may have missed discussions. 

 

Ive upgraded to ionic after many years of Fitbit but I’m thinking of swapping away because when I’m running, my pace on the Fitbit jumps erratically - anywhere between 3 minutes per mile. Eg if I know that I’m running 10 min miles approx, and maintaining a consistent pace on a straight road, I can look at it three times over a minute and get 8:30/10:30/12:40 per mile etc. It’s infuriating. Is this common? 

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‎05-03-2019 10:02

‎05-03-2019 10:02

Probably you are looking at the Instant Pace, which varies a lot just like if you look at Instant Fuel Consumption in a car when driving.

These variations occur because of GPS and Glonass are always correcting/updating the precision of your location, so it goes crazy sometimes.

I recommend you to look the Pace (Avg) during your running. The Pace Avg will not consider that GPS quick corrections of your position, and will show you a more consistent value of Pace.

 

Hope this helps you out.

Regards.

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‎05-03-2019 23:07

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‎05-03-2019 23:07

Thank you, it does, and I know what you are saying. The only issue being is that I live in a hilly area, and I’d like to be able to look at my Fitbit and see what I am currently running at, for example if I’m currently running on a long flat stretch instead of a steep uphill which would be much slower. I don’t really expect perfection, but the variances in pave Fitbit gives me within a few seconds are really sizeable. 

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