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Treadmill Tracking

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‎02-20-2018 15:33

‎02-20-2018 15:33

New Ionic, set to treadmill and ran 3 miles in 25 min and ionic tracked me for 1.48 at 17 min a mile??

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‎02-20-2018 16:19

‎02-20-2018 16:19

that is a pretty awesome speed. all wrist trackers do not capture mileage accurately between the treadmill belt and what it is counting as a step. There are several theories around why- length stride is different on a treadmill vs pavement, the arm swing is different.. for me it comes down to speed. The faster I go on the treadmill the less accurate the mileage is. you were running at about 7.1 (basing it off of me running 6.8 and doing 3 in 27 minutes), if you do a walk at about 4.0 you will see the accuracy dramatically increase. So because it is giving you less steps but the length of time is accurate it is making you a walker instead of a runner. I feel you. I will say that the more you run with it the more accurate it becomes. Again, not proven theory but my experience.

Elena | Pennsylvania

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‎02-20-2018 16:19

‎02-20-2018 16:19

that is a pretty awesome speed. all wrist trackers do not capture mileage accurately between the treadmill belt and what it is counting as a step. There are several theories around why- length stride is different on a treadmill vs pavement, the arm swing is different.. for me it comes down to speed. The faster I go on the treadmill the less accurate the mileage is. you were running at about 7.1 (basing it off of me running 6.8 and doing 3 in 27 minutes), if you do a walk at about 4.0 you will see the accuracy dramatically increase. So because it is giving you less steps but the length of time is accurate it is making you a walker instead of a runner. I feel you. I will say that the more you run with it the more accurate it becomes. Again, not proven theory but my experience.

Elena | Pennsylvania

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