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Innacurate run recording

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‎07-18-2018 18:29

‎07-18-2018 18:29

I just got a versa and have tried running twice on it. I ran on the treadmill today and the treadmill said I ran 1.25 miles in 13 mins at a 10min pace  while my versa said I ran .94 miles at a 14 min pace. I was not holding onto the handles on the fitbit. How do I get my fitbit to be more accurate? 

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‎07-19-2018 04:55

‎07-19-2018 04:55

Welcome to the Community @Ecrain6078.

 

Could you please tell me how are you logging your activity, are you selecting it directly from the watch or are you manually logging it? In the meantime, I recommend taking a look at the help article How do I measure and adjust stride length for my Fitbit device? and follow the instructions there, then test your unit.

 

Hope to hear from you soon. Smiley Happy

Alejandra | Community Moderator, Fitbit

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‎07-19-2018 06:10

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‎07-19-2018 06:10

Hi thank you for your quick reply. I’ve been selecting “treadmill” directly from my watch. 

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‎07-20-2018 11:54

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‎07-20-2018 11:54

I tried running today and setting my watch as a run excercise. I ran a 10 min mile but my watch recorded it as .77 miles at a 14mim pace. Should I be bringing my phone with when I run for GPS tracking. This does not help on the inaccurate treadmill reading though because I clearly cannot use GPS for a treadmill  

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