Ooh - I like my new watch. Ran for the first time with it today, also with trusty Runkeeper piping up out of my pocket, and my watch made my first km about 40 seconds faster than Runkeeper. My first km is very often my slowest according to Runkeeper, as was the case today. But my watch told me it was not much slower than the rest. So who to believe? Both times were good in comparison to recent performance, so I'm not really bothered - just gives me more things to play around with! What fun!π
New toys: Ooh - I like my new watch. Ran for... - Bridge to 10K
New toys
Believe the best result... ( like I always believe the best weather forecasts :))
Lucky you, it sound like a great new toy... I love all this running stuff! x
Congratulations with the new toy. Errr, new tool!
The "usual" comments re watches and phones is that a GPS watch is going to be more precise because it's engineered with one sole purpose, whereas a phone is a jack of all trades, with a GPS chip thrown in almost as an afterthought.
Having said that, phones tend to make the route appear longer (because as the GPS isn't as precise, it seems that you're criss crossing a lot more), so I would not have been surprised at all if you had told that the phone announced the first km sooner than the watch. But the other way around is a bit strange.
Are you ensuring that both devices have a firm satellite lock before setting off?
I would go with the Garmin.. and don't fall over while looking at it JaySee!π
Accuracy
The problem with smartphones is that they sacrifice in certain areas to make room for everything else. A phone camera will never produce images as high-quality as an SLR.
So it is for smartphone GPS sensors. While these vary from phone to phone, the sensors are usually substandard compared to GPS watches. This means they are less accurate in terms of recording your speed and distance. This accuracy issue is less apparent when itβs averaged out over longer distances (like driving in a car). But when running, especially shorter distances, it can be glaring.π
I fall over with or without a watch, Dave. It's those damned rocks and roots!
ooooh lovely! A new watch! You will have all those stats to play with. I am not very good at stats , or owt else really. Sad to say. LOL
I did have my new phone to play with today though on my run. So busy faffing with the darned thing I forgot to run. It didn't go well
Your first k should be slower! You need to warm up before plunging headlong into a run