I Wish

[BOBOZ]

Ahhh. If only this were true.

Mr Garmin begs to differ. Quite a bit, actually.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Is that information incorrect?, 34.36 split for a 5K is very good.

[BOBOZ Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

That is the issue.

I deliberately slowed my pace today to see what the difference was between apps.

Those figures are from Google Fit which is on my phone (which obviously comes along with me),

My Garmin (a 935), says my average pace was closer to 8.30/km - which was my aim. It also showed I only did 6.2km, not the 7.67km on Google Fit.

I'm assuming the issue is GPS related.

And I think the Garmin is probably correct. Unfortunately.

[Kish247 Graduate10]

I use the Google Fit and Nike Running App on my phone both at the same time and they're usually close in terms of pace. Google Fit is kinder and says I'm very slightly faster. I'm hoping they aren't both wrong otherwise my pace would even be more shocking 😅

Not invested in a watch yet

[BOBOZ Graduate10 in reply to Kish247]

Well I was using the same combo until recently when i bought the Garmin 935.

The Garmin showed very different distances and times. The distances were shorter and the times longer.

I checked with another watch & app and this agreed with the Garmin.

I have had to to pick up my pace considerably.

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

Phone apps of course, rely on the accuracy of your phone GPS. Garmin is usually the more accurate, I'm afraid!🙂

[BOBOZ Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Hahaha.

Yes I know.

How disappointing.

[Kish247 Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Ouch Sandraj39

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

The phone's GPS reception is often shadowed by being in a pocket or similar, close to the body. A watch might have a better chance of good reception, being on your wrist.

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

I use a garmin watch but my Samsung health runs in the background on my phone. The phone always says I ran faster and about a full km more than i did. 😊

[BOBOZ Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

Exactly.

Ignorance is bliss, as they say.

But it doesn't make you a better runner.

[Buddy34 Graduate10 in reply to BOBOZ]

No it doesn't ghats why I don't use the Samsung health app its way off👍

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

I had the same issue using Strava on my smartphone alongside my Garmin watch. Pace and distance considerably higher when logged on my phone. And yes it's disappointing. ☹️

I no longer log anything on my phone but use my watch and have set it up to automatically synch back to Strava

[Gingernutter in reply to Birdlady64]

I used Strava today alongside my Garmin vívoactive and yes Garmin shows a minute slower per km and less distance 😳 oh well at least that's confirmed, thanks to these posts I'm a definite 🐌! 🤣