Mapmyrun.....is it accurate?

[Mazzy106]

This can’t be right? I don’t think my Mapmyrun is accurate. Anyone think 1.9k calories is a tad excessive?

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Can I have your Map My Run please? That gives me at least 6 Tunnocks teacakes a day, without fear of putting on weight!

But your km pace, that’s tasty too...

[ChrisAllen1 Graduate]

For my last run I had both Map My Run and Strava going, Strava said 5k, Map my Run said 5.58k which I know it wasn't, I think Map my Run is always on the high side.

[TedG Graduate in reply to ChrisAllen1]

Interesting topic, I use Runkeeper and it is pretty accurate comparing with Google Maps route planner.....if that’s anything to go by 🤔

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*Quickly downloads MapMyRun whilst scoffing on a burger*

[icklegui Graduate]

Depends on whether it means calories or Calories... not being facetious, they are different! Have you entered your weight into mapmyrun, is there an issue with the units for that?

[Mazzy106]

Yes I’ve entered my details......sorry what’s the difference?

[icklegui Graduate in reply to Mazzy106]

Calorie (capital C) = 1000 calories (lowercase c). On "nutritional information" on foods it often says "kcal" - short for kilocalories, i.e. 1000 actual calories... - which is what we shorten to "Calories" ... very odd. I don't really know why we use that notation, and even worse, most articles just use "calories" when I'm pretty sure they mean kcal or Calories.

I would LOVE to know why this is, it would be like using "Grams" to tell our weight to people when we mean kilograms.

But it looks like a weird mistake ... 1.9 calories, kcal, or 1900 cal or kcal ... all seem a bit off unless my maths and multiplying by 1000s has gone completely wrong (likely...)