W7R1 Steady Pace & Strava

[Fimoo]

Tonight's run felt a tad more difficult than W6R3 but my tracking app shows it was a much better, steady pace. I usually use the Samsung Health app that's pre-installed on my phone as it auto tracks without having to manually start the run. Tonight I used Strava for the first time alongside Samsung Health but didn't record my warm up and cool down walk. Strava is showing a much shorter distance, which would you count as more reliable? There's no way my walks either side of running doubled my distance when they are at a slower pace.

[sallenson Graduate]

My instinct would be to trust Strava I think. I've got the same Samsung app on my phone (which I don't run with) but on a normal day-to-day basis the Samsung app seems to get a lot of things wrong....

[Fimoo Graduate in reply to sallenson]

Oh no I've been filling myself full of self confidence on my distance and pace and now I'm doubting everything it tells me. I've always just naively trusted it!

[Fimoo Graduate in reply to Fimoo]

I've just double checked the Samsung Health settings and the location wasn't set up properly which explains the dodgy stats. Devastated that I'm miles away from where I thought I was 😭. On the positive side, a 25 min run without stopping is not to be sniffed at! No matter how slow or how little ground I've covered...

[sallenson Graduate in reply to Fimoo]

Now listen hon. This whole malarkey is about being consistent. Being able to run for 25mins is a huge achievement. Sod distance. Sod pace.

Anyone can burst a gut running fast for a bit. But you can run for 25mins without flaking out. That is fantastic. You are fantastic.

Got it? xxx