OGarmin gremlin?

[Queenie17]

Morning all, set out this morning for 16k, all a bit rushed, put on my new garmin(60th birthday last week😃), popped my ipod in pocket, set on nike run and off I went🏃🏃spent a little time with coach Bennet, then some music. By 14k felt ok, little thigh niggle for a couple of mins, not a problem.Then I couldnt remember what I was aiming for 15 or 16k.By 15k was flagging a bit but managed to slow down a bit more and decided to go for 17, and managed it with nothing in the tank😩. When I looked at nikerun stats it said 17km 2:05:54 😃when I looked at garmin it said 14.259 km 2:06:45😒??

Any suggestions about the difference in stats?

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

Happy birthday of last week!! xxx

I don't suppose you accidentally paused the Garmin at 14k?

[Queenie17 in reply to roseabi]

Thanks!Well thats what I'm hoping happened, although I don't recall even touching the watch😒

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Queenie17]

Next guess then is that it lost the GPS signal at 14k. Try again and see if it keeps happening, if so it would be worth contacting Garmin about it, although there are a number of things you can try to help improve your GPS connection.

This is for the Fenix 5s, but probably the same info is true for any Garmin. However you can search for help specific to your watch if it's not a Fenix 5s support.garmin.com/en-US/?i...

[Queenie17 in reply to roseabi]

Thanks for the info, I will look into it.👍

[Magellan Marathon]

How does Nike measure, GPS or step count?

Step count: If you have a short stride it may overestimate. Believe Garmin.

GPS: Did you do a route with many sharp bends or tight laps or corners? If you did, then two GPS trackers can easily give different results, as the one which picks up the signal less often will cut off all the corners. Believe Nike.

[Queenie17 in reply to Magellan]

Oh my!I'm hoping the gps cut out and I actually ran 17k😒My friend is doing the same route tomorrow, we shall compare notes.

[SaskAlliecat Half Marathon]

I found my old FR 10 and Runkeeper never matched and could be quite different with long distances. Your Garmin is going to be more accurate.

[Queenie17 in reply to SaskAlliecat]

Maybe a longer distance thing?😒 earlier in the week the garmin seemed more accurate on my 5k as I know more consistent stats for that distance, oh well.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Have you taken a look at the maps the two produced? do they look the same? can you see where they diverge (one chunk missing? or a gradual difference in difference?). Can you try plotting the same route in strava or mapmyrun or google or plot a route ... or any number of other apps ... to find a best of three?If you accidentally paused garmin you should be able to see that from where the garmin map ends. The other thing you could check is the moving time vs elapsed time - if you accidentally stopped Garmin the moving time should be much less than that in NRC.

Frustrating though!

[Queenie17 in reply to linda9389]

Good idea,I will look at the maps tomorrow.I banished the garmin back into its box and have been sulking😂Thanks for the info though👍

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Queenie17]

Ahh no! You will get it sorted I'm sure. You and Garmin will be friends again yet 😅

[Queenie17 in reply to linda9389]

👍😃

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon]

Sadly I found that phones tend to give a much more generous distance than the watches but when I've plotted routes in the os app the watch is much closer to the predicted os distance 👎🏻 I originally used Samsung health to record runs and cycling... really made me look good 🤣

[Queenie17 in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

Oh no 😂so I need to choose, watch or phone!

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

I used to use MMR alongside my Garmin, and found MMR could be as much as 0.25km more generous over long runs than the watch.

I think it’s best to pick one and stick with it, then at least your runs are comparable with each other. Personally I’d go with your Garmin. 😀

[Queenie17 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Yes I think you are right, otherwise it was a complete waste of money😒😒