Every day that I record activities such as runs with my Fenix 3 HR, Garmin Connect gets calorie and distance values WAY OFF. I'm not sure the reason, but somehow the calories burned from steps get enormously inflated. I've attached images of a good example.
You can see that after my run I had logged a total of 8183 steps. 6822 steps were from my recorded run, leaving 1361 left over for standard "steps" activity tracking. The run equates to 490 calories, 6822 steps, and 4.62 miles; the "steps" to 208 calories, 1361 steps,and 1.43 miles.
This is where something is definitely wrong. 208 extra calories are added on a day where I had literally done nothing except walk downstairs and go on a run. Does it seem correct that 1361 steps could equate to 1.43 miles? A common estimate for steps/mile is around 2500 steps. If we were to believe the numbers I am seeing here, 1 mile = 951 steps (1361 / 1.43 = 951). I don't know about anyone else, but I can't walk a mile in 951 steps.
This is frustrating because these values get passed on the MFP and generally just make the app less usable for activity tracking. Has anyone else noticed this issue? This is my single biggest frustration with Garmin Connect. I just want to get semi accurate calorie tracking.
If I could even turn off calorie tracking for steps, that would be a HUGE improvement.
