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Adapt colors on run cadence graph

According to the help button on the cadence graph, the colors are based on comparisons to other runners, by percentile. I have two suggestions for improving the colors of the dots. The idea is that the color assigned to a percentile don't have to cover a specific cadence range, since the cadence for a percentile can change with circumstances.

Suggestion 1: Runner cadence will naturally slow going up hills. Change the color to reflect this. For example, on a flat level surface, green represents 30 to 69 percentile, or 164 to 173 spm. But, going up a steep hill, the runner's cadence might drop to 124 spm, in the bottom 5 percentile. But, if other runners going up a hill with a similar grade are in the 30 to 69 percentile at 124 spm, the dot should stay green.

Suggestion 2: Have strides per minute percentiles ranges adjusted for age. The average 70 year old runner might naturally have a slower spm than the average 23 year old runner.
  • Activity data for a run shows average stride length. Maybe it would be interesting to ad a graph showing stride length at points during a run.
  • Okey idea, but elevation is not always accurate. Some hills don't change elevation and river below bridge can change it (you run straight on a bridge, but it looks like you run down and up). So maybe this coloring would be useful for those watches with altimeter.

    Elevation Corrections are calculated with data from professional surveys instead of the data from your device. If your device has a barometric altimeter, Elevation Corrections are disabled by default.
  • I had forgotten about the elevation accuracy issue. But, the graphs Garmin Connect shows consistent elevation profiles for routes I regularly run.

    I was thinking this feature might be useful for runners, but bicyclists would not find it useful. They try to keep a constant cadence, and use the bicycles' gears to compensate for changes in slope.