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why are bike miles included in step miles

Former Member over 5 years ago

Why do the miles for daily steps include the miles I biked? This is completely screwing up my imports to other fitness challenges.

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Digeridoo over 5 years ago in reply to tmk2 +2

Distance is showed on Steps card? Then distance must be only for steps...

Total distance should be shown as an additional and separate column on this card.
Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to BunBun! +1

I have been reading what you are putting here but none of it is a solution. I do not want the distance of my activities. I want my daily steps and the distance shown in the phone app to export instead…

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0 tmk2 over 5 years ago

These are not miles for daily steps. This is total distance covered in ANY kind of activity done on that day.

0 Digeridoo over 5 years ago in reply to tmk2

Distance is showed on Steps card? Then distance must be only for steps...

Total distance should be shown as an additional and separate column on this card.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to tmk2

But why is it just step distance on the app and total distance bike/step on the computer, I feel like the computer one is wrong. At the very least it's misleading and importing into other trackers wrong.

0 BunBun! over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

You're right, the big label "steps" is misleading. It's only for that big number below. On the right, small number, It's total distance for a day as tmk2 wrote.

But on the reports it's clearly separated: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/report/17/all/last_seven_days

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to BunBun!

Except total distance does not show steps, I just want a number that reports only step distance to export to an external challenge tracker

0 Digeridoo over 5 years ago in reply to BunBun!

BunBun! said:
the big label "steps" is misleading

Why it is misleading? On this card any number is only for steps, but only distance is total, which is wrong.

0 BunBun! over 5 years ago in reply to Digeridoo

Exactly that's why, not matching total distance in the same box as steps.

So, label should be changed or total distance should be clearly separated or distance changed to steps only.

0 BunBun! over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

Except total distance does not show steps, I just want a number that reports only step distance to export to an external challenge tracker

Well, true, it shows only distance, but separated for run or cycling. Steps you can read from daily steps. So, you can take distance which you run and match it to steps.

Or you can list activities here: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activities?activityType=running with added average step column (small icon on the right to choose columns). Then you can divide a distance by average step, and get steps count for an activity.

0 Digeridoo over 5 years ago in reply to BunBun!

I see, for you it is normal to mix data and that is why it is better to just rename the card instead of obvious fix - change the distance. Ok, I can't continue here, I don't have an argument for such position. Let's mix all data and in all cards! At least it will be funny!

0 BunBun! over 5 years ago in reply to Digeridoo

Earlier I upvoted your first post, but now you clearly not even read what I wrote or you don't understand it.

I listed few solutions to make this steps box clear, including changing total distance to distance for steps only.