Just received my foot pod from Amazon. Anyone else use one with a Fenix 5 for outdoor running? If so what settings do you use? Did you perform any manual calibration or just leave it on auto calibrate? Do you notice any difference for instant pace or your final pace graphs?
Actually I'm seeing a slight difference between different shoes as well. I think this mostly comes from different mounting position on the laces so one could try to counteract this moving the pod slightly. Currently though my main rotating pairs are close enough so I don't really need to alter the calibration much.
Anyway much easier to handle if it changes by shoe than if it changes by pace.
If I were to get the Garmin footpod for my Fenix 5, will the footpod be used to calculate both *pace* AND *lap pace* or just pace?
The lap pace readings I'm getting are pretty good, but my pace readings are wacky. I use both pace and lap pace depending on what sort of workout I'm doing.
The “Pace” data field is determined by whatever source is set for pace/speed. So if you go in to the foot pod sensor settings on the Fenix 5 and set Speed to Always, then your instant “Pace” will always come from the foot pod. “Lap Pace” is different, as that uses the source for distance and divides by the time to cover that distance. So when running outside with GPS on, if your foot pod Distance is set to Off or Indoors then “Lap Pace” will be derived from GPS distance, but if your foot pod Distance is set to Always then the “Lap Pace” will be derived from foot pod distance.
Absolutely. Just go in to the sensor and accessory settings on the Fenix 5, scroll down to the paired foot pod, enter the settings for that foot pod and set “Speed” to “Always” and “Distance” to “Off” or “Indoor”. That will give you instant pace from the foot pod and Lap Pace from GPS.
The only thing you cannot do is have Lap Pace from GPS and total distance from foot pod. The source for distance and Lap Pace are always the same.
I must confess, the apparent inaccuracy of the "pace" reading my Fenix 5 really bothers me. The other day I was running at a hard effort, and the "pace" on my watch said something like 12:30/mile. I didn't have this issue with my previous (much less expensive) watch, the Forerunner 220.
I wish that there was some way to resolve this without having the use a footpod.
I have another question... I set a manual foot pod calibration factor of 97 and ran three miles on a calibrated treadmill. The watch reported that I ran 3.33 miles. Using the equation found here:
