I recently move and created a bunch of "courses" using Garmin Connect on-line since I wanted to run these exact routes and not get lost :eek:. After syncing I noticed that "navigate" is recorded as "other" activity which isn't a big deal; however, the calories are way lower than when I use "run" as an activity for the same distance. I changed "other" to "run" using Garmin Connect thinking that might help; however, the calories did not change. E.g., navigate for 5.21 miles = 354 calories, run for 5.18 miles = 720 calories. Does anyone know why this is and/or how to fix it? Thanks in advance.
Instead of using the navigate activity, use the run activity as normal. When you've got a GPS lock, hold the Up button, scroll down to Navigation, select it, scroll to Courses and select the course and select Do Course. Bingo, all your usual run fields, activity recorded as run, normal calories. I don't know why it's wrong in navigate; perhaps it assumes you're walking and uses different equations to calculate the calories, which seems odd if it's based on heart rate.
Thanks mcbadger , I'll try that tomorrow - "navigated" 4 miles this morning and ended up at 849 calories compared to my 354 yesterday for 5.21 miles :(
Instead of using the navigate activity, use the run activity as normal. When you've got a GPS lock, hold the Up button, scroll down to Navigation, select it, scroll to Courses and select the course and select Do Course. Bingo, all your usual run fields, activity recorded as run, normal calories. I don't know why it's wrong in navigate; perhaps it assumes you're walking and uses different equations to calculate the calories, which seems odd if it's based on heart rate.
All is working perfectly mcbadger Thanks for the help!
