Does Start Navigation on a Route log stats?

If I create a route (an uploaded and synched .gpx file) and Start Navigation on the route to begin a hike, does it keep track of my stats, or do I also have to click "start" on the Tracking?  I ask because I did a hike last week using an uploaded .gpx file, but I do not see it in the Tracks on my Explorer site.  It would seem like Start Navigation would get the clock running....