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Significant Running Tracking Errors

Former Member over 5 years ago

Hi all,

Hope everyone is keeping safe and well.

I just purchased a Forerunner 245 Music. First time I have owned a Garmin watch so had high hopes for the tracking.

In short, the GPS tracking on my runs seem way off, I usually do a 5k in 20 - 25 min range and this was telling me I was on track to do a 40 minute plus time. When I looked at the map feature I could immediately tell that there was something wrong as what should have been a simple running loop in a circle was red lines going everywhere marking a very different route.

I have tried all the different GPS settings, given ample time for the GPS to lock and find a signal and this is still happening. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I have listed three screenshots.. one from my phone ‘Nike Running’ (not using watch) and the Garmin’s for comparison (exact same running loop).

Cheers!

Calum

0 Audrius Gavelis over 5 years ago

Did you switch to "Every second" (more accurate) in System Settings -> Data recording, instead of "Smart" (enabled by default)?

One more reason may be running small radius circles in between of tall buildings.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Audrius Gavelis

It's on the 'smart' default setting. Should I try the 'every second' fuction instead and see if more accurate?

0 Audrius Gavelis over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

Yes, you should try "Every second".

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

Yes. Set to every second. I just received my FR245 today, updated the firmware but forgot to set it to every second and my track was off and was not a clean track.