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Activity mode for walking/Hiking?

Garmin suggests doing a few runs with a new watch to determine personal stats like stride length which is presumable used for activities such as indoor running to calculate distance.

Now what activity should I used for walking\hiking? If I use "run" will this mess up my running stats and make say indoor running inaccurate? Should I use "other" for this?

Thoughts welcome.

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+1 Former Member over 8 years ago

For walks & hikes I use the following Connect IQ App: https://apps.garmin.com/en-IE/apps/39d3b5e8-67db-4517-93a8-5ec485269635

Also shows correctly on Garmin Connect...

0 Paul_G2 over 8 years ago

Thanks for that. I will give it a go.

0 jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

I also put an app for indoor walking in the store yesterday. It's like hike, but with no GPS.

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/eacc349c-94b9-4c3c-a92b-f3816e4fb3ad

0 ReneSchade over 8 years ago

question from the newbie

Hi guys,
I'm a bit confused. Why do I need another app, when what it is, is just another activity type?
Does this mean I need to install another app for each acticity type I'm interested in (skiiing, skating, walking..)
thanks,
René

0 timgrose over 8 years ago

If you think of the "standard" Run/Run Indoor/Bike/Bike Indoor/Other as being "apps" then you might be able to see why somebody's CIQ app (if available) might appeal.

Depending on the implementation you may get data screens relevant to that activity and the activity type set automatically so you don't have to change it manually in GC.

That said if say you want to walk in the standard Run mode the only real "problem" is perhaps having to change activity type in GC once uploaded.

0 jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

As Tim said, you can record anything you want with whatever you want, and just change the activity type in GC. Some people like the ease of just recording "x" as "x" and not changing it, and for others, it determines if or if not you use GPS for example. (using "run" to record an indoor walk probably means you have GPS on when you don't want it

0 Paul_G2 over 8 years ago

My concern specifically for this related to whether using the running activity for walking would mess up things like average stride length which could then be used by the indoor running mode to measure distance. My walking stride length is a lot shorter than my running length.

0 timgrose over 8 years ago

This works on modelling arm swing not stride length as a device on your wrist cannot measure stride length.

If you are worried about this just use the Other profile instead.