Garmin 235 Cadence [built in]

The pace (or speed) at which you run is governed by both cadence and stride length. Your cadence need not increase dramatically when you're running significantly faster. Here is some data taken from two of my runs this week:





As you can see, my stride length is really what changed between them, while my cadence remained roughly the same.

The stride length and cadence data above was taken from a Garmin HRM-RUN4 chest strap paired with a FR630. However, I've never had any issues with how the FR235 tracked my cadence with its built-in accelerometer, in the year that I've used it.

cadence

For me it is pretty tough to get my cadence to change at a similar pace. Nothing you need to worry about in 'setup', besides making sure it is securely on your wrist/arm...and you maintain a natural arm swing during the run.

If I significantly change my pace...my cadence will increase pretty noticably, but still only 5-10%. My stride length also increases at those faster paces. (9:00/mi easy pace....vs 7:00 Tempo run)....in a stride/sprint my cadence will be 10-20% higher (4-6min / mile).

Also due to cadence drop out (occasional steps not recorded due to checking watch, wiping sweat, odd arm swing).... my day to day cadence on a run will change a bit. Some days it will be a pretty even 190...sometimes with a lot of lost steps, close to 180-175. But you can clearly see the normal treadline is always at 190ish - with a dropout line occasionally down at 100 or something... so I don't put much into that number personally besides a general trend

Thank you

Thank you for the feedback. Really helpful. Enjoyed reading it.

The pace (or speed) at which you run is governed by both cadence and stride length. Your cadence need not increase dramatically when you're running significantly faster. Here is some data taken from two of my runs this week:





As you can see, my stride length is really what changed between them, while my cadence remained roughly the same.

The stride length and cadence data above was taken from a Garmin HRM-RUN4 chest strap paired with a FR630. However, I've never had any issues with how the FR235 tracked my cadence with its built-in accelerometer, in the year that I've used it.