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Treadmill is calculating distance very wrong

FrankJensen1972 over 4 years ago

What I am using the garmin to calculate my treadmill training it is calculation very wrong. I have set the lengt of the steps to custom both waliking af running. But if i eg. run 3 km the garmin only shows 2,3-2,4 km is there any ways I can do to improve that.

0 pshare over 4 years ago

Did you set the length based on the calibration feature or just in Connect?

If you didn't use the calibration feature, you need to do at least a 1 mile or 1.5 KM walk on the treadmill and when you stop the activity, press the 3 dots in the red section of the display and choose calibrate.

That being said, I find that things change depending on speed variation, the running shoes I wear, and how often I hold on to the guardrail. What I also notice is that my first mile is often different than my second mile, etc. as I loosen up.

0 FrankJensen1972 over 4 years ago in reply to pshare

I am not sure i get the possibility to press the 3 dots as I dont think they are there - but I will check later today and tell what I can do. Thanks for answer till now. I have just done it in my phone software.

0 pshare over 4 years ago in reply to FrankJensen1972

When you stop an activity, you have the green save option on the top and the red (usually cancel) area at the bottom of the watch.

After a treadmill activity of a mile or more, the red area shows 3 dots and leads to the calibrate option.