Issues with pace/distance - Stryd integration
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Hi!
I am using the Suunto Race S for several months now and had my first road races with it. During the races I got completely bamboozled by pace and distance, as the watch records more distance and for that shows a much higher pace. Also, when running intervals on a track, the watch records 1.200m instead of 1.000m. Is there any way to re-calibrate the watch?I also tried the Race S with the Stryd, but then, the distance measured is way too short (and with Suunto, I can’t add a manual calibration factor like with the Garmin)
Any tipps are appreciated. Thank you so much!
Another problem: regularly, notifications areu not sent to the watch. I need to restart the watch, so they get through again. Is that a common bug or something?
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@yoora Came here looking for a solution to a similar question. I recently ran a race that is a short 5K (the actual distance is closer to 4.68 km). However, my watch reported that I ran 5.18 km, a full 0.5 km farther than the actual course length with a significantly faster average pace than I actually held.
When I navigate to Settings -> Connectivity -> Paired Devices -> Stryd X on my watch, it shows “SPEED & CADENCE, POWER”. I’m assuming these are the metrics the watch is sourcing from the pod. Does this mean that distance is coming from GPS?
This was a downtown race, but there is only one “tall” building that is 17 floors, the second tallest is 8 floor, and the rest are 4 floors or shorter. It was a clear sky, and the street is very wide. The watch has very good view of the sky. So I don’t think buildings would cause poor GPS signals.
I ran this race with other friends, and all their watches recorded 4.5-4.7 km. I’m the only outlier with 5.18 km. None of them have Suunto though, but as I understand it, I have multiband GPS, so it should not have been a problem anyway.
So what is sourcing pace and distance? The watch or the pod? Or is pace coming from the pod and distance from the watch?
