odometer or pedometer ?

jlgobert
jlgobert Posts: 41 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have a couple routes that I like to run in my community and I have recently been a bit thrown off by the distances to which I am running. According to my pedometer which gives me steps and miles and I have watched it to know that it somehow is accurate step to step walking and jogging. It states that I am running/jogging 5 miles. Well when i drove it out in my car it states that it is only 4.3 miles which is over half a mile off. Which do you think I should believe. I have been going with my pedometer however I am not sure i should be.

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  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    Is your stride length correct on your pedometer?
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    Why don't you use a gps based app or device?
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    Check the stride length.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Map My Walk and Map My Run might be worth trying. They're FREE and I don't know if the steps are right (since I don't count them, lol), but I drove around to check and the car was very similar, to .1 of a mile. :)

    It gives you a map with lines drawn on it to show where you went, saves your info (if you want) and automatically synchs with MFP.

    I really love it. :)

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