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RunKeeper inconsistent results?

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  • W_Stewart
    W_Stewart Posts: 237 Member
    Another test which resulted in very different elevation values. All I did was go for a short walk up and back on my fairly level street, but did it twice and recorded the walk each time.

    Track 1 shows 31 feet of elevation and estimated lower calories. The 'solution' did not reduce the calories.
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    Track 2 shows 127' of elevation and estimated higher calories. But the 'solution' edited dropped the calories down to 51.
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    So...I guess I agree with the 'solution' they report as it seemed to readjust the inaccurately high reading of #2 and brought the calories more in line.

    And I checked with MFP which reports 47 calories for the same walk which is close (this was a short walk though). I guess I just need to decide whether to edit all my Runkeeper tracks, or plug the walk durations into MFP and go with MFP values. I would prefer Runkeeper as it (seemingly) will help me factor in my hilly elevation into my calorie burn, but I guess I'll always doubt what it reports...
  • W_Stewart
    W_Stewart Posts: 237 Member
    Another annoyance is that all walks come over from Runkeeper to MFP as a "3.0 MPH" walk even when my average speed for a walk is at or above 3.5 mph.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,257 Member
    no idea to be honest. I didn't link any accounts. I take my own estimate and enter that manually.
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