Strava overestimating burnt calories?

Wiedzma_Agata
Wiedzma_Agata Posts: 31 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So I went for a 7 miles run this morning and Strava estimated 970 burnt calories! Seems quite high for me, but I'm a newbie here and never paid attention to these before. I'm sure Straca has all my details up to date (esp weight)...
Any ideas?

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  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    Calories burnt by running can be roughly estimated by the following equation:

    Weight (lbs) x Distance (miles) x 0.63
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    Strava overestimates... Not sure why.
    sarahthes wrote: »
    Calories burnt by running can be roughly estimated by the following equation:

    Weight (lbs) x Distance (miles) x 0.63

    https://www.runnersworld.com/peak-performance/running-v-walking-how-many-calories-will-you-burn

    Gives the background on that number and where to go for deeper background.
  • Wiedzma_Agata
    Wiedzma_Agata Posts: 31 Member
    I just went and reduced the number manually, feels better now. Thank you!
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Misiolinka wrote: »
    I just went and reduced the number manually, feels better now. Thank you!

    I find Strava always overestimates them for my runs despite my Garmin being very, very close to the Runners World formula.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    BrianSharpe wrote: »
    Misiolinka wrote: »
    I just went and reduced the number manually, feels better now. Thank you!

    I find Strava always overestimates them for my runs despite my Garmin being very, very close to the Runners World formula.

    It's pretty crazy. Garmin logs my run-Passes the run data to strava and Poof 2x calories. And yeah, the Garmin number is within the margin of error of calculation with the RW formula.

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