map my run?

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shw112
shw112 Posts: 60 Member
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Have recently taken up running and i'm using the app 'map my run' to track time and distance, but I'm really confused about the calorie count? the app says i burn about 530 calories running 5 kilometres in 30 mins, but when I put exactly the same time and distance into MFP manually it says i've burned more like 330? The apps are synced so my height and weight info is the same for both. Anyone else using this app and had the same problem? Which count should i go with? Would be great if i was burning 530 cals per run seeing as i find it pretty taxing to run for half an hour non-stop :D but i did think it sounded too good to be true

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    Mapmyrun is notorious for over estimating calories.

    Running is easy to calculate calories burnt for though:

    Bodyweight in lbs x 0.63 x distance in miles
  • shw112
    shw112 Posts: 60 Member
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    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Mapmyrun is notorious for over estimating calories.

    Running is easy to calculate calories burnt for though:

    Bodyweight in lbs x 0.63 x distance in miles

    hahaha this only comes out at 292... damn :D gonna have to start running further
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    shw112 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Mapmyrun is notorious for over estimating calories.

    Running is easy to calculate calories burnt for though:

    Bodyweight in lbs x 0.63 x distance in miles

    hahaha this only comes out at 292... damn :D gonna have to start running further

    I only get 83 cals a mile at my current weight, it's sad :laugh:

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