Logging a run with breaks

MiepPie

My 5 year old often rides his bike with me when I go on short runs. As 5 year olds are inclined to do, we usually stop during the run to play in a park, watch a construction crew digging up the street, collect leaves and pine cones, etc. During our breaks my heart rate will go back down close to normal.

Can I still log these runs for the total amount of time I’m actually running? Does the break impact total calories burned? For example if I run to a park 15 minutes away, we stop for 10 minutes, then run 15 minutes home, should I log a 30 min run? Does it matter?

Hanibanani2020

I only ever log a five running time

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spiriteagle99

If I take a break, I stop my watch, then start it again when I start up my run again. Calories burned are based on moving mass over distance, HR doesn't matter. For race training purposes, taking breaks isn't good, but if you're running for exercise, then the breaks don't really matter.

GummiMundi

You can log one 30 minute run or two 15 minute runs. You'll notice the burned calories will be pretty much the same in both cases (any difference will be due to rounding numbers).

dewd2

Log the distance. HR and time have little to do with the calories burned.