Running Apps

AdamB311
AdamB311 Posts: 28 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I've just completed a 10.11 mile run
I have for a long while now used the running app RunKeeper, and have used it for most of my run tracking
I recently got Runtastic as well, as it is able to sync automatically to MFP

The problem is I don't have a HRM so its never going to be that accurate, but after this run, RunKeeper tracked it as 2628 calories, whereas Runtastic tracked it as 1373 calories

Seems crazy that I did the same run, had them both active at the same time, yet it can come out with wildly different numbers

Anyone able to tell me which is the most likely? I know neither will be completely accurate anyway

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  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    Weight x miles x .65ish is a pretty good estimate. Mfp #'s for running (if you use the right pace) are pretty close to that.
  • shivles
    shivles Posts: 468 Member
    Do they both track altitude too?
  • AdamB311
    AdamB311 Posts: 28 Member
    Figured it out now, a massive ****-up on my part it seems!

    Somehow when I was asked to enter my weight in lbs, it entered it in kgs, so ended up changing my weight to 154kg a couple of days ago apparently!

    Explains the massive spike in calories for RunKeeper, so no issue now, will just use the runtastic one and create a manual log on runkeeper for it

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