Runtastic's Elevation Info...I don't understand it! Duh!

So_Much_Fab

I consider myself to be pretty smart but for the life of me I can't understand how to decipher Runtastic's elevation summary info. Derp.

Case in point, from today's 5k:



- For the life of me, I can't understand the graph on the top.
- In the area highlighted on the bottom, what does "up" 19 ft. "down" 26 ft. mean?

Apparently, I need to go back to school, or something. :laugh:

bluefox9er

I think you are bloody smart to figure out how to add your comments in red on the picture. as a semi pro photographer, my photoshop skills don't go that far.

So_Much_Fab

Bumping because I still want to know.

thekyleo

It looks like the top graph is your speed in relation to the distance you traveled as well as the elevation change. The elevation change can be due to the course itself and may not necessarily be correct.

BerryH

It's how many feet you are above sea level as you go up and down hills or slopes on your run. So your first couple of miles were flat, but in your last mile you went up 19 feet during the course of that mile and down 26 feet. So with you ended up somewhere 8 feet downhill of where you started or (more likely) the GPS isn't 100% accurate.

pdworkman

But take a look at the topo map at the top. It was not a flat run for mile 1 and 2. And mile 3 was roughly a net 0 from the starting elevation. I can't reconcile the two, even laying a grid over the graph to count the gain/loss.

It's how many feet you are above sea level as you go up and down hills or slopes on your run. So your first couple of miles were flat, but in your last mile you went up 19 feet during the course of that mile and down 26 feet. So with you ended up somewhere 8 feet downhill of where you started or (more likely) the GPS isn't 100% accurate.