HRM - calories

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Run_for_my_life
Run_for_my_life Posts: 15 Member
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I have a Garmin 220 with HRM. Current weight is 114 I am 5'1". Saturday my husband and I ran 9 miles at about 10:30 min miles. It said I burned 523 calories where as my husband burned over double that. Yes I know we won't burn the same amount but really 523???? MFP calculates me around 730.

Can anyone help the discouraged runner figure this out?

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  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
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    It's usually 100 calories per mile and a little over if you're heavier, but you're only 114 pounds. Perhaps, if your husband weighs more then he will have burned more calories per mile.
  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
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    Your HR depends on your fitness level and size...if he's much larger, and/or you're fitter, you likely burned much less. Does he have the exact same model? Are the configured to each of you individually?
  • Run_for_my_life
    Run_for_my_life Posts: 15 Member
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    I would say he is more fit than me. He has ran for a couple years more than me and walks our dogs every day. His weight is around 180. I am going to look at my settings again to make sure I didn't mess that up! But burning 58 calories per mile seems a bit low. Or am I just in denial?

    Thanks!!!!!!!!!

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