Fitbit running log converts to running in place
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AngelChristian73
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Every time I set my Fitbit to track my running through the app, it shows that I am “running in place” on MyFitness Pal. Anyone else with that problem?
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is it linked to your phone so the GPS shows the fitbit you're moving?0 -
Fitbit doesn’t send over any actual exercise data. It only sends over a total calories burned amount that shows up in a “steps” adjustment. That amount includes anything you burned on a run, but the run will never get entered on mfp by Fitbit.
Is it maybe a Garmin? I ask that because sometimes Garmin workouts are transferred to mfp with weird or missing distance (particularly indoor activities - but not always just indoor) and that leads mfp to assume you covered 0 miles (so running “in place”).
But that’s only with a tracker/device that sends actual workout data to mfp-and Fitbit doesn’t. And I’ve only seen the other with Garmin.0 -
I noticed when the Garmin site was down and I switched to syncing MFP with Strava that all of my runs were "running in place". No idea why and I didn't care enough to investigate. I'm thinking some sites are sending all of the data they could.2
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