If you loose signal on these units. Do they add back in your lost time for a correct time in the end assuming your signal comes back before the end of your run? I was running with someone this morning that told me this. I bought the Polar beacause I was worried about keeping accurate total distance. My stride varies so much I am not sure how accurate I am getting. If that is true about Garmin I want to make the switch. There website doesnt seem to want to talk about dropped signal.
Thanks
The X05 keeps track of time with GPS and a timer. If you lose GPS signal it still keeps time. That being said, they don’t lose signal very often. I’ve run it in urban and decently wooded rural environments and have not had any issues.
-Jot
The only time there is a problem is if you are running a marathon in a large city with tall buildings. You may not have a signal depending your luck as to where the satellites are at the time. Other than that, I never lose signal.
Yes overall time keeps ticking… If you have auto pause on it will pause and the time will go to rest time…
I have 5 gps units have been using them for almost 10 years…
What I don’t get is why all the fuss about accurate distance(unless your measureing a course) or even your pace…
All my training is by time ,heart rate and perceived exertion… Yes I keep the distance and use the pace and speed(best on a bike)
and altitude but main reason for gps is I can go back check my routes see what was going on heart rate,pace or speed,altitude
at any point along the way it’s easy to filter the glitches you get with gps and overall it’s accurate enough over the run,bike even though any instant reading might be off… You can always go in with right software and edit those moments where you lost signal
knowing your route if you want to get better accuracy…
It’s all relative anyway… I used to long ago be one of those people who wanted to know to the 100th of a mile how long I ran.
You know the type your ride measrured 99.4 miles so you go out doo a loop or two to get exactly 100…
For training it’s not really important more of and ocd thing I guess… But now heck I just go for time 5 hour bike,6 hour bike
and what zone amd I in…
Why all the fuss about accurate pace… If you really want that accurate go out and measure a loop or run a track and do it the old fashion way with a watch you can split track into 4 100 meter sections 2 straights 2 turns…
But if you want to track all your routes go back see what your heart rate was at different points on that route ,was there a hill there or was it flat what kind of surface then gps is the way to go…
Too much time wasted worrying about super accuracy on gps it’s accurate enough for most workouts…