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- 1Runner's watch cadence lock may have cost a personal record●I was thinking about my run yesterday - really early on my watch got cadence locked, so I took a walk break to “unlock”
A runner recounts that their sports watch locked onto a cadence reading early in a run, showing an inaccurate heart rate. They took a walk break to reset the sensor, and now believe that without the unnecessary break they might have set a 5K personal record. Other runners are discussing watch sensor glitches and how to handle cadence-locked heart rate readings mid-run.
- 2Treadmill or Watch: Which Counts Your Running Distance Better?●Is the Treadmill or Your Watch More Accurate on How Far You've Run? https://lifehacker.com/health/which-is-more-accurate
Lifehacker examines whether a treadmill's distance readout or a GPS running watch gives a more accurate measure of how far you've run. The piece compares how treadmills calculate distance from belt revolutions against how watches use satellite tracking, a common question among runners trying to log their training properly.