Issues with pace/distance - Stryd integration
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Hi!
I am using the Suunto Race S for several months now and had my first road races with it. During the races I got completely bamboozled by pace and distance, as the watch records more distance and for that shows a much higher pace. Also, when running intervals on a track, the watch records 1.200m instead of 1.000m. Is there any way to re-calibrate the watch?I also tried the Race S with the Stryd, but then, the distance measured is way too short (and with Suunto, I can’t add a manual calibration factor like with the Garmin)
Any tipps are appreciated. Thank you so much!
Another problem: regularly, notifications areu not sent to the watch. I need to restart the watch, so they get through again. Is that a common bug or something?
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@yoora Came here looking for a solution to a similar question. I recently ran a race that is a short 5K (the actual distance is closer to 4.68 km). However, my watch reported that I ran 5.18 km, a full 0.5 km farther than the actual course length with a significantly faster average pace than I actually held.
When I navigate to Settings -> Connectivity -> Paired Devices -> Stryd X on my watch, it shows “SPEED & CADENCE, POWER”. I’m assuming these are the metrics the watch is sourcing from the pod. Does this mean that distance is coming from GPS?
This was a downtown race, but there is only one “tall” building that is 17 floors, the second tallest is 8 floor, and the rest are 4 floors or shorter. It was a clear sky, and the street is very wide. The watch has very good view of the sky. So I don’t think buildings would cause poor GPS signals.
I ran this race with other friends, and all their watches recorded 4.5-4.7 km. I’m the only outlier with 5.18 km. None of them have Suunto though, but as I understand it, I have multiband GPS, so it should not have been a problem anyway.
So what is sourcing pace and distance? The watch or the pod? Or is pace coming from the pod and distance from the watch?
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I’ve been in contact with Stryd support on this issue since this 5K race. Every run I have done on my Suunto Race S is not using my Stryd pod for pace and distance.
Here is the data recorded by my Race S and here is the data recorded by Stryd. As you can see, both the pace and distance disagree:
- Suunto:
- Time: 20’31.0
- Pace: 06’20/mile
- Distance: 3.24 mi
- Stryd (only at the race segment):
- Time: 20’31.0 (14:37 - 35:08)
- Pace: 07’12/mile
- Distance: 2.85 mi
Checking in on the runs for Monday, Tuesday, and today, the watch distance and pace differs from Stryd’s distance and pace. I have Stryd Duo, which is two foot pods paired together for right/left balance metrics.
Things I’ve done to troubleshoot:
- Unpair the pods from the mobile app, then pair them again paying attention to which pod is paired first.
- Unpair the pod from my watch and pair again, confirming it uses the first pod that paired with the mobile app.
- Do a hard reset, restoring the watch to factory settings, updating to the latest firmware, and pairing the first pod again.
With the help of Stryd support, we are convinced that Suunto is ignoring the pace and distance from Stryd, although it’s correctly sourcing power from the pod.
Can anyone look at this, or is the Race S no longer the priority and we’re stuck with this regression bug?
- Suunto:
