Race 2 - buy or not?

[Montrod]

Hey, long time Suunto user from the Suunto X6, Ambit 3, Peak Pro, Vertical…

My running has changed a lot, moving towards shorter distances like the 400 to 5km. But winters I spend a lot of time in the mountains ski touring / free touring.

So… I was thinking of getting an AMOLED watch as the 5k is fast, even faster over shorter distances, and I just glance at the face for pace during races and fast training sessions. The Race 2 seems more logical for my use case but if the distance issue is true it would annoy me.

I do not wear a sports watch day to day in the office.

So… is the Race 2 distance issue a consistent problem?

[Egika]

@Montrod personally I don’t think it is a problem.
If you run 5km, the watch would probably show 4980m or so. Maybe on other days not so. I don’t care.
Others do.
If you don’t need maps maybe also think about Suunto Run.