accurate GPS for running

hargi · 5 Jul 2013 at 18:49

On Wednesday i did a run with run keeper on my phone I did 5k according to it.
Tonight I did the same route but reached 5k on the phone a lot earlier in the route then Wednesday??? looking at the map tonight's tracking had loads of spikes in it and way way off the track I was running.

So I logged on to mapmyrun and manually plotted the route which gave me another distance... So does anyone know of a good (cheep) thing that i can use for jogging to map distances accurately?

Andyt_uk · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:02

I picked up a Garmin Forerunner 110 with HRM for just around £115 I think. Does the job nicely, can probably be had cheaper without the HRM but it seems fairly accurate so far. Uploads nicely into runkeeper as well!

[DOD]Asprilla · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:12

I used to use a Garmin Forerunner 50 with a footpod. Once I'd calibrated it against a known distance it was pretty accurate.

Schizo · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:15

There is no "cheap" running gps watch or such like,i've just got a nike+ watch which uses tomtom and is very accurate,

The_Baron · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:16

Garmin in use here though one of the more expensive ones. Can't fault it.

dpbadger · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:16

Get a garmin. I have found them the best ones.

MrMoonX · 5 Jul 2013 at 22:30

Garmin 610 expensive but faultless, you can set it to record data every second for super accuracy but huge files at end

Messiah Khan · 6 Jul 2013 at 20:26

I use a Garmin 305 with the heart-rate monitor which I find very useful for training runs, as I can run to a pace where I know it is pushing my physically without burning myself out. 160-170bpm and I'm fine. 180bpm+ and I feel tired and am pushing myself. 190bpm+ I feel like I want to die!

The only downside with the Garmin 305 (And most other GPS watches) is the battery life, which is about 8 hours. This is fine most of the time, but if you go for really long runs then it can be an issue.

hargi · 6 Jul 2013 at 20:45

Messiah Kahn I think I'm along way off been able to run for 8 hours :-)

but appreciate what your saying will have a look at them

mdb08 · 7 Jul 2013 at 01:03

If you've got an Android phone, have you considered using "MyTracks" by Google, uses the GPS locator in your phone to plot over maps, I found it reasonably accurate.

darreny · 8 Jul 2013 at 09:04

I use the Nike+ app on iPhone and it seems very good

[DOD]Asprilla · 8 Jul 2013 at 09:07

mdb08 said:
If you've got an Android phone, have you considered using "MyTracks" by Google, uses the GPS locator in your phone to plot over maps, I found it reasonably accurate.

darreny said:
I use the Nike+ app on iPhone and it seems very good

The original problem is that his phone is inaccurate. GPS on the iPhone is particularly woeful for this kind of thing; iPhone Strava users in Richmond Park are usually gifted 20-30s a lap (on a 17-23 minute lap).

yer_averagejoe · 8 Jul 2013 at 10:33

I find my SGSII with Endomondo to be very good. Though a dedicated device is probably your best bet. Garmin 110 seems to be the staple.