just that we’re addicted to data. Besides being useful for training, digital apps can actually make cycling more satisfying. Anyone who’s ever used a notebook to record how many miles they’ve ridden knows how affirming and motivating it is to keep a ride log. As Eyal points out, “Athletes want to know their effort matters.” These apps, he says, allow us to feel that “all that sweating is not going to waste.” Because we're dealing with extremely fast signals requiring precise detection, any slight inaccuracy in the signal's reception, or disturbance to the signal itself, can translate to a significant dislocation of your reported position. Consequently, environmental factors such as dense trees, steep hillsides, tall buildings, or even heavy cloud cover can impact or even interrupt the travel of the GPS signal between your device and the satellites. Examples of bad GPS data Your device may have recorded GPS points that deviate from your true path. See the examples discussed in this article. Using the fitdump tool returned much more data, around 2370 data points, which gave me more hope since my run was ~38:00 minutes long, (38 * 60 = 2280) In many cases, it will help to give your device a minute or two while you have a clear view of the sky to fully acquire a signal before beginning your ride or run.

Here is what GC wanted (shown already with the valid padded zero entries): secs,cad,hr,km,kph,nm,watts,alt,lon,lat,headwind,slope,temp,interval,lrbalance,lte,rte,lps,rps,smo2,thb,o2hb,hhbsecs,cad,hr,km,kph,nm,watts,alt,lon,lat,headwind,slope,temp,interval,lrbalance,lte,rte,lps,rps,smo2,thb,o2hb,hhb In fact, the always-on-display social media element of cycling can actually interfere with training, says Joe Friel, a veteran coach and training author. That’s especially true for competitive cyclists, who are most in need of time to recover. “If you’re training for KOMs or PRs, well, that’s fine,” Friel says. “But if you’re training for road races, there’s a lot more to it than beating your time up a Strava climb.”The ability to measure, document, and share what I do on the bike has added enormously to everything from training to bike-related socializing. Yet for a long time, I saw this digital side of cycling as secondary: The priority was always the actual experience. These days, I’m not so sure. Somewhere along the line, I—and a lot of other cyclists—began to prize the digital “outputs” almost as much as the ride itself. External validation has gained far too much importance in today’s society.It’s a downside to the power of technology. More and more people are feeling a sense of illusion if they don’t document and externally validate something they have done. Yet this defies logic and it’s simply ridiculous. You will find all your log files there. Select the file you want and upload it to your Strava, TrainingPeaks, or any other application. There is a social side to Runkeeper but it’s not nearly in the same league as Strava – we’ve never heard anyone saying 'If it’s not on Runkeeper it didn’t happen', for example. However, if you’re looking for more motivation and training advice to achieve your running goals, and less distraction from endless scrolling of other people’s impressive running activities and photos, Runkeeper is the better app for you. Strava vs Runkeeper: the verdict So, what did I do at 34km of my long run? I got to the front door and thought: “This is rubbish. If I did the work but it’s not on Strava, it still bloody happened.” Then I turned around and finished the run.

RunKeeper (and its premium version Runkeeper Go) is more focused on coaching and training you towards your running goals than just a training log with a huge dataset to analyse like Strava. This makes it much more suited to beginner and intermediate runners looking for guidance and training help without going so far as hiring a coach or personal trainer. Lost GPS Signal : Environmental factors can often cause your GPS signal to be lost and some time later re-acquired. In cases like this, the pre-and post-signal-loss points will be treated just like any other two subsequent points (although more time has elapsed between them) and will be connected with a straight line. Cases of signal loss like this can cause your activity to report less distance than you actually traveled or not to match segments that you would have otherwise matched.What if they saw my speed? What if they saw my distance? What would they think of my higher than average heart rate? What if people knew where I ran? What time I ran? Who I ran with?

Runners will look down at their watches and press a button on a wristwatch equipped with GPS. Only once the device has been set to record will they begin to move their feet. And at the end of the race the second remarkable feat will take place. Upon completion of their run, the runners will upload that GPS data to a digital platform that has completely revolutionised the world of amateur sport. You can create a manual activity to account for the lost mileage - although this may not count toward Strava Challenges and won't match to any segments. More information on how this feature works can be found here. unknown_0 and unknown_1 looked like location data (which I censored it from here) but much more interestingly they were not given in floating point layout but rather were integer data points. How is it possible to achieve something, yet not feel a sense of accomplishment until it’s recorded on a remote database or posted to an activity feed for all the world to see?We use the term "bad GPS data" to describe any circumstance where your GPS device records location (or other) data that does not accurately represent your activity. Bad GPS data can result in your activities on Strava having missing or extra distance recorded; segments not matched at allor recorded inaccurately;inaccurate elevation data;inaccurate achievements such as estimated best efforts;and more. Scouring the web for .fit file tools, to inspect and fix them, initially returned no promising results. But in this moment as I am writing this up I just found out that there exists as fit-csv tool for converting .fit into .csv files ( https://developer.garmin.com/fit/fitcsvtool/windows/) which may have made the following steps easier.