This Again?
We are once again in a “Claudia Gets Accused of Cheating” phase on the Garmin Connect app. So to reiterate it one more time:
I do not fake my walking/running data. Every step, every mile, every route is 100% real and done by me. I’m not on Garmin Connect to compete with anyone (I do join challenges, but I truly do not care where I place in them; I sign up for the badges but that’s usually the last thought I give them). I’m on there because it records my data in case I lose my other backups. I have literally no reason to fake my data.
Also (and I’ve mentioned this before as well): do you know how hard it would be to fake this? Not only would I have to find somebody or something I could attach my Garmin to to get the miles done for me, but they’d have to be somebody/something that did this consistently and consistently enough for it to look “real” AND they’d have to have been doing it since like 2018 (or whenever I got my first Garmin, I can’t remember). They’d also have to travel to Moscow when I’m in Moscow in order to show up at the right location, haha.
It’s to the point where faking the data would be as much (or more) work than just doing the distance.
AND ANOTHER THING: my Garmin isn’t the only thing I use to track this stuff. I use the iTreadmill app on my iPod, too.
The only person I would be cheating if I were to do so is myself, and I want to continue to proudly say that all my mileage is 100% real and 100% mine.
This is the only thing in this universe that I’m good at. SO SHUT THE HELL UP AND LET ME HAVE THIS.
Fitbit vs. iTreadmill
Yo, people! So as I mentioned on “Fake Christmas” day, My dad got me a Fitbit ‘cause he knows I’m obsessive about tracking stuff (also I think he got one for himself, too, ‘cause he used to have a Nike one awhile back that’s probably dead by now).
Anyway, I decided to go for a walk today and compare what Fitbit said to what my iTreadmill app said.
So here we go!
Mileage
iTreadmill: 11.00
Fitbit: 11.01
Steps
iTreadmill: 24,240
Fitbit: 23,473
Time
iTreadmill: 175 minutes
Fitbit: 207 minutes
Calories Burned
iTreadmill: 702
Fitbit: 2,420
The mileage and steps aren’t too different from one another, which is surprising, ‘cause I can’t calibrate Fitbit to my stride (but I’ve done so for the iTreadmill app). The time for the Fitbit is longer because it doesn’t shut off when I stop moving. The iTreadmill app does (which I kind of like better, ‘cause then I know how much time I actually spent moving rather than just standing at intersections, in line at the grocery store, etc.). The calories are the biggest difference, but that’s because the Fitbit tracks “resting” calories burned as well, so the 2,420 is what it thinks I’d burned up until the walk, and then on the walk itself (I don’t think I burn nearly that many calories in a day. My body doesn’t manufacture it’s own heat, dude).
But the best part about the Fitbit is that it tracks your heartrate, which is something the iTreadmill can’t do. So if I’m not going to use it as my “official” tracker for steps/mileage, I can at least use it to track my heartrate.
YAY!
Rome was actually built in a day and a half.
When I’m not carrying anything and feel like I could run five miles, I get to the bus stop just as the bus is pulling in.
When I have 50 pounds combined of backpack and groceries and it’s windy and cold, I miss the bus by about 30 seconds.
SUCH IS LIFE.
Anyway.
One gripe I’ve had with my iPod Touch is the fact that, unlike the Nano, it doesn’t have a pedometer. I love Nano’s pedometer ‘cause I’m that type of obsessive person who likes to track progress and estimate changes in my daily patterns and just generally be a number watching weirdo.
But today I found probably the coolest “you’re obsessive so you’ll love this” app: iTreadmill. I will utilize this tomorrow on my walk to whatever the hell mall I decide to go to, but I calibrated it this afternoon and can already tell it’s awesome.
It tracks:
- Steps
- Steps per minute
- Time
- Average pace
- Average speed
- Calories
- Distance
It keeps track of your history and gives you graphs! You can create a playlist to listen to as you go (I just put my whole “Favorites” playlist to play), you can enter your weight to get an accurate calories estimate, and you can set step, calories, distance, or time goals and set alarms to sound for certain milestones to your goals if you like that kind of stuff (I do). It also pauses automatically after 5 seconds of inactivity so waiting at stoplights and such won’t lessen your average speed.
HOW COOL IS THAT?
Download it, dudes.
Also, they should just make this a static claim on CTV weather for Vancouver:
Earlier today when they still had Saturday’s prediction up they actually had words (“light rain,” “rain,” “more rain” (seriously), “rain and snow”), but I guess they ran out of synonyms.
SUCH IS LIFE.
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