Some fitness trackers are so unreliable they have been found to miscalculate the distance of a marathon by nearly 11 miles, new analysis by consumer watchdog Which? found.
Like torygraph 'journalists' then
Calibrated on a thread mill. The vast majority of marathon training runs are done outdoors with a GPS signal which will be much more accurate.
A bit sensationalist. It's a statement about empirically based estimate and gps measured data. Yes I ran 20km yesterday gps on my phone. My tracker which works on steps and assumed stride based on height thinks I ran 26km. Ground was rough .. shorter stride etc. Surprising?
They should know only moving your hands even when sitting will say you have done more than you have
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