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[Longjog @ GS-Sport-Servicecenter]

Hi my dear friends,

I am curious about your experiences with the Instant-Pace with new FW-Version.
For me it is to less smoothing.
The pace is jumping in a range of felt 25 seconds if I run around a constant pace of 4:40 min/km.
This range makes the Pace-value unuseable for me.

Please  give a feedback for the engineers of GS.

Best regards

Longjog

[Longjog @ GS-Sport-Servicecenter]

Release notes:
1. PACE value modify to average per 30 seconds.
....

this seems to be not enough smoothing.
What about calculating the average of the last 10 30 sec. average-values?

Best regards

Longjog

[GS_TECH01]

Hello Longjog,

Thanks for sharing your feedback.

Anyone else experiencing this issue? Please let us know.

[partyman66]

For me it is to less smoothing.
The pace is jumping in a range of felt 25 seconds if I run around a constant pace of 4:40 min/km.
This range makes the Pace-value unuseable for me.

I've noticed similar behavior on my watch with the new firmware.  The instant pace seems to jump around relatively erratically rendering it not that useful.  I do like how the interval is shorter now, so that if you stop momentarily or fluctuate your speed throughout a workout, it will show that in a more reactive fashion.... however, it's just not very accurate.

For me, I usually train at somewhere between a 5:30 to 6:00 min/mile pace on the street, and I'm generally seeing the instant-pace displaying erratic readings anywhere from 5:05 to 6:10 on a run where the pace should realistically be pretty smooth at around 5:45.  If I speed up for a duration during the run and do a fast mile, I've seen the instant pace say as fast as 4:40 Min/Mile, and I was probably doing more like 5:05 to 5:10.

I've gone on 3 runs with the new firmware so far and noticed this behavior on all 3 runs.  I'll do more testing, and try to provide a little more info if I see anything else that could be helpful.

[GS_TECH01]

Sorry for the late response.

Alright, thanks sharing your experiences and observations.

Please let us know how it goes with the other testings and provide more details about them. Thanks.

[partyman66]

I've had a chance to do a few more runs with the new firmware and the inconsistency of the real-time pace is definitely a legitimate concern.  I've been trying to pay more attention to it in order to verify that it is in-fact inaccurate and not just a factor of me varying my pace.

I went on a 10 mile run last night and averaged a 5:54 min/mile pace the entire way, while trying to glance down at the watch at least a 4 or 5 times per mile to see my instant pace and match it against what I felt was my actual pace.  My actual pace seemed to be pretty consistent based on how I felt and the fact that my average pace wasn't really fluctuating much except for a gradual increase throughout the run (I tend to pick up my pace continually through runs after the first 2 miles).  Often times I would look down at the real-time pace and it would show values like 5:20 or 5:30, then I would look again about a minute later and it would say 6:10 without me varying my pace at all.

Maybe I'll take the watch for a 2 mile drive tomorrow in my car at a steady 10 MPH and see how it reacts to that in terms of real-time speed readings throughout that test situation.

[GS_TECH01]

Thanks for the additional info.

Just awaiting response from our engineers about this.

Also, keep us posted about your drive test and let us know how it goes.

[partyman66]

I tried taking my watch and driving with it to work.  The speed seemed to be pretty constant at roadway driving speeds, without too many unusual speed fluctuations while driving at a steady speed.

I want to try to do the same thing but at a speed more similar to that of a running speed... somewhere between 9 to 11 MPH and drive at that speed for about a mile to see what types of real-time-speed fluctuations I see.  I'll post back with the results of that test when I get a chance to do that.