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Garmin overall average pace and splits average pace don't add up
Hi - from my 5 mile run today here is my average pace for each 1 mile segment and then my overall average pace at the bottom as reported by Garmin. Splits are every 1 mile:
split 1: 10:02 min / mile
split 2: 9:55 min / mile
split 3: 10:08 min / mile
split 4: 10:13 min / mile
split 5: 10:01 min / mile
average pace: 10:00 min / mile
Now my maths is not that great but how can this be? Any ideas?
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I use the online and the garmin software on my mac and at tea they are a second out compared to each other on averages.
the 6th split was 1.5 seconds long - i.e. i stopped the watch 1.5 seconds after i hit 5 miles. It does show up at a mega fast pace of 5:45 min/mile but distance is zero so it should not effect ther results.
I think that they measure the position every few seconds, and record the lap the first time that the distance exceeds a mile, rather than interpolating between points. Certainly with mine it's usually got to x.01 miles beforew it gets round to beeping. That difference may be enough to explain it.
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