Yesterday I decided to take some time out to seriously calibrate both my Nano & Sportband after getting some wild results from both devices over the last month. I went out in my car and found the nearest straightest road I could find and mapped out exactly half a mile. I first wired up my Nano in calibration mode (walking calibration) and walked back half a mile. I walked back to the car this time with the Sportband, now I half both devices calibrated at my walking pace. I simply repeated the same process again for both devices for a running calibration, trying my best to keep a good, steady natural pace.

The annoying thing about the Sportband is that you can only calibrate the device on a computer AND only with your last workout so I had to take my macbook along with me to adjust the calibration after walking so it was ready for a running calibration. This is not needed for the Nano.

I tested the Nano today with a nice long 12 miler, the furthest I've ever ran with my back-pack and the results were much better, so far... I think the calibration has worked. I'll keep you posted.

Both devices gave good accurate results at the start of my running, but now... I'm averaging a much quicker pace and I just think they both needed a kick up the arse to keep up

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