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decorum Apr 2019 7:27pm, 26 Apr 2019 3,535 posts	Quote Pin decorum [From a few pages back ... Long ago, my neighbour raised four legged chicken. One day they got free, he never did manage to catch even one! Not even the local foxes knew the flavour! ]
Dave.O Apr 2019 10:05am, 27 Apr 2019 26,265 posts	Quote Pin Dave.O Half-arsed reviews like this bbc.co.uk Why not use GPS to measure the distance and were the watches calibrated to the runner before each test?
NDWDave Apr 2019 9:35pm, 27 Apr 2019 9,244 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave "This is a real shame as a real world (on-road) test would have been more useful for consumers," said Dr Dale Esliger, senior lecturer in physical activity and health at Loughborough University.
Homer Apr 2019 9:40pm, 27 Apr 2019 12,554 posts	Quote Pin Homer Saw that article and got pee'd off by it too. Especially the headline: 'Fitness trackers 'add miles to your marathon'' Actually, no they don't. Pathetic.
NDWDave Apr 2019 9:45pm, 27 Apr 2019 9,245 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave Did they really make someone run 38 miles on a treadmill?
Homer Apr 2019 9:48pm, 27 Apr 2019 12,555 posts	Quote Pin Homer Poor sod
NDWDave Apr 2019 9:53pm, 27 Apr 2019 9,246 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave I wonder if it was 118 (or 59) testers or one bloke/lass with 59 trackers on each arm?
ChrisHB Apr 2019 10:15pm, 27 Apr 2019 17,960 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB But you'd first have to prove that none of them interfered with each other.
NDWDave Apr 2019 10:20pm, 27 Apr 2019 9,248 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave ChrisHB - you seem to be confusing this article with robust scientific research
ChrisHB Apr 2019 10:45pm, 27 Apr 2019 17,961 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB It'll be what passes for science in a short time if politics goes the way it seems to be going.