Today I did my first trail run with my new #Suunto Race S. No problems and it synced with #Strava just fine. The amount of #metrics and #data it collects is impressive.

However, you know what is NOT impressive? The #app wants to run in the background 24x7 and just #sucks the #battery in record time. 😡

My #phone's battery doesn't hold a charge well and it is over 4,000mAh. What should be lasting several days with mostly idling requires charging just a lil over 24 hours. Suunto's battery-hungry app takes it down to 16 hours or less.

What exactly is this app doing to consume energy at an unhinged rate?

🤔

This past #Friday I bought a #Suunto Race S #gps #watch. It arrived yesterday morning and within a few minutes *almost* everything was set up. This is my first watch so there was a bit of a learning curve....and troubleshooting.

Now that issues have been resolved and it's properly synchronized to #Strava, it's working as expected.

Just came back from my second #hike of the day and tested it against a well known #route which I have recorded countless times in Strava on my #smartphone. The route is the same but the distance and elevation differed slightly, including the highest points being about 30 feet higher recorded on the watch.

Kind of a head-scratcher because both Strava and Suunto use #OpenStreetMaps for their map data. Which one is accurate?

I will be doing more testing in the coming days. In the meantime, here's a pic of the #pond from this morning's hike.

#nature #health #trailrunning #fitness #mentalhealth #spring #morning #tuesday #woods