Apple Watch

I noticed that when I do a running workout its now displaying calories burned instead of miles. I checked my my units of measure on my apple watch:

Energy units- calories

pool-meters

cycling-miles

walking/running-miles

However, it still displays calories for running workout

Apple Watch Series 2, watchOS 5

Posted on Oct 7, 2021 6:47 AM

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Oct 7, 2021 6:56 AM in response to Coley0511

If the watch is setup for an under 13 user then recording miles is replaced with calories.

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