Differences between workout distances on apple watch

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Differences between workout distances on apple watch

I've been using my apple watch s6 gos to track my workouts and I found out, that it has been measuring different distances on exactly the same track length. I have been running on the outdoors athletic track with lanes. When I choose the Outdoor run workout, the lap distance is 170 meters. However, the same lap in the same lane is in the Outdoor walk workout measured at 195m. How is that possible? Pic of the walk is for 2 laps, I have also repeatedly tried the running lap and every time it was 170 meters. The difference of almost 15% is huge to say the least.

Apple Watch Series 6

Posted on Oct 5, 2022 11:55 AM

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bruno75

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Oct 6, 2022 5:50 PM in response to radoslav192

Hey there radoslav192,

While this may be something for which you'll need to contact Apple Support for, we'd like to rule out some possible causes:

The first one would be to make sure you're taking all of the steps to Get the most accurate measurements using your Apple Watch
Sometimes unexpected behavior can be resolved with a restart: Restart your iPhone and How to restart your Apple Watch
If you have a compatible iPhone model, the latest version is iOS 16.0.2. You can verify this within Settings > General > About. Here's a link that'll show how to first back up, then Update your iPhone or iPad.
Since you have a compatible watch model, the latest version is watchOS 9.0. You can verify this within Settings > General > About. Here's a link that'll show how to Update your Apple Watch.

If the issue remains afterwards, then the next step would be to let Apple Support know what's been tried as they'll be in the best position to assist further with this.

Cheers.

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