No calibration required.
For the first run, the 8-miler, I wore the Ultra on one wrist and the Vivomove Trend on the other. To my surprise, the Ultra buzzed as soon as I entered the track’s gate. I was prompted to choose unit measurements , and I told the Ultra I was running in lane 2. I didn’t get any track-specific data, however, as I forgot to set up lap alerts beforehand. Plus, it took roughly two to three minutes after leaving Astoria Park for the Watch to notify me that I’d left the track.
My results were similar for the 10-mile run, with the Ultra notifying me as soon as I arrived on the track. This time, I opted to run in lane 4 because I wanted to see about this “lane-level precision.” When I compared my 8-mile and 10-mile runs afterward, the maps looked identical when zoomed out. But as you can see in these screenshots below, you can definitely see a difference when zoomed in. I didn’t get any notification when I left the track — or if I did, I completely missed it.
As for the maps, The Ultra was more precise than the Runkeeper app on my phone, and I fully expected it to win out over the Trend on my 8-mile run. The latter is a lifestyle watch that relies on your phone’s GPS, and as you can see from my screenshots in the gallery below, the Trend completely botched my jaunt into the track. This isn’t really a fair comparison. It’s just illustrative of the difference between tethered GPS and the most advanced built-in GPS possible.
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