I’m a longtime runner who has completed two marathons. I want to get better, so I won’t stop running for as long as my body will allow. I’m also a longtime Apple Watch user, and the Series 10 is almost the best possible wearable for my needs.
Long-distance running should go hand in hand with a device like the Apple Watch, though some runners will always disagree. After finishing my second marathon in November, I praised the Apple Watch Series 10. Battery life continued to blow my mind, especially under real stress like a long race.
However, the Apple Watch Series 10 has a serious workout problem that I’ve kept experiencing time and again. The Watch will stop recording heart rate readings at several points during a workout. It happens to me during runs and walk sessions. BGR’s editor Zach Epstein deals with the same heart rate reading issues during regular fitness sessions at home.
It’s so bad that we routinely joke about dying while exercising. I’ve been experiencing it for months to the point where I started questioning whether the Apple Watch Series 10 is misleading me when it comes to other heart rate readings. I use the Watch to monitor health parameters for 23 hours of the day. If the workout heart rate readings are off, who is to say that the rest and sleep readings are accurate?
It turns out there’s an even bigger issue with my Apple Watch Series 10 that I never saw coming. I’ve reached a point where I regret replacing my Apple Watch SE 2 with Apple’s newest wearable. Maybe I should have stuck with the mid-range model, even if that meant getting a replacement battery or an entirely new device.
You see, I’ve found an algorithm issue that can ruin training sessions for runners with even bigger ambitions than mine, which boil down to getting out of the house more and moving my body. Never in a million years did I expect to see such nonsense in the Fitness app of my iPhone, but I did, and I’m going to show you what happened. And yes, I suspect the heart rate readings issue plays into the error you’re about to see.
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