Humph, thanks for calling me out. I just believed what it was telling me was accurate (point and case how we put too much faith in technology). So I calculated my smallest trip, which is daily to the gym 1.3 miles according to my car and 1.3 according to the Polar S725X. I can do that distance in 5:30 pretty leisurely, so a 5 minute mile means I am going 12 mph.
So there is definitely something off with the speeds, I guess I am not the bad ass I thought I was, hahah.
I'll work on getting the calorie counter working accurately too, it's kind of rough because from what I remember there were like four settings which were basically: sedentary, somewhat active, active, and very active.
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