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Apple Watch (Ultra 3) outdoor runs not correctly syncing splits on Stava

  • December 15, 2025
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Apologies if that has been responded somewhere already but couldn’t see any recent post and want to believe there is a fix for this.

In short, the 1km auto-laps from my Apple Watch (using native workout app) are not showing correctly on Strava, where some of the laps are way offs (not seconds, like a minute in some instance). I have my Apple Watch in the simplest setting: no auto-pause, not pace range alerts, etc. just the basic 1km lap marker. I obviously sometimes manually pause my watch at red lights, etc. Total distance, average pace and time all match. Just wrong splits. 

Does this has a fix? I would be shocked if not, which would basically prevent me from using Strava going forward. And hopefully no advice of turning off 1km auto-lap, as this is important feature during my runs.      

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Jana_S
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  • December 15, 2025

Hi ​@stephanect, when that happens (typically when I mark a pause, move around - e.g. go buy some refreshments - and resume), the “correct distance” feature usually helps. Just note, it's only on the Strava website, not in the mobile app:

 

 


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  • December 15, 2025

Thank you ​@Jana_S  - I just tried and this did not work for me unfortunately . And this issue has happened in two consecutive times, I cannot imagine doing this every single time. The error basically occurs everytime I pause the watch… which is in every single run.


Jana_S
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  • December 15, 2025

oh 😦 sorry, hopefully someone else will have another idea...