Since a few days the calories shown in Strava from imported activities (e.g. from Polar) are completely wrong.
Although the support article https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216917097-Calorie-Calculation
states that ... "Strava shows Calories as they were provided to us by upload partners."
... the calories shown for an imported activity (from Polar) ...
- do not correspond to the values displayed in the device/app which recorded the activity (e.g. Polar)
- are completely overstated
This issue exists for a couple of days. Until last Tuesday, Nov 2, the calories for a run shown in Strava was identical to the value provided by Polar.
However, since Saturday, Nov 6 there are huge discrepancies between the calories calculated in Polar and the values shown in Strava:
- 14k run: Polar 677 Kcal, Strava 1316 Kcal
- 5k run: Polar 241 Kcal, Strava 453 Kcal
- 12k run: Polar 573 Kcal, Strava 1108 Kcal
The values shown in Strava are clearly overstated.
This is clearly a bug and I expect this to be fixed asap.
Thanks for your feedback.
