ChiroVette

Hello! I wanted to ask this here because I am uncertain about this topic

I have been using MapMyRide for a long time, and I have a question about pausing during a workout. Say, if I need to take a ferry or train or bus somewhere and ride to that point. I seem to remember that if I pause the ride in MMR, then take a bus or ferry to the point I want to start again, when I un-pause, the app will draw a straight line between the start of the pause and the point where I resume. But if I remember correctly, it will add the miles, which I DO NOT want to happen. Is there a way to make sure that even with the line drawn between the two points, MMR will NOT count the miles I was sitting on my butt on the bus/ferry? In the past, my solution was to create multiple rides, where I would end my run, then start a new one when I began again. Which I would prefer NOT to do.

Thanks all!

ChiroVette

To answer my own question, in case anyone is interested in this, I created a ticket with Map My Ride tech support, and this is the response I received:

So I guess that answers my question.

Notso_fastLane

Thanks for posting about this. Do you use the auto-pause when stopped feature? I can't get the Android version to pause manually when I'm using the auto-pause feature, and usually just wind up creating multiple rides when I have stops along the way.

ChiroVette

Yeah it was something I was wondering about for a while. It vastly simplifies my rides now that MMR has changed this so that you don't get the accompanying, nautical miles added to your ride when you pause. I remember one ride a few years back, where I cycled across Brooklyn, and to the Staten Island Ferry in Lower Manhattan. I took the ferry over to Staten Island, and did a big circle around there, took the ferry back, then cycled home. It was a fun ride, but in order to not have all those ferry miles in, back then, I had to end each leg of the ride and start again at the next un-pause spot. So in the end, instead of one ride, I had three rides for the same day.

As to your question, it sounds like you need to reach out to tech support for MapMyFitness. I use the app on an iPhone with auto-pause and don't have the problem you're describing.