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by nanidin 4903 days ago
After training on three five mile data sets, I was able to get very accurate speed/distance estimates for subsequent runs (say 99%+).

The method? 1st derivative of accelerometer data to determine cadence. Then correlate cadence with actual speed with a simple linear regression when GPS data was available.

This was more intended for dead reckoning on a wrist mounted device, though. We had a 3 axis accelerometer and a 3 axis magnetometer.