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Looking for an easy way to copy some (but not all) data

My daughter has started running with me on a somewhat consistent basis. Eventually I plan on getting her her own FR watch, Vivofit, or phone to track runs, but for now figured the best thing to do is take my runs that I did with her and try to copy into her Garmin account. However, I haven't gotten it to work well yet. I use an FR 235, so downloaded the FIT file and used FitFileTool to strip off the Cadence and HeartRate. I figured the route, pace, total distance, etc. was enough for now, but the other two (cadence and HR) were more individual specific. After I uploaded the result to her account, it still had heart rate data, such as Average HR, Max HR, and Time in Zones. Is there something else I should be doing to transfer this data into her account without the other fields?

Thanks for any suggestions.

0 WillNorthYork over 8 years ago

Yeah, unfortunately apparently the summary data apparently isn't removed by various FIT file tools.

There is a way to do this, but it's a little involved.
1) Export activity as GPX.
2) Use a text editor like Notepad++ (for Windows) to get rid of all the extra data (HR and cadence).
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

In notepad++:
2a) Open GPX file.
You will see sections of the file which start with <extensions> and end with </extensions>. You want to remove these sections.
2b) CTRL-H (opens Replace dialog)
2c) Enter the following:
Find: <extensions>.*?</extensions>
(Copy/paste the bolded text above into the "find" box, with no spaces before or after it)
Replace:
Search mode: Regular expressions
Wrap around: Yes
. matches newline: Yes

2d) Press replace all.

Any editor that supports regular expressions will work, although the procedure may be slightly differnt

3) Save the modified file
4) Import the activity to the other account (you will have to delete the previous version of the activity if it's already there.)
5) change the activity type to "running", to see pace instead of speed.

You won't have lap info, though.

Unfortunately I can't find a web service that does this automatically.