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Sync problems: Training calendar runs don't show up, workouts don't sync at all

Former Member over 6 years ago

For the past few weeks I've been unable to get my training plan from Garmin Connect to show up correctly on my Forerunner 235. When I navigate on the watch to "Training Calendar", it says to download your training calendar from Garmin Connect. I've tried this a gazillion times. I've wiped the entire watch back to factory settings multiple times, I've canceled and deleted my training plans and restarted with a different plan... without fail, none of the workouts show up in the training calendar on the watch. They are, however, hiding in the workouts section.

I've also discovered that new workouts that I make online with Garmin Connect aren't being synced. I've specifically gone into the app, selected the individual workout, sent it to the device, and Garmin Connect says it worked, the watch shows a transfer successfully finishes... no new workouts.

Anyone else having similar issues? And any idea how to fix it? I'm getting frustrated, the calendar view on the watch is key to keeping me on track.

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0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

You should get a nobel prize .... it worked :D

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Garmin-Blake

I’m having the same problem now. I know this was a year ago but was there ever a fix?

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

Im having the same issue in 235, I found a solution...

Once the Training plan is in your calendar, go to your app select a day which you have a work out, then click on the work out itself i.e. "W01D1 Easy run", click "Edit workout" from drop menu in the top right, and then simply select "Save". Once saved sync your watch again.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

Similar problem, my training plan uploads from Training Peaks to Garmin Connect, but the Forerunner 235 just says "download you training calendar from Garmin connect". Contacted Garmin support via chat, they were super helpful, basically unpaired and re-paired the watch with my iPhone and bingo all the workouts were there

0 DmitryTrofimov over 4 years ago

Syncing structured workouts worked very well on my Garmin Fenix 3 until it suddenly stopped several days ago. Nothing helped me. I've tried everything: reinstalling Garmin Connect App, resetting my watch, reinstalling Garmin Express, removing .fit files manually from Workouts and Schedule folders. I've ordered a new Garmin Fenix 6 just to learn that it has the same problem. No workouts. After chatting with the support and reinstalling everything once again they told me that the problem is that it is workouts created in Training Peaks and that I should contact them. I will definitely send the new watch back to the store and I am very disappointed, but I am pretty frustrated and don't know whether it is really a problem with Training Peaks or it's Garmin's failure which they don't want to accept.

0 DmitryTrofimov over 4 years ago

After trying everything and even ordering a new Garmin Fenix 6, I've finally found a workaround that works reliably. You can export your workout as a .fit file and copy it manually to the watch using a cable. Just put the file in Garmin/Workouts folder. I don't know why Garmin Connect doesn't do it automatically, but it looks like it just skips some workouts and doesn't send them to the watch.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

This is happening to me now too.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

This is happening to me now too.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

I fixed it by editing one of the training sessions on the app the saving it then sync to the device again. If that makes sense. Then I sent all the new training program information to the device.

0 SETHG over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

I had been trouble free for a couple months (after buying a new Forerunner 935) but it actually just started becoming a problem again this past week. How has Garmin not figured out how to sync?