Request for sprint activity type (20m up to 400m)

I support this request. Training for the following short distance running events: 100m, 200 ... 400... and 800 meters. Need an app where at minimum you can set lap distance and alerts for these distances. The current running app the minimum distance that can be set is 250m. I’m using the Vivoactive HR.

Thanks

I know it's been 3 months, but has anyone submitted a request via the Garmin Share Ideas page?

Mostly good ideas, though some of them may not be easily possible due to the technological limitations. For example, the increasing of the GPS sampling frequency won't help much to improve the limits of the GPS technology.

The accuracy of GPS is around 5m for specialized GPS non-military devices, and often worse, depending on the conditions, especially at devices as miniaturized as the watch. With Glonass it is around the same. It is safer to count with the accuracy of 10-20m. For metering distances as short as 20, 40, or even 100 or 200m, it may be a major hindrance.

Although there is a hope for 2020 (or perhaps in 2025) in Galileo, which is planned to improve the theoretical accuracy to 1m (public), it is a question how well, and when exactly it will really start working.

In any case, seilogramp is right when recommending to submit it directly to Garmin, since it is rather unlikely that someone from Garmin will ever see it here. 

9085971 said:

I don't know if Garmin will ever implement such features but I would be glad to use it and also very thankful. Sprinter are only a small fraction of the entire runner population so I am not expecting Garmin to ever consider my request, but at least I asked

I am afraid that you are right, and it would be even irresponsible from a global company like Garmin to prioritize features for small groups, over improvements concerning the majority. However, exactly for that purpose, to satisfy diverse needs of smaller communities, in the recent generation of their devices, they introduced the Connect IQ technology. Connect IQ is open to 3rd party developers, hence nothing can prevent a smaller community like yours, to fund the development of an application that would satisfy their needs. Even better would be finding someone from within your community, who would be able to develop it, because he would know the best, what is really needed.

So instead of waiting for the reply from Garmin (that will likely never come), you better look around in your community for someone willing to work on it, or find someone for example on the developer forum.

Agree this would be awesome! thanks.

I would love this as well, I have been using the interval run setting on track runs at the moment but they will only go down to 100m in distance.

Its nice that we can track max speed now but would love to see what else the forunner range could do with the short stuff.

Sorry, no update so far.

I think we'll never have such features from Garmin, unfortunately. The potential market is too small to be worth it I guess.