Course Times

When creating or editing the course, click the pace calculator tab then enter a goal time.

Ok cheers, hadn't done that part.

I'm not sure if I'm doing it wrong but this is how I've been using course

1. I start the cycling activity, then go to navigation to select the course.

2. I ride from home to the start of the course and can see the distance countdown

3. course starts automatically once i hit the start location

4. course ends automatically at finish line

5. I then ride back to my house 

When I end the activity and the all the data calculates, I don't end up with a time for that course activity within the data. I.e i want to be able to see the course lap time within the overall times and was hoping to fins a function which can compare the course times from different days.

Should i be using segments or courses, if the typical ride is as described above?

Segments is what you need. Courses are for navigation only.

You can also start a new activity at the course start and save the activity at course end. You will then log three activities. One to the start, one for the course and one for back home.