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Can developers add maximum speed filter in the Connect web running activity interface?

1843733
1 month ago

Can developers add maximum speed filter in the Connect web running activity interface?

I think this useful for tracking and increasing explosive power

These orange marked areas

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  • +1 1 month ago

    As I wrote in your other thread, it is already available - you can add the Best Pace field to the header, and then use it for sorting the activities with the fastest max speed at the top:

     

  • 0 1 month ago in reply to trux

    Appreciate it, I think this is indeed a method, although min/km is not very intuitive.

    Thank you again for your reply, it's really helpful.

    Btw, why are you so fast?lol.my man
    That doesn't seem like human speed.

  • 0 1 month ago in reply to 1843733
    1843733 said:
    Btw, why are you so fast?

    I just checked - the first one is just a very short peak on 20 meters, and most likely it was not properly measured. The second one is from a treadmill run, and there the accuracy is very doubtful. And the 3rd one, there is a very short peak at the start, very probably also a measurement error at the start of the activity. The only relatively credible result from the top ones, is the next row which is already cropped - it shows 1.34 min/km, and it comes from a training on a track, where I tried a few 100m sprints, though again it was just a very brief peak of higher speed, the overall pace during the sprint was over 2 min/km.

  • 0 1 month ago in reply to 1843733
    1843733 said:
    min/km is not very intuitive

    I agree that pace in min/km is not intuitive or useful for non-runners or for measuring fast speeds (driving a car, riding a bike, sprinting).

    I think pace is very convenient for distance runners though, as it allows you to do certain kinds of calculations in your head very easily, like "how fast do I have to run to hit my goal of sub-40 for this 10k race" (even if you're in the middle of the race). One of the reasons it's convenient is that km/mile split times are identical to km/mile split paces. If you're running a longer race (like 10 km, half marathon or full marathon), you can get a more precise idea of your true pace (without GPS error) by measuring the time between mile/km markers. (Some pro marathoners prefer this to GPS.)

    Given that Garmin primarily uses pace for running, and especially uses average pace (instead of average speed) for running, it would make sense for them to use best pace instead of best speed for running.

    But maybe it would be nice if they had both pace and speed in the column headers.

    For what it's worth I've seen other people complain that Garmin and Strava use pace and not speed for running (especially newer runners), so I get it.