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Editing activity data

I frequently run on a treadmill when I feel wimpy and don't want to deal with the weather. I use my 310XT to monitor my heart rate during my workout.

It would be very nice to be able to edit all the activity data like distance and average pace, otherwise the activity will not show up correctly in reports or searches since the distance data is zero.

0 STRATOCAT over 15 years ago

Me too - I use the 310XT for swimming, timing intervals while swimming laps and it would be very useful to be able to input the distance covered in Garmin Connect for reports etc.

0 Former Member over 15 years ago

Add in swim distance

I was just thinking that this would be great. Not sure why Garmin connect won't allow us to do this.

The other option is to take the captured data and create a new activity and then also add distance or whatever. Seems like a lot of work though.

0 PAUL.HAMMOND over 15 years ago

The way I have done this is as follows:

Let the data upload to Garmin Connect.
View the full activity page.
Select "Export | TCX file". Download to your local machine.
Open the TCX file in Notepad or another text editor.

You'll see a lot of data with some angle brackets - that's XML for those who are in the know(!). Near the very top, you'll find something that looks like this:

<Activities>

    <Activity Sport="Running">

      <Id>2010-02-01T14:22:28.000Z</Id>

      <Lap StartTime="2010-02-01T14:22:28.000Z">

        <TotalTimeSeconds>2102.47</TotalTimeSeconds>

        <DistanceMeters>6115.0</DistanceMeters>

        <MaximumSpeed>0.0</MaximumSpeed>

        <Calories>451</Calories>

...rest of file continues here

Add the line that appears in RED, putting in your total distance in meters, then save the file.

In Garmin Connect, select Upload.
Select Manual Upload.
Find the file you just edited, and upload that. This will create a NEW, DUPLICATE activity.
You can now delete the original activity from Connect.

All of your heart rate data is preserved, but now the total distance will show up in reports.

Fiddly I know, but worth the 5 minutes of effort in order to make your distance reports accurate.

Let me know if you need any help with any of this.
PH