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tcx files from runtastic don't upload

Former Member over 10 years ago

Hello.

I was searching the forum and the internet for several weeks now and tried different conversions for and back, but I didn't find the/a solution.
My apologies if this questions is answered somewhere in the forum already.

I was a long time runtatstic user. I recently "converted" to an Edge 510 because the iPhone is really limited when it comes to it being a bike computer.
However. I would like to import all my runtastic activities into Garmin connect.
runtastic gives me three options for downloading/exporting activities: tcx-files, gpx-files and kml-files.
I never tried the kml files....
Garmin connect tells me that it can handle tcx, gpx and fit files for manual upload. Great. So far so good....
When I try to import/upload the tcx-files from runtastic into Garmin Connect, Garmin Connect quits with an error message telling "that the import went wrong", but not WHAT the problem is.
When I do import the gpx-files Garmin Connect does import/upload them, but some of the data is incorrect. I.e. avg. heart rates, cadence are not showing or are wrong, etc.

Any ideas/suggestions?

The tcx-file i was trying this with is 4.5 MB big (was a 100 mile bike ride...) which I can't upload here.
I am happy to send it of to somebody to get eventually analyzed.

I'd like to understand what is wrong in that file (and all other files). I have 150 activities to import in Garmin Connect if possible.

Thank you for the support.

Sven

0 Former Member over 10 years ago

Thank you

Actually, the fix is quite simple.

Open the .tcx file in a text editor (wordpad on the PC works well, notepad does not)
Locate the line that reads <Activity Sport="cycling">.
Change the word cycling to Biking. When you are done, the line should read <Activity Sport="Biking">.
Save the file.
Upload it to Garmin Connect via Import/Upload on the Activities page.

Thank you sir, had problems with exporting .tcx from Runtastic to Trainingpeaks. You "pill" works perfectly. Just changed "running" for "Running".

0 Former Member over 10 years ago

Hi guys,

1. Is there any way to export all my activities to Garmin Connect at once?

2. Did anyone tried synchronising Runtastic with Garmin Connect automatically?

0 desdinova over 9 years ago

I had a similar problem trying to upload "Walking" activities.
What I found out is that Runtastic was mentioning my activity as "strolling". I changed it to "Walking" but still it did not Work.

Then I exported a Walking activity FROM GARMIN CONNECT and checked out what the activity mentioned in the file was. It was mentioned as "Other".
Changed the Runtastic .tcx from "Strolling" to "Other" and then it uploaded OK.

So you can change whatever the activity is to "Other" and then change it back to what you want by editting it in the Garmin Connect site.