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Problem uploading .GPX files

I had a track session that was split into intervals, so after each I reset the garmin essentially making 6 different sessions that each uploaded when I got home (Garmin Forerunner 610).
I have downloaded each of the activities from my activities list as .GPX files and a quick check they all look like valid XML.

First I merged the files into one (details of this are unimportant) and imported the file to get an "error occurred" message.
Thinking that is was a problem with the merging I validated the GPX file, but still no luck, so I thought I'd try something else.

I uploaded one of the _unaltered) .gpx files I got straight out of the activities list and got the same error.

My guess is that there's an actual bug/problem with the GPX importer that needs investigating, or at least the error should state whether it's a problem with my upload or a problem at the service end.

Also, as a feature request I'm sure already exists on here, a "merge activity" function through the site would make my day! :)

0 Former Member over 10 years ago

attach the 6 GPX files in a reply to this message or if they are too big then upload them to a free Dropbox account and then share the links to the files and I will merge them using the Fit File Repair Tool.

cheers
Mike

0 Former Member over 10 years ago

Hello Deviruchi,

If you have heart rate and other fitness stuff in those files then you need to export TCX files and merge them.

GPX files have no fitness data.

0 travis.vitek over 10 years ago

Why on Earth would you save your activity after each interval?

0 Former Member over 10 years ago

He is probably a new user and just trying to figure things out.

Next time he will know to use the Lap button to separate the intervals yet keep everything in one file. :)

0 deviruchi over 10 years ago

Thanks for the replies - and mike for the kind offer to help merge the files.
Whatever the problem was at Garmin's end, it seems to be resolved one way or another because I've successfully uploaded one of my test files (with multiple segments in) which was failing yesterday.

@DATEZZ - It's good to know the limitations of the different file formats, but I'm just interested in the GPS data so the GPX does the trick for me.

@TRAVIS.VITEK - I use a reset when I'm doing short interval training sessions that are broken up by our coach. I normally run normal road races and such, so my default setup for the garmin is for that, so I can keep an eye on pace and total elapsed time. For the occasional running club sessions where our coach has us hitting specific paces on irregular distances, I need to time both my interval laps AND my rests so even a combination of elapsed time and lap time, but don't want the rests as part of the activity. It's just a personal preference for how I want to keep my fitness records, and this is the best method I've found so far (bar the need to merge files!).

Thanks again all.