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Additional Personal Record Categories

Garmin Connect has only four "built-in" personal records that it tracks: 40km, Elevation Gain, Max Avg Power (20 min), and Longest Ride. I'd like to see some more, like Max Avg Power (5 min), One Mile Time, Metric Century Time, 100 Mile Time. I'm sure that other riders would like to track other categories.

Could Garmin Connect add more Personal Record Categories? They could be predetermined, as currently implemented. In a best world, let each user define their own Personal Record Categories, i.e. Best Time for a Given Distance, Avg Power for a Given Time, Best Time for a Given Route, etc.

Thanks for considering this request.

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0 CFBROCK over 10 years ago

I like the concept of the Personal Record, but it isn't personal enough. If I could customize it, I could track my own particular personal records. Perhaps I have a route that I ride frequently... why not show me my personal record for that route? Perhaps I'm trying to increase my sprinting ability... why not let me see my personal record for Avg Power for 10, 30, or 60 seconds? Being able to customize the Personal Records would make them truly personal. Thank you.

0 Former Member over 10 years ago

Understanding that it takes a bit of computing horsepower to check workouts for personal records, they will likely keep it at predefined items. Also, the changes have implications for the firmware on dozens of devices, so keep that in mind when putting a wishlist together. That being said, adding a few more common ones as noted above might be nice.

My take on personal records would be to add a by age or calendar year option on the record sets, in addition to the current lifetime implementation model. I love getting the new personal record message, but I'm also a data purest in that I won't reset my PRs just for the hell of it. Wouldn't it be nice to have a whole new set of PRs to go after every year after your birthday? I would also be interested, in a decade, to look back and view my performance by age.

At any rate, there is room for improvement on the PR side of things.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

I love getting the new personal record message, but I'm also a data purest in that I won't reset my PRs just for the hell of it. Wouldn't it be nice to have a whole new set of PRs to go after every year after your birthday? .

I would like to add more personal records in running (15k, 10 miles, etc). Is that already a new feature?

0 1365143 over 5 years ago

I would like to be able to have personal records for Open Water Swimming for a variety of distances. Please consider adding this Category. Very limiting with just Run, Cycle and Pool Swim

0 Adro over 5 years ago

More Options in the PR lists would be really nice

0 digit1001 over 4 years ago

Does Garmin have anywhere to request these kinds of features. I see ideas like this that are 6+ years old all the time.

My request would be two fold...

1) Create a manual PR distance (10 mile, 40KM, 100 mile, etc.)

2) Be able to achieve the record based on activity type (Indoor cycling vs. Outdoor or Gravel, etc.)

I ride rollers in the winter and often get my "40KM PR" but I don't want to accept it b/c I want to keep my road riding PR.

0 trux over 4 years ago in reply to digit1001

digit1001 said:
Does Garmin have anywhere to request these kinds of features. I see ideas like this that are 6+ years old all the time.

Well, there are thousands of diverse requests coming here on the forum every month, so I do not think it is possible to integrate every single wish, but you can certainly try to submit it directly to Garmin (Submitting an Idea to Garmin), since here, on the user forum, it is not certain anyone from Garmin will ever see it.

0 Garmin-AmberD over 4 years ago in reply to digit1001

Hey there! I can go ahead and create a feature request for you! Thank you for this feedback! I will note, I can not make any promises but we surely can get them submitted for you!

0 digit1001 over 4 years ago in reply to Garmin-AmberD

That would be awesome. I'll reply to @trux too... I didn't mean for my tone to sound ungrateful regarding this request. I had looked up starting the week on Sunday for some items like the "Intensity Minutes" item on the dashboard and noticed it had been requested a while back with no feedback, so I was mainly wondering if there was a place to follow requests/bug tracking.

I am overall very happy with the connect app/website, so please don't read any unintended jerky-ness in my original post.

Thanks!

0 digit1001 over 4 years ago in reply to trux

I replied to @Garmin-AmberD about this too, but in case you don't come back to see.... I didn't mean to sound so snarky in my original post. I had just noticed that in the forums, when there's a feature I'd be interested in, someone has posted about it, and the timestamp looks like it was years ago. That led me to wonder if anyone at Garmin monitored this, or if there was a better place to post requests. I appreciate you sharing the link to the "ideas" section.