Virtual Pacer

The Virtual Pacer data field helps you achieve your goals. Virtual Pacer shows all the information you need to cover the distance in the pre-set time. It's just as if you have your own personal pacer at your wrist.

You can get the Virtual Pacer here.



*********** Features ***********
- Allows you to set the required time and distance using the new App Settings features;
- Pace or Speed required to achieve your goal;
- Sliding bar showing you the percentage of distance covered;
- Option to change background color when you're behind;
- Shows achieved time, when finished.

Depending on the size you set the field, you can also have access to the following additional features
- Time or distance you're ahead or behind;
- Estimate of you end time;
- Remaining distance.

*********** Requirements ***********
Connect IQ version 1.2 or above

*********** Feedback and support ***********
Please consider this a beta version. I've tested this app successfully on Forerunner 920XT, Vivoactive and Forerunner 230, but since it's an advanced data field that's close to the boundaries of available resources, I'd like to do some more testing before I'll consider releasing v1.0. If you have any problems using this data field, please let me know.
General information about app settings can be found here.

*********** Version history ***********
v0.2: Included a lot of extra features, as described above.
v0.1: Initial version. Only shows required pace.

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Setting up your goal time and distance in Garmin Express

• Go to "Manage Apps", a list of all your apps is shown;
  
• Look for the Virtual Pacer data field and press the "..." besides the data field name, a page is shown where you can change the settings;
  
• Change the settings to the appropriate values:
  
  • Distance: set the distance. The number is interpreted as Kilometers or Miles, depending on your device settings
    
  • Time (hh:mm:ss or seconds): Set the time in seconds or as mm:ss or hh:mm:ss.
    
  • Show Speed in stead of Pace: The data field shows required Speed if set to true, else it shows pace
    
  • Show ahead/behind as distance in stead of time: Show how much you're ahead or behind as distance if set to true, else as time
    
  • Switch background color when behind: If set to true, the background color changes if you're behind => This setting has been removed in version 1.0 and is always true.
    
  
  
• Press "Save" to save the changes. The new values will automatically be send to your device.
  

I you want to check whether the new values are saved to your device, you can simply go to the settings page again. Garmin Express will always load the settings directly from the device.

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Setting up the zones in Garmin Connect Mobile

The following explanation is based on GCM for Android. GCM for iPhone should be (almost) the same.

• In the menu go to "Garmin Devices";
  
• Select your device from the list;
  
• Select "Connect IQ Apps";
  
• Select "Data Fields";
  
• Select the Virtual Pacer data field;
  
• Select "Settings" (if your device does not have Connect IQ 1.2 installed, you'll get a message "An error has occured");
  
• Change the values (as described in the Setting up the zones in Garmin Express section above);
  
• Select "Done" to save the values to your device
  

Same as with Garmin Express, you can check the settings by going to the Settings page again.