Setup Guide with pictures: http://starttorun.info/peters-race-pacer/
Download
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/23ea0301-30c6-4c33-b4ef-63e2b5394e76
Summary
Peter's (Race) Pacer resolves 2 issues for me when I'm running a race:
- Before the race starts I want to see the time of the day (How long till the race starts?)
- I often pace marathons and it used to be doing mental math all the way, now this is no longer necessary as I can fully depend on the average pace/speed, because this data field allows to correct the distance at the kilometer / mile marker by simply pressing the LAP button
Intro
In it's full glory this data field uses about 24kb which is too much to run on the older devices. To enable using the data field on older connect IQ devices I've stripped some functionality from these older watches in order to let them operate within the 16kb limit that Connect IQ 1.x allows. (Items marked with (*ciQ2) are only available on the high memory watches (high memory watches are FR735xt, fenix chronos & fenix5 variants))
The data field is fully functional as is, yet donations are encouraged on the watch by a small encouragement text.
Usage
Before starting the race an initial data screen is shown (* cIQ2), this screen shows you the following data
- Time of the day
- Current heart rate (+ zone indication)
- Configured Settings Summary (Change these settings in Garmin Express or in the Garmin Connect Android App)
- Battery Percentage Remaining
- Gps Signal Strength Indication
- top middle configurable field: current heart rate / average pace / average speed / perfect pace / perfect speed (*)
- row 1 left configurable field: average pace / average speed / current heart rate / perfect pace / perfect speed
- row 1 middle configurable field: speed, smooth speed (5s average), smooth speed (10s average), pace, smooth pace (5s average), smooth pace (10s average)
- time ahead / behind
- race timer
- (adjusted) distance covered (see adjusting distance explanation below)
- estimated time of arrival
- When you opt to record the ahead Time to the FIT track an extra graphic is shown in Garmin Connect
This field recalculates as you run and gives you the pace you need to run to arrive at the finish with 0 seconds behind / ahead (eg if you run a 10k race and want to arrive in 1 hour (avg pace=6:00min/km), currently you're at the 7k point in 41:30, which means you're 30 seconds ahead, the perfect pace will thus show the value 6:10 (min/km) as you can run the next 3k 10 seconds slower to still get in time at the finish line)
Distance Adjustment
When you press the LAP button the on screen distance is adjusted to the nearest LAP SIZE (eg 5.31k will be adjusted to 5k if the lap size is 1000 meters).
When you press the LAP button by mistake you have 30 seconds to undo the last correction (just press the LAP button again)
When you miss a mile/kilometer marker, don't worry DO NOT PRESS THE LAP button and wait for the next kilometer/mile marker and press the LAP button there.
Adjusting the distance has no influence on the recorded distance (In Garmin Connect when you come back home you will see the real recorded GPS distance, yet of course you will be able to determine based on the lap marker postions where the LAP markings really were)...
Recommendations
- Train with the data field before you race with it so you're used to the layout!
- Have a backup second datascreen layout, in case the field crashes you can switch to the native data screen layout
- If you have a Connect IQ 1.x device consider the application option to enjoy all features of Peter's (Race) Pacer: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/ea97af1f-1e5d-4541-820c-9bd994080d4
