Resuming and Activity while following a Course

Former Member
Former Member
I created a hiking course using RouteCourse (if you don't have this app, I highly recommend it). The route was tracking beautifully and alerting me how much distance and estimated time was remaining. Then we stopped for lunch, so I hit Start > Resume Later to "pause" the activity. Right at that time a pop up occurred that said "Route Complete", though I was only about halfway done. After lunch, I restarted the hiking activity, but my route was no longer loaded. I was able to reload to route by going to Navigation > Routes > (Route Name) as I had done in the beginning. It loaded fine, but it considered this a "new hike" so it was trying to tell me I was too far from the starting point of the hike, and it wouldn't calculate estimated time/distance to complete until I started near the beginning.

Does anyone know how to load a course which you are already partway through, yet have it properly calculate the time/distance/elevation remaining?
  • It is a bug since 7 fw versions with the remaining distance data field- it shows only the direct line (as the crow flow...) distance, instead of the real distance...
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 7 years ago
    Have you tested this with "Resume Activity" versus just starting a new activity? I think my device might be okay if I start a new activity halfway through a course, but i havent tested it yet. I'll have to try.

    Another issue I am having, not sure if the same or different, but I rode my bike on a loop style course yesterday, and the gps seemed to cut out and made it seem like i was off course (tho i was actually on course), and when it got a new fix, instead of routing me to the closest point on my course to keep going, it just routed me back home. As I was about 1 mile into my 15 mile ride, it just routed be back the way I came. Is this a bug? Anyone else have this issue?
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 7 years ago
    It is a bug since 7 fw versions with the remaining distance data field- it shows only the direct line (as the crow flow...) distance, instead of the real distance...

    Not. Not at me (Fenix 5X - FW 4.10) :-)
    OK - At the navigation: "Use of Map" - yes (bug).
    At the navigation "Follow course" distance = distance course.

    The starting position is ca 5.5 km (according to the course) and 3.3 km of the straight line:



    this way he is showing my watch (5.5 not 3.3 km):





    Have you tested this with "Resume Activity" versus just starting a new activity?

    At me he is acting "Resume Activity".
  • Not. Not at me (Fenix 5X - FW 4.10) :-)
    OK - At the navigation: "Use of Map" - yes (bug).
    At the navigation "Follow course" distance = distance course


    Yes, only a bug at navigation on a routeable map.

    I have missed somehow that you are talking about "follow course"...
  • This seems to still be an issue for my 5x. I missed out a tiny section of a course and rejoined it and the rest of the ride, it tried to route me back to the start rather than realise I was on the course following it properly. Does anyone have a workaround?