Current pace instead of step pace during workout

Did you file a bug in the beta forum?

I have (now) . It is also a bug in 8.37, but since it is not fixed in 9.xx I have raised the issue here forums.garmin.com/.../structured-workout-step-pace-alerts-trigger-on-current-pace-instead-of-step-pace

I upgraded from Fenix 6X to Epix Pro last week and noticed this bug as well. I thought I was going crazy since the alerts themselves showed step pace even though the alerts triggered based on instaneous pace.

It looks like it's still a problem a year later with no feedback from Garmin in the forums. I'm currently on 13.22 which happened to break workouts in other ways so maybe it's a new problem given no posts here for 11 months.

Since my step/interval pace goal is based on average it doesn't really help me to know that I slowed down going up a hill or sped up going down a hill.

For now, I will memorize and manually track step pace and perhaps instant pace alerts will be useful for very short intervals and getting a quicker heads up if my pace is not in zone.

I'll also reach out to support to at least get confirmation for if this is intendened or not.

Yeah, I can understand for fast intervals on a track this might make sense but when running in the real world (with hills, stop lights, dogs) it's hard to keep one instant pace. Glad you found a watch that works for you!

I did notice that in the epix manual the `step pace` data field says current pace while the `lap pace` data field is described as "The average pace for the current lap." Since workout data fields didn't exist in the Fenix 6, it's possible that this change happened as part of some unification of data and it's intentional.

yeah my beef was that the change appeared to be undocumented, when changing from 6X to Epix. the 6x had behaved a certain way during workouts for many years, and the Epix appears to have changed that, without release notes indicating so. I'd documented a comparison here: https://forums.garmin.com/beta-program/fenix-7-series/public-beta-reports/i/public-beta-9-xx/structured-workout-step-pace-alerts-trigger-on-current-pace-instead-of-step-pace

In my Fenix 6X and earlier (5S and so on) models, structured workouts used lap pace for the pace alerts, and the pace displayed on the gauge was the lap pace. It looks like when changing to Epix, the workouts moved to "step pace" which is a new data element, but the alerting was not completely migrated to use this new data element. When a step pace alert triggers, based on a 5-10s avg of instant pace, it displays the lap pace to the user - which is often inside the correct pace target zone.

I fundamentally disagree that step pace should be any derivtive of instant pace, because the name "step pace" indicates an average over that "step" in the workout. This is what I'd come to be familiar with in the earlier Fenix range.

Alas, with no other user support and zero recognition from Garmin, I let me wallet do the talking.

Best of luck to you.

I have the same question for my forerunner