Triathlon - lap button

If I'm doing a triathlon activity, I'm worried that I'll accidentally press the lap button (taking off wetsuit, etc.) and it will incorrectly put me into the wrong phase of the activity. Can I go back if I see e.g. the bike phase has started when I was supposed to be in transition?

0 Federonic over 4 years ago

Can you sacrifice the lap button? If so go into the activity settings and disable it.

0 6756108 over 4 years ago in reply to Federonic

I think that's the only way to move from swim to transition 1 to bike etc.

0 tmk2 over 4 years ago

There is no easy way to undo a transition to next sport in a multisport activity. There is a workaround, though:

Configure one of your hot keys as "next sport".
When doing a triathlon, do not start a "Triathlon" activity, but rather start "Open Water Swimming".
When done swimming, hold the next sport hot key and select the next sport.
Repeat actions from point 3 for the remaining legs.

This approach not only allows you to avoid accidental transitions, but also allows you to use the lap button to do proper laps, if desired, for example when the running course contains several laps, and you want them timed separately. There are caveats, though. First, holding the hot key and then selecting next sport is more hassle than just pressing one button. You need some practice if you don't want to lose time on it. Another caveat is that you don't get automatic T1/T2 timing. A workaround for this would be to select "Other" as next sport for T1/T2, and then after uploading to Garmin Connect, changing its type to "Transition".

0 mrscientist over 4 years ago

Good advice above. You can also auto lock the keys (how to lock keys), then unlock before you press lap. I've done this in the past and unlock the keys as I'm transitioning from the swim to the bike, then press lap when I'm on the bike.

0 wojtek_b over 4 years ago

It's my 3rd Fenix watch and 4rd Garmin Multisport watch. I did many triathlons from 1/4 to full IM. And I never did press the lap button by accident...

0 Dan.Boilermaker over 4 years ago

Can also setup button autolock...

https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/fenix6-6ssport/EN-US/GUID-1500E73F-F386-49AF-A542-25D4B1655A08.html

0 ericgottlieb over 4 years ago

I have this exact issue. I wear my watch on my right wrist so the lap button actually can be accidentally pressed by the sleeve of my wetsuit while I am swimming. As others have recommended I use auto lock so I unlock and then hit lap as I am running from the water to the transition area. You can specify in the Triathlon activity which segments enable auto lock, so I only have it set for the Open Water part and have it off for Bike and Run. It works great, and after a race or two the unlock becomes habit.

0 7824850 5 months ago

In new watches you can undo lap button press

www8.garmin.com/.../GUID-3C0CEAD8-4205-44EE-A9A0-B7BEBEE58241.html

0 7824850 5 months ago

In new watches you can undo lap button press

www8.garmin.com/.../GUID-3C0CEAD8-4205-44EE-A9A0-B7BEBEE58241.html