Daily Recommended Workout are too extreme

Garmin's Daily Recommended Workouts for running are far, and I do mean far, beyond what I am currently capable of. The next workout is 59 minutes are a 12:30 pace. That is so far beyond what I am currently capable of completing.

How can I reset the system to start from scratch?

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[Redacted] over 3 years ago in reply to flocsy🤠 +2

I'd assume OP's talking about miles.

12:30/mile would be around 7:50/km. Keeping that pace for 59 minutes straight is pretty hard for a beginner.
3497199 over 3 years ago in reply to Tempralstorm +2

No need to reset, try Garmin Coach for 5 or 10k. The program adjust itself to your capabilities.
It worked for me
3497199 over 3 years ago in reply to 3497199 +2

Garmin Coach is within Connect and you can set the duration (in weeks) and if your a beginner or intermediate.
If you find the workouts easy then the next will be harder or if the workouts are too ahrd…

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0 schmjoe over 3 years ago

I'm not using those recommended workouts myself, but as far as I know they are based on your current training status and VO2 Max. Therefore you can't reset them as such.

When you say 59 mins with a 12:30 pace, you mean running at 12:30 km/h, right? Pace would be min/km and 12:30 min/km is basically walking or a very, very slow jog (imho).

I guess my recommendation would be to ignore/deactivate the recommendations for the time being until you have a few activities under your belt and your training load and VO2max are more accurate.

0 flocsy🤠 over 3 years ago

That's 1 hour of walking (~ 5km). Even if you're unfortunate to live in an imerial country it's 5 miles. Pace means 12:30 (min:sec) per km or mile. Don't confuse it with speed which is km/h or mile/h

0 3497199 over 3 years ago

You can start from scratch with factory restore.
Keep menu button pressed untill screen appears, then go to system, then go to restore and then go to restore and remove data.
Beware all data is removed

BUT are you sure that your capability is much less, what is your VO2max ??

A pace of 12:30 in KM is walking speed, so totally around 5K walking in 59 minutes

0 [Redacted] over 3 years ago in reply to flocsy🤠

I'd assume OP's talking about miles.

12:30/mile would be around 7:50/km. Keeping that pace for 59 minutes straight is pretty hard for a beginner.

0 Tempralstorm over 3 years ago

It's 12:30 per mile or approximately 4.8 miles per hour. I can sustain this for a short period of time but for 59 minutes as a beginner is WAY more than what I am currently capable of. A hard reset doesn't clear out the data on Connect

0 3497199 over 3 years ago in reply to Tempralstorm

No need to reset, try Garmin Coach for 5 or 10k. The program adjust itself to your capabilities.
It worked for me

0 3497199 over 3 years ago in reply to 3497199

Garmin Coach is within Connect and you can set the duration (in weeks) and if your a beginner or intermediate.
If you find the workouts easy then the next will be harder or if the workouts are too ahrd then it will easen up

0 jose.cboliveira over 3 years ago

Switch to HR based instead of pace based. Using this you always feel comfortable.

0 jose.cboliveira over 3 years ago in reply to jose.cboliveira

Minis the sprints, garmin didn't take in to account HR lag

0 Dallace over 3 years ago

I do find that using the type of HR vs. Pace is better as it is easier to match what the watch is expecting from you from a fitness perspective. If you have just started and are already getting an hour workout that seems strange. I'd consider visiting your personal settings (bio stats, HR zones, max HR etc). As I believe the watch uses those to suggest workouts.

I find that if I follow it strictly using HR, it does appear to do a decent job of suggesting workouts. It's far from perfect, but it is fun for me to follow something vs. just run on my own.