Garmin 7 ultra run mode does not function properly

I did use my garmin Fenix 7 for tracking an ultra marathon event to which I was participating. Being an ultra trail event iinvolving by definition a frequently change in pace I realized garmin did confuse a normal change in pace with activity and no activity. This provides false indication about all race statistics with incredible peak speed and time of inactivity absolutely wrong. Any help to fix this bug ifor future events? Thank you

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drkglb over 1 year ago +1

I use Ultra mode (I enjoy the ability to monitor rest time) but I have disabled auto rest timer and replaced it with lap press. You don't really need laps in ultra races and if you do, you can still assign…

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0 Bernie over 1 year ago

Just disable auto-pauze and it will be fine. It works very well in my case.

0 silentvoyager over 1 year ago

Disable auto-rest timer. It doesn't work properly.

0 Senecio75 over 1 year ago

My advice is don't use the Ultra mode. It reduces the watches capability too much to be useful. Unless your event is going to take more than 30hrs you should be able to use the standard run or trail run mode.

0 silentvoyager over 1 year ago in reply to Senecio75

Senecio75, don't confuse the Ultra Run activity available on some high end watches with UltraTrac recording. Ultra Run activity type is pretty much the same as Run but with an extra Rest Timer feature. It doesn't degrade GPS accuracy in any way, and it still records GPS every second. In fact Ultra Run can be used with All+Multi-Band satellite mode.

0 Senecio75 over 1 year ago in reply to silentvoyager

Yes you are right. Thanks for clarifying.

0 drkglb over 1 year ago

I use Ultra mode (I enjoy the ability to monitor rest time) but I have disabled auto rest timer and replaced it with lap press. You don't really need laps in ultra races and if you do, you can still assign it to long press in the system settings.