Navigate Feature Not Transferring My Runs As Runs But Changes The Run To A Workout

I create my courses on Garmin Connect on a MBP laptop and then Send To Device (Fenix 7x Solar (14.68)). I use the 'Navigate' feature to do the course. After my runs, when my watch transfers the data to Garmin Connect on my iPhone, it changes the activity to a 'Workout' and not 'Running' which is screwing up my data. I can go in and change it manually but it's a bit of a pain. Is there a way to make sure the data transfers as a 'Run'? 'Running' is selected on Garmin Connect website.

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razmichael over 1 year ago +2 verified

If I understand correctly, it sounds like the problem is that you need to select a run activity and prior to starting the activity press and hold middle left button to open the run activity menu and scroll…

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+1 razmichael over 1 year ago

If I understand correctly, it sounds like the problem is that you need to select a run activity and prior to starting the activity press and hold middle left button to open the run activity menu and scroll done to navigate, course and select the course. When ready hit start. Depending on data screens you can switch to the map etc. what you are doing now is using the Navigate activity which does not flow through as a Run activity.

0 silentvoyager over 1 year ago

Don't use the Navigate feature. You can enter a run activity and pick a navigation course in the beginning by pressing the middle left button. Or you can start a run, then add navigation to an ongoing run later.

0 razmichael over 1 year ago in reply to silentvoyager

Didn’t I say that???

0 TimLarsenPhoto over 1 year ago in reply to razmichael

That’s what I was doing wrong - thank you!

0 TimLarsenPhoto over 1 year ago in reply to razmichael

Did this change with the last garmin update? Seems I don't have this functionality anymore.