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Using the lap button during intervals

scotthunter2
over 8 years ago
Hi,

When I am doing an interval session on the track, how am I supposed to use the lap button? On my old 630, I would press the start/stop button to when I start the interval (say 800m), press it again when I finish the 800m, then press the lap button immediately after to record the lap time, then repeat this process (not including any recovery time). But with the 935, pressing the lap button after I have already paused the workout doesn't do anything. I have to scroll down through the menu and manually select lap to record the lap time.

Am I missing something?
  • 0 over 8 years ago
    Yep, with the 630, if you start/stop at the start of the split then finish split and press start/stop again, before starting the next 400m (or whatever) you press lap button and it will give you the the split time,


    I know that now. I wasn't just going to take your word for it (nothing personal, it's just how I am), if I can easily validate it on my watch without actually getting changed and going out for a run, so I did exactly that and proved it to myself, before replying to you earlier.

    All the same, thank you for that; I learnt something new today.

    Wasn't aware of that with a 630. Sure you don't mean a 610? On a 630, pressing Lap when timer stopped should just take you back to the data pages and then to the resume/save if press lap again.


    It works the way you described on a FR235, but not a FR630. The penny just dropped: on the FR235, the Lap button is also the Back button, and so it seems the Back button functionality takes precedence in that context. On the FR630, the Lap and Back buttons are physically separate, so it is possible to register a press of the Lap button without either also going Back or get subsumed by it.

    If I really need to work some sort of average, will do some maths say using Excel.


    That's the thing! The same people who seem most hung up about certain Garmin wearable models not allowing laps to be marked while the timer is stopped, are also the ones who seem to insist that Garmin Connect provide exactly the sort of post-run analytics capability they want, as opposed to treating Garmin as a sophisticated system for collecting and presenting a variety of data, but employing some other application or platform (with or without requiring payment for ongoing use) to deliver analysis and/or coaching feedback.