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Track Run test

If anybody is curious about the new Track Run app in the latest beta, I got myself down to an actual track and gave it a go.

Here is what I found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOzCGeUi_1I

Must say was impressed by the results.

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tsofron over 5 years ago +3

extensive track run testing:

i even headed a few times towards the outside of the track (8th lane) in order to grab the water - all good
JoseR over 5 years ago +2

I just came from my first run using track mode (the actual update, not beta) and I couldn't be more disappointed. It just sucked, period. I don't have issues with GPS, and I've ran millions of times in…
Garmin-Brooks over 5 years ago in reply to DaniloDiMarco +2

I reached out to you via Direct Message at basically the same time these posts were being made; before you try deleting that calibration file, can you follow the steps I sent you in the DM? Ultimately…

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0 mac27000_ over 5 years ago

I am just after Track Run. It works genius:

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5617588158

It draw precisly stadium track shape and count exactly 400m pro each lap.. Nice, very nice..

0 eberends over 5 years ago

I know one needs to calibrate a track by starting and stopping an activity of at least two laps to teach the watch what the track is like. Does this mean that every track activity needs to start and stop on the actual track?

Reason for asking is that I typically run from home to the track to warm-up and also run back as part of my cool down. Normally I capture all of this goodness in one activity. I don't really like to have a bunch of separate activities in my overview. So I wonder whether this is possible in Track mode as well, after the watch has learned the track obviously.

0 mac27000_ over 5 years ago in reply to eberends

The calibaration must be done only once at each of track location.

0 eberends over 5 years ago in reply to mac27000_

Cool, so after calibration the activity can be started off the track as well and it'l recognise when the actual track laps are started? Looking forward to the final release of this feature.

0 mac27000_ over 5 years ago in reply to eberends

Not quite sure about that - I have to test it.

I meant only that first run at each of new location is needed for track calibration. Yesterday I made 3 runs on a stadium track using the Track Run. The first run make the shape of track as it was before at standard run, but the second run drawn perfectly good shape and counted 400m for each lap. I made exactly 16 stadium laps and got 6400m - not less, not more.

I have to test what will happen when I start off track and after some time I will go on it. I think the Track Run must be started at the saved stadium location to recognize it properly.

0 DaniloDiMarco over 5 years ago

Unfortunately my track run test was not lucky as yours: after a couple of calibrations activities saved, I did my real workout but it seems to dropped out of the track at 10th 400's lap... is it something worth to be investigate for Garmin?

0 zeropluszero over 5 years ago

my watch is in the mail still, is the option to select lane 3 calculating 415m per lap? my local track blocks off lanes 1 & 2.

0 timgrose over 5 years ago in reply to eberends

I understand as long as you have done the config run at the track you are heading to you can warm up/down to/from it in Track Run mode and only when you get to the track and starting running round will the Track Run mode really kick in.

0 timgrose over 5 years ago in reply to zeropluszero

yes as long as you set that lane. I did my config run in lane 5 then used lanes 1, 7 & 8.

0 timgrose over 5 years ago in reply to DaniloDiMarco

Were you running continuously round the track for those 10 laps or was it 10 intervals of 400m each ?