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Track Run test

timgrose
over 3 years ago

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.

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    umptenth attempt to test track run but failed again... never works during the beta version so I was hoping Garmin team wouls have fixed on the 5.20 version.. I followed the usual flow: to save a separate session to calibrate the track and after run with my normal training activity on the track... below in the picture results...

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to DaniloDiMarco
    DaniloDiMarco said:
    never works during the beta version so I was hoping Garmin team wouls have fixed on the 5.20 version.

    Never worked?  There are several post saying it worked on both the beta and 5.20 version.  What's there to fix? 

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to DaniloDiMarco

    Have you tried to delete the old calibration .FIT file from the watch? They are in the GARMIN/RunningTrack folder.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to mike.run

    good tip, thanks. I deleted the old calibration .FIT and will do a last attempt on Sunday

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to DaniloDiMarco

    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 if that file is the issue then we could look at getting that added to an FAQ on the website, or at least I can share that information with our agents that that could be a potential issue/fix that if someone calls into them we would want to get that information accessible to them. Also for anyone having an issue, please feel free to @me so that I'm notified and I'll be in contact as quickly as I can. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to DaniloDiMarco

    also - do start the run when at the start line and make sure that you have a good gps signal when starting the activity. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Today I checked again after deleting the file from GARMIN/Runningtrack folder and calibrate one more time. I followed the proposed tactic from Garmin to wait and soak Gps for at least two minutes before I start the activity. The result was excellent, i did a 54 minutes workout and it nailed it! I will report in upcoming days. I used only GPS. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to Garmin-Brooks

    I was excited to try out the Track Run Activity today.  I started with a 4 lap calibration run at about an 8:30/mile pace and saved it.https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5769637838)  I then started my scheduled Garmin Coach workout of 4x600 @race pace with a 400jog/rest using the Track Run Activity.  I manually lapped out of the warmup since I just had finished a slow mile during the calibration.  On the first interval, the watch lapped at 400m instead of the programmed 600m and the subsequent rest was only ~100m instead of the programmed 400m.  On the remaining three intervals the watch functioned correctly with interval lapping at 600m and rests lapped at 400m.  I finished the workout with the cool down and saved the activity (https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5769639665). 

     

    I later looked at the tracks on a computer and was disappointed to see the typical wobbly GPS tracks instead of the clean track lines I was expecting.  I plugged the watch into the PC and could not fine a calibration file in the RunningTrack folder.  It is empty.  Something is wacked out.

     Suggestions?

    SW version 5.30

    Thanks

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to Dan.Boilermaker

    I have no suggestions, apart from - as you surely yourself have thought of - that it seems that the calibration didn't happen properly (since you didn't find a fit file in the tracks folder). Try doing a calibration run again?

    https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=eH8V1VwjN338uo8C5PgDJ7

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    I also had a go yesterday, did a four lap calibration in lane 5 (https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5768880903), then synced the watch with my phone/connect. Then I started a 5x2k interval session with one min light jog around the area i started in. This is the interval activity (https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5769158418). It worked quite well on the first interval, but there was alot of problems at  the end, as you can see on the map. Does the rest cause trouble or what can i do differently?