Tomorrow's suggested workout

Garmin-Brooks - One thing I don't like about scheduled workouts (especially just "base" workouts without any structure) is that it overrides any alerts you've set up on your watch.  So if I am following an HR model where I never want to exceed a certain HR in easy/recovery workouts then simply choosing that "base" suggested workout will disable the system alerts I've created.

Is there any discussion around addressing this limitation?

Just set up an intensity alert. The reason it over rides your alerts for your free runs is you can program alerts for the custom workout. For example I have my Spring/Fall workouts based on pace and Summer/Winter based on heart rate. My Spring/Fall easy run looks like 10:00 @ 6:40-7:30 min/mi then 1:00:00 @ 6:00-6:40 min/mi then 5 min @ 6:40-7:30. For the summer/winter workouts it's the same time segments but the first set will be set for zone 1 the second set for zone 2 and the final set back to hr zone 1. 

Great information, thanks, does the setting of the activity class affect the duration of suggested workouts too?

I don't understand, do you mean set up an intensity alert in each of the base runs?  I have HR alerts set up on my watch to let me know when I exceed a certain threshold (to keep my easy runs easy).  But when I do a scheduled workout, even if it is just a "base" run with no structure, the HR alerts are overridden and I don't get the beeps when I exceed my threshold.  

Therefore I always "skip" the scheduled workout when it's not something that I need to follow a specific structure.

This is cool.  Since my long days (Saturday and Sunday) are generally by feel, I have not set specific calendar workouts in the past.  I'll try setting run duration a notch longer than I expect for this weekend's runs and see what happens.

Constructively to Garmin, I wish these types of instructions/suggestions would be documented!

@badbri - Correct here is what my easy days look like as a structured workout. Whether it's by pace or by heart rate if I'm outside of those zones I receive the alerts. This way I have my easy runs already programmed on the calendar the same way I would have a hard workout. I have the same issue I have to consciously hold my self back for the first 10 minutes or so. Usually I end up by 7 minutes in at the top of my zone so I have to hear it beep at me for 3 minutes but it does help me get in a decent warm up prior to really getting into the main portion of the run. 

So you have to set each and every one of those workouts with those parameters?  That's the beauty of the global alerts, I set it one time and it will then cover every run going forward.

No I save the workout once and then drag and drop it to my calendar as needed. Then they are stored in my workout library should I need them again. In the example that I gave you those are my routine every day workouts. Now I do have a lot of workouts in my workout library (about 2 and a half pages worth of cycling, swimming and running workouts I have had more in there I haven't reached a limiting factor.)The main thing is no you don't have to program the workout every time you program the workout just once and then add it to your calendar as much as you need to. 

The Daily Suggested Workout doesn't take activity class into account; what it does take into account are metrics like VO2 Max, Training Status, Training load, Lactate Threshold HR/Pace, and based on all of your performance metrics it will effect what daily suggested workout it gives you. For cycling replace Lactate Threshold with Functional Threshold power if you have a power meter, and then with Lactate Threshold HR/Pace if you have a measured Lactate Threshold HR/Pace. If you don't have an FTP or LTHR then it doesn't take that information into account. 

I use Sportracks for my workout planning, I'll tinker with doing the same there (creating an HR-alert workout that I use as "base") and see how that works.  Thanks.