update to 8.2 increased Exercise Load significant

I fully agree ! since the update i noticed the same.

Also my vo max dropped and is hardly to be improved while training is same as previous in build up.

Maybe the actually improved the algorithm so now it is more accurate than before in which case there is nothing to be "fixed"... 

I agree, and do not care how high the vo2 number is. but the recovery time is far to high. Before I ran 3 to 5 times a week with a interval training like this I had 24hour recovery. Now I get 60hours with the same training. So in my opinion it is far to much. I now rely more on training peaks and strava but hope there will be some new adjustments to improve this situation.

Well... I never follow Garnin's suggested recovery time to be honest. I think some of the metrics like VO2 are helpful if we look at the trend over time but I am not too sure about the actual accuracy in numbers etc...

Anyway, I will keep an eye on my suggest recovery times but as someone who usually runs 3 days/week (5 sessions in total) I haven't notice changes but will keep an eye...

To me the recovery metric was a part of the reason buying this watch. The vo2max is indeed helpful to track progress over time. I did a lab test on the treadmill and scored the exact same number as my watch supposed. So for me it look accurate.

Nice to know you got the same result! My lab test was different but I never bothered (and actually was a while ago, so before the 945 unit, I believe I had the 935 by then).

I don't bother about the recovery as I usually think it shows longer than normal... I just go by feel... 

Well, let me just mention that the recovery hours metric is time until another hard workout (intervals, threshold, longrun).  So when you do a hard interval workout... you should NOT be doing it again in 24hrs.  For people who train pretty strong 6-7days a week... it ends up being everyother day hard workout almost.  So often track tuesday with hard intervals, then even though not fully recovered maybe a tempo run thursday.  So seeing 36-60hrs isn't out of the ordinary, really should be expected if you are going for polarized or 80/20 type training.  

The load issue... that is a different story, not sure.  But what isn't shown in those two workouts is the heart rate info (graph and zones) because just a few beats here or there higher... for a significant time can really throw off the Load in Garmin or Strava.  Some days your HR will be higher for the same workout due to external and internal effects (temp, adrenaline, food/hydration, time of day, etc)...  which will account for garmin thinking you worked hard (seen by also the calories).  

Recovery time =The amount of time remaining on your recovery time countdown at the start of your next activity.

The way i train is polarized(80/20) this did not change at all. there ar many ways of doing this but i run only extensive intervals so i could do this easy 5 days in a row. but i guess that is another discussion;)  

i always use a cheststrap HR monitor to have the best possible data. the interpretation of the data is just way off if i compare it to traingpeaks or strava for example. 

to me the watch is now purely for collecting the data, the interpretation of the status was previously very good but now unusable. hoping for an update... 

I guess I am not sure if that is a joke or what regarding extensive intervals and being able to do them 5 days a week.  So either it was a joke w/wink and not sure about.  

Generally I get a pretty similar training load and fatigue representation on Garmin and Strava (fitness/freshness), I do notice for subthreshold "extensive intervals"(?) that I can get a high or low result on both Strava and Garmin for Load, all in the HR data. Same goes for a Long Run.... last weekend I did 27KM very easy to easy w/friends, result: