Step Pace vs Lap Pace?

If you have auto-lap enabled, it's possible for a given step in a programmed workout to be divided into more than one lap. (This will be reflected in the auto-lap alert, which will look different than it would outside of a workout.) In this case, step pace would be different than lap pace.

Thank you so much WillNorthYork!  But if that's the case, shouldn't the "Workout Fields" also include "Step Distance"?

kalamarios said:

But if that's the case, shouldn't the "Workout Fields" also include "Step Distance"?

There's a "step duration" field which is distinct from "step time". Step duration changes based on the current workout step and can look like:

- Distance To Go: [distance]

- Time To Go: [time]

- Step Duration: Until Lap Press

Outside of a workout it seems to act just like the Timer field.

I guess "step duration" isn't really a substitute for "step distance", though.

I agree. I tested out "Step Duration" today and I didn't feel it was a replacement for "Step Distance" especially since during Warm Up, "Step Duration" just displays "Until Lap Press" which isn't very useful.

I think adding "Step Distance" would complement nicely the rest of the "Workout Fields" and bring us a bit closer to the "Workout Screen" that the older Forerunners such as the 235 used to have built-in.

Thank you for your thorough reply!

I simply make a copy of Run activity where autolap (every 1km) is off and use it with interval trainings, so every interval is a lap and I use lap fields (lap distance, duration, pace)

This is what I used to do on my 235 but after spending $600 on the 955 I thought things would have improved.

I did the same and it works fine for me too… It would be great if during a workout the Auto Lap on Run activity turns off… As this is not a reality I just made a Copy of Run activity, rename it to Intervals and set Auto Lap off

Miky said:

I simply make a copy of Run activity where autolap (every 1km) is off and use it with interval trainings, so every interval is a lap and I use lap fields (lap distance, duration, pace)

I do the same because external services like Strava don’t have a concept of hierarchical/multiple sets of laps anyway (not counting Strava’s own “splits”, which are auto-generated after the fact), so I’d prefer if each step was equivalent to a lap regardless.

I have different sets of data pages for workouts vs normal runs so it fits my workflow.