My Garmin used to be my guide, my coach. Over the years, that value has diminished for me. Unfortunately! Last year I bought the FR955. And if I'm being completely honest, this one has gotten even worse in terms of heart rate, VO2max and race predictions. That became clear to me at all running events. But now the big test, my marathon in Prague last weekend. Garmin predicted I could run for 3 hours 34 minutes.
Nowadays I run with Stryd which indicated to run at 266W (watt). Given the increasingly poor measurements from Garmin (FR955 watch and S2 scale) I chose Stryd. Best choice in the end! I was able to run at 268W. Finish in 3 hours 12 minutes! Beat #Garmin by 22 minutes?! This is too low quality in my opinion. In other words, worthless prediction Garmin!
Have already made previous reports that, among other things, VO2max does nothing. It has changed once since I bought the FR955. Even in times when I've trained little to nothing for months until now, 6 times a week to a marathon. Still, I really hope that Garmin will find its way back to help me getting better and the watch reliable.
Maybe I have a bad watch? Of course I am open to suggestions. But I am puzzled as to why the Garmin FR955 measures and predicts so poorly.
