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How does Garmin calculates record time?

VladimirGabitov over 1 year ago

Did workout 10,09km in 41:13 min.

Garmin asks to confirm new 10K record of 41:13... wtf

10K time was 40:54 min...

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WillNorthYork over 1 year ago +3

This is old and arguably unintuitive behavior, but I think it's working as intended. What Garmin does for PRs is if you run slightly longer than a given PR distance (like 10k), it uses your full activity…
VladimirGabitov over 1 year ago in reply to WillNorthYork +1

WillNorthYork said:
n the past, if you ran a lot longer than 10k (say 13k), you could get a PR for the fastest 10k segment in that activity. I'm not sure if that's still the case today.

Seems it…

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0 VladimirGabitov over 1 year ago in reply to WillNorthYork

WillNorthYork said:
n the past, if you ran a lot longer than 10k (say 13k), you could get a PR for the fastest 10k segment in that activity. I'm not sure if that's still the case today.

Seems it still works this way for longer distances. Last week I did 1km warm up 5k in record pace and then 3km "cool down home" Strava and Garmin both detected same PR. So this also was a reason for my confusion about 10k PR.

PS: Seems that Garmin don't develop web interface anymore, no improvement in last 5 years. Only motivation to continue with Garmin is history of trainings...