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Optimal Sprint/Interval Setups?

Former Member over 8 years ago

Hi there, I've been referencing a few excellent threads within the forums but wanted to case a more 'final' opinion on a few things...hopefully some folks here can help a new 235 owner!

1. I do hill sprints and work that varies in length and today, for instance, and felt I was not using the watch optimally. For example:

> Run 1.5mi at fast pace to hills | record as 'Running'
> Run .35mi up hill | record as 'Running'
> Run .12mi up second hill | record as 'Running'
-- Repeat x5 -- Recording the .12 but not when I jog back down to repeat it -- Do this five times
> Run a .05mi hill | record as 'Running'
-- Repeat x3 -- Recording the .05 spring up, but not the jog back down -- Do this sprint 3x
> Jog home

Problem is I end up with a slew of runs! What's the best way to optimally set up a circuit prescribed above?

2. Based on earlier today, Recovery Advisor is not cumulative. As in, I was getting consistent 14 hour recovery times for pretty aggressive work. Is that correct?

3. Does recording events as "OTHER" (e.g.- gym work, abs, tennis, soccer) ruin any cumulative stats?

4. Is "OTHER" the best way to record soccer training?

I appreciate that's four questions, but am keen to maximize this thing :)

Many thanks!

0 R_Tellis over 8 years ago

For your hill sessions the easiest way would be to disable the Autolap function and hit the lap button for each interval. You could also build a workout on the Connect website since you have a good idea of how long your warmup and hill segments are but if you're running from one landmark to another the watch and landmarks wouldn't always be in agreement so manual lapping is probably your best bet and you'll still only have one session being recorded.

For soccer using the Other profile would be fine but keep in mind that by default GPS is set to off so distance and pace reading would be determined by the watches internal accelerometers. After the workout is saved to Connect you can go there and change the activity type to soccer.

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

thank you foro the reply!

two quick follow-ups...

- when you talk of disabling auto-lap, would i simply be hitting 'Run' and then manually stopping and starting during when i'm doing the hill sessions?

- you mention OTHER has GPS off by default. i just fiddled with it and it popped up as 'GPS Ready!'. does it not record GPS? i for some reason thought it did!

- any thoughts on the cumulative nature of rest advisor as well?

0 R_Tellis over 8 years ago

If you disable autolap then and the end of your warmup you would press the Lap button (lower right) and if taking a break before starting your hill intervals then press the Run button to pause. You would then hit Run to start your interval and then Lap followed by Run to pause again if you're not recording the jog back to the start.

The "Other" activity will record GPS if it's turned on, on my watch it was turned off by default. How accurate the distance recorded would be playing a soccer match or doing drill during a practice is any bodies guess though.