![]() If you use your watch as a general smartwatch, then there’s no issues here – it’s connected 100% of the time as it uploads steps and other metrics constantly anyway. In order to get the data to your watch, it needs to ensure it’s been connected to your phone at some point in the last hour for at least 10 minutes with the Garmin Connect Mobile app enabled somewhere in the background. See, Garmin actually pulls wind data from nearby weather stations. ![]() With all that said, we’ll sit for 10 minutes.Īctually, you don’t really have to – unless you’ve been following this guide and truly do plan to go out and run immediately. Simply go into your data field settings on the watch and you’ll find these fields under Connect IQ: It’ll record the same data no matter which one you put on there (since it’s just varying views during the run, the underlying data isn’t impacted). Now remember, before you start running, you MUST put at least one of the Running Power data fields somewhere on your run screens, otherwise it won’t record anything. I can’t set up 4 pages and put power on all of them, it can only be in two spots. Some pages are dedicated to lap stats (except HR, which is always current for me), while others are totals (I.e. That limits you a bit.įor example, in my running setup, I’ve historically had heart rate (HR – Current) on almost all my pages. And even further, you can’t reuse one of those fields on multiple pages. You can install additional fields on your device, but you can only have two active in a workout at any point in time. Now, remember that Garmin’s Running devices are limited to two Connect IQ data fields being active at once. This is great if you want a dedicated data page to running power. It’s no different with power.Īlternatively, you can use the combo data field, which gives you ‘All the powers’ on one page. This is great for doing most interval workouts, since your ultimate goal for any interval workout should be the preset target (be it pace, time, cadence, etc…). Any time you press the lap button like normal, it’ll keep the average for that lap as what you see. With the ‘Lap’ option, you’ll get a single data field that you can place on any data page alongside other data fields (such as heart rate, pace, time…whatever you want). As such, I kinda recommend one of two options: Lap Running Power, or the Combo Running Power. Like others in running power, Garmin has done some smoothing here to make the numbers easier to follow – but I still find it pretty variable. Like with cycling power, there’s a bit of volatility in the instant power number. Running Power: Will show instantaneous running power ![]() Last Lap Running Power: Will show running power for the previously completed lap Lap Running Power: Will show running power for your current lap Here’s the five apps you’ve got:Īverage Running Power: Running power average for the entire workoutĬombo Running Power: Current power, lap power, last lap power and average power on a single data page The titles might be a bit confusing at first, but it’s pretty easy. Here’s the full list of what’s available: Likely this is Garmin trying to taper your expectations that this is all a bit new. All of these are currently published from an entity called ‘GarminLabs’, as opposed to Garmin itself. But that’s actually all good stuff – because it gives you way more flexibility. Technically speaking, the Garmin Running Power is actually a multitude of apps, and even further, it’s actually a data field, not a full-blown app. The good news is this is silly simple, and is just like installing any other Connect IQ app. The first thing you’ve gotta do is get the app installed on your device. I’m going to change things up a bit for the format for this post, if for no other reason than I’m feeling the need for speed…err…difference? Let’s move on. So I’ve got a pretty good idea on how things work, but at the same time, it’s really something best visited again after many months of usage on final products – such as next spring. I’ve been using it since October, and more lately also in conjunction with Stryd and RunScribe Plus, both of which provide running power to Garmin watches as well as competitor watches. If you’ve got the required watches and sensors listed above, then it provides equally as unverifiable numbers as those companies do. While Garmin might say otherwise, the reality is that it’s meant to compete with both Stryd and RunScribe running power. It also requires the latest Garmin watches, specifically either a Fenix 5, Chronos or a FR935. The functionality requires a Garmin RD-POD, Garmin HRM-TRI, or HRM-RUN strap. Today, Garmin released their running power app that they announced back in October.
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