Has anyone used a Garmin 310XT in back to back workouts (i.e., swim then bike) or a race involving more than one sport? I am wondering how the sensor switching works.
flawlessly, you hit start then hit lap whenever you switch sports and stop when you’re done
my only real complaint is that garmin connect recognizes a tri as three separate workout when you upload it to the website. but the watch works perfectly.
if only I did…
used it at boise 70.3. remember to turn the autostop feature off. i didnt and after a flat did not have accurate race time.
Used it in Chattanooga last weekend. Other than my hitting start/stop instead of lap going into T1 it was great. Although, my T1 was so bad I might have done myself a favor. By the time I realized what I had done I was already heading out with my bike and had to restart, hit lap, and then hit lap again. So T1 for me was like 18 seconds.
used it at boise 70.3. remember to turn the autostop feature off. i didnt and after a flat did not have accurate race time.
Hmmmm…hadn’t thought of that. Good idea. I have my Garmin 310 XT set to auto-pause at a 12 min./mile pace for the run and “when stopped” on the bike. I have it set this way to give me a more accurate picture of my pace / speed / power / etc… Does it make better sense to leave these options (auto-pause / stop) OFF at all times? Certainly what you say makes sense for the day of the event.
Thanks,
M
I use auto-pause in training all the time. Otherwise the time I spend waiting at intersections would count towards total workout time.
Get the quick release, have it in your swim cap for swim, mounted on bike, then wrist for run. Pretty great, usually…
I use auto-pause in training all the time. Otherwise the time I spend waiting at intersections would count towards total workout time.
There are no pauses in the race clock.
I used my 310XT in a triathlon yesterday and it worked fine in multisport mode. My only question is why I get a discrepancy between elapsed time and moving time, especially on the run, even though I never stopped running the entire race. Anyone have a good answer for this and how it can be prevented?
If the auto pause stuff is off, and you don’t hit stop, the elapsed time and time fields should be the same. Also should match the difference in time of day from start point to stop.
You COULD leave autopause etc on, but use the elapsed time for races as it doesn’t stop ever.
If your elapsed time and time are different you have the autopause on 1 or more activities or you hit the stop button (maybe by accident)
So I guess the question for me then is what is the real benefit of having auto-pause for the run and auto-stop for the bike turned ON? If it’s just a matter of keeping the true TIME that you are exercising, then I don’t care. If I am out there 30 minutes longer than I actually “worked” because it hasn’t stopped or paused at intersections, etc. I don’t care. If my data is inaccurate (i.e.- pace or speed are “off”) due to stops I’ve made, then yes- I should keep it on. I’m thinking the 310XT must keep accurate data on these things even if you do stop to rest or at a light so what’s the big deal of stopping or pausing time unless you really just want to know the actual time “worked”. Sound right?
-M
maybe it lost satellites? If you have it set for autopause and it does it stops recording time. Happened to me in a race that was 2 miles under a raised highway. I finished thinking I ran a few minutes faster than I did. It kept coming and going out of connection with the satellites.
I love the multisport mode and use it all the time for racing. Never use auto-stop though - I always use the manual mode. Don’t see why I should use autostop when I’m not planning to stop? I can only imagine it would lead to more uncertainty when riding/running slow on a steep hill or going through a tunnel / temporarily losing GPS access because of trees, etc.
At the end of the day when analyzing my data I want to see power, pacing, how well I did my intervals in training, etc. Whether I stop or not won’t make any difference to my training efficiency, nor my TSS.
Get the quick release, have it in your swim cap for swim, mounted on bike, then wrist for run. Pretty great, usually…
I just wear mine on my wrist after mounting it under my swim cap using goggle straps then swim cap over the top to secure it for swim, this way I am not likey to lose it or goggles in the swim skirmishes which is always bound to have in the swim.
When I exit the water I carry it in my teeth till I get thru T1 and hit the lap button as I stomp the mats leaving T1 then afix it to my wrist for the rest of the race.
I hit the lap button again when stomping the mats leaving T2
I hit start button to stop it at finish line and turn it off then, take HR strap off and bundle the unit w/HR strap and put it away for after party and deal with it later.
For races I use the auto sport in Other-bike-run mode w/out transitions. I use 3 display function of time/lap pace/distance but most times I have it on HR graph but check lap pace on run mainly only as well as time for mile markers to check pace.
My Ironman watch I set the alarms to my desired times I want to be doing transitions (2) and third alarm for finish time. I ussually set this in stop watch (Crono) mode to monitor race clock and start the chrono when the gun goes off vs the Garmin 310 I start clock about two minutes warning before the gun so I have enough time to get it secure w/goggles and swim cap pre-race.
…just sharing, seems to work great for me…love the 310 personally! Love the way the GPS plots the courses with elivation and heartrate so you can get a play by play post race when I describe the races to others later.
What you are describing is the exact purpose of the multisport mode. So you can do just all this.
Whatever you do, be careful with that 310, particularly if you use the quick-release kit. Drop it 3 inches and it can crack.
you can set it up for multisport mode and hit the lap button (you can set the order of sports, but I don’t think you can do run bike run, only use each sport once…and you can pick between including transitions (hit lap before and after transition) or not (go from one sport to the other)). Or you can hold down the mode button for 3 seconds then selelct the sport. This works for run bike run, and things with more than 3 events.
you can set it up for multisport mode and hit the lap button (you can set the order of sports, but I don’t think you can do run bike run, only use each sport once…and you can pick between including transitions (hit lap before and after transition) or not (go from one sport to the other)). Or you can hold down the mode button for 3 seconds then selelct the sport. This works for run bike run, and things with more than 3 events.
No you can setup up multi-sport to do run-bike run. You can set up the sports in whatever order you want and re-use as desired. I did a duathlon a few weeks ago and set my 310xt up for run-bike-run.
you can set it up for multisport mode and hit the lap button (you can set the order of sports, but I don’t think you can do run bike run, only use each sport once…and you can pick between including transitions (hit lap before and after transition) or not (go from one sport to the other)). Or you can hold down the mode button for 3 seconds then selelct the sport. This works for run bike run, and things with more than 3 events.
No you can setup up multi-sport to do run-bike run. You can set up the sports in whatever order you want and re-use as desired. I did a duathlon a few weeks ago and set my 310xt up for run-bike-run.
Yup.
Typically mine is set up per my standard workout, which is 5 items in the day…
1-bike 30 miles O’side to La Jolla
2-swim La Jolla Cove to La Jolla Shores
3-Run on La Jolla Shores beach (2.4 miles each lap on the beach)
4-swim back from La Jolla Shores to La Jolla Cove
5-Bike back La Jolla to O’side
I’ve never tried to do mre than 5 events but the opertunities are only limited to battery I think?
I use auto-pause in training all the time. Otherwise the time I spend waiting at intersections would count towards total workout time.
There are no pauses in the race clock.
Hence the phrase “in training”. I was only commenting on his question about why would he not leave it off for both racing and training.
For those of us that train by time and not distance, we don’t want the time we spend stopped to count towards our workout time. For example my 3 hour ride yesterday actually took almost 3:15 when you count all the time I spent stopped.