Hi,
I switched from the Polar V800 to the new Forerunner 945 and am struggling to find a good way to get the occasional interval set in.
With the Polar watch one could either pre-define a complete workout with steps, durations, instructions and the like or alternatively just configure and start a simple interval-timer with two different timers (distance or time) repeating until you manually stop it.
With Garmin I see something very similar to the first thing, but nothing too close to the second. Yes, there is also a simple A-B-A-B-A-B… kind of interval, but it **CAN NOT BE CONFIGURED AND STARTED **(potentially multiple times with different interval lengths) DURING the workout.
Which is ironic because on the contrary and much to the detriment of user-interface simplicity, you can do pretty much **ANYTHING **else **DURING **a workout (access the main menu and change God-knows-which settings, change the screens for the current activity and even **rename **it for cryin’ out loud…)
So basically when I go out on my bike
I have to already decide before I start (and potentially realize that I have bad legs) exactly which intervals I’m gonna do
I always have to pre-configure them
I can only do one preconfigured set (without starting a new session)
Also as an example in swimming, I liked to set a simple interval-timer to just give me my start times for say a set of 100s and then configure a new timer for the following set of 200s. No way of doing that now as far as I can see.
I’m not trying to be facetious, but I don’t know what your talking about honestly. Could you post an example workout? I have workouts in mine all the time and have made some fairly complex ones. If you want to skip an interval hit your lap button.
I want to decide on the fly what kind of interval I want to do. After having started the session!
Basically:
Start Riding (without having set up anything beforehand)
Get out of city, arrive at your favorite road/hill/… for intervalsRealize you have bad/god legs or only x amount of time left before it gets dark etc.Think: ok: I think I’ll do 4x5mins@FTP with 3 mins restQuickly set that sort of interval up on the watch and start itOn way home you realize that you wnat to do 5x30’’ one-leg drillsQuickly set that sort of interval up on the watch and start itRide home in peace.
gotcha, so I have created intervals on the fly in the watch, but usually for running. I took a look at the bike settings though, but they look similar. You probably have seen that its in the options → training → intervals, then you can edit it for how many and how long, but I am only seeing the ability to do it by distance or time.
Thanks for the reply. They key here is the “during the activity” part for me.
I also see the possibility to configure intervals before starting the workout from the “button-up”-Options screen, which includes the Items: Courses, My workouts, Intervals, Run Settings,…
This menu is however different from the “long-press-menu”-Options screen: Run settings, Training, Navigation,
However: Once I have started a run/ride, only the latter of the two is accessible and exactly the “Training”-item (where the workouts and intervals live) is gone from it…
Yep, can’t start a workout during a session. Just start a new session if it’s that important to you or just use the lap button. The only type of workout where that gets really cumbersome is a 30"/30" where you may not be paying close attention after a few of them. But on a 4x5(3), it’s no big deal to just use the lap button. You’ll want to setup a screen for lap time and lap metrics if you don’t already (assuming you would already have that).
yeah, that is what I’ve done so far. But then:
what’s the point of having the super-duper wonder-watch if you have to do these things manuallyI know it is anal, but when I go very hard in an intervall, I like to focus on not crashing/crying the second it ends and not on fumbling with a button…