Garmin Question?

[Rigpig]

When I'm around 8 minutes into my run my Garmin buzzes and the screen displays something like +3 or -1 I've seen it say up to +7 before and sometimes -3 anyone know what this is exactly, I presume it's relative effort but why does it do it at 8 minutes into a run and not at a later interval?

Thanks

[damienair Administrator]

Sorry Rigpig, I can’t help. I’ve got a Forerunner 35 with everything other than pace, distance and time turned off. Basic out, no bells or whistles. Pace, distance and time are all I care about.

I’ve no idea and couldn’t even guess what those figures could mean.

Damien

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Gosh I’ve never encountered that before Rigpig ..... 🤔

[tony_a Graduate10]

It’s the Performance Condition feature. But more info here - support.garmin.com/en-GB/?f... I don’t pay it much attention mainly because 1) I don’t really understand it and 2) my Garmin regularly tells me my training is unproductive so I find it better to ignore anything outside pace, distance and time.

[Rigpig in reply to tony_a]

Thanks for that, mine contradicts itself as well. I’m doing great with runs but I’m unproductive and my vo2 max puts at 72 years old 🙄

[tony_a Graduate10 in reply to Rigpig]

I’ve just started Garmin Coach half marathon plan today to see if more structure might help rather than my usual just running with occasional intervals. I’ll be watching what it means for VO2 max etc

[Rigpig in reply to tony_a]

I’m making great progress with my pace etc but my VO2 hasn’t moved since I got my Garmin in January. Everything else is great and really useful.

[Markco93 Graduate10]

It gives you an indication of your current realtime performance vs. Garmins overall view of your fitness, you can track it throughout your run if you add the datafield on your screens. It is useful in estimating how much fatigue has affected your run. I only ever look at it after the run, but typically it maybe +ve at the begining, settleing around 0 and if I am pushing pace/distance slipping into -ve towards the end. I find typical range is anywhere between +5 to -5 over the run. A faster start tends to start higher. I find it mildly useful in working out how fatigued I have become during the run, but it is more curiosity than something I pay that much attention to.

[Rigpig in reply to Markco93]

Thank you, I know where to start looking for more info now. I had no idea you could look at it throughout your run.

[SlowLoris]

I tend to ignore it. It doesn’t give me anything I can work with.

I do find the training status and VO2Max useful. You won’t get useful info though unless you input a more accurate resting and MaxHR.

[Rigpig in reply to SlowLoris]

I’ve adjusted my heart rate up a couple of times when it’s gone over 100% but have left my resting heart rate alone they are around 174 and 59 respectively, should I be doing anything else?

[SlowLoris]

You can let Garmin tell you your average resting heart rate but it should be when awake, not asleep.

For maximum heart rate you can get a closer approximation by warming up and doing some hill repeats at maximum effort. You cannot exceed your MaxHR so it must be at least the highest you have ever recorded.

[ju-ju- Graduate10]

absolutely no idea... can you switch it off, that sounds really annoying.