Garmin

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tipsku Mar 2024 11:53am, 8 Mar 2024 4,054 posts	0 tipsku That's awesome. I've had good experiences with them when I helped my dad sorting out some issues with this power pedals and Garmin Express. They sent him a replacement without any fuss when it was clear that the left pedal was faulty. For Garmin express, he got a patch that sorted out the problem.
westmoors Mar 2024 11:51am, 9 Mar 2024 8,375 posts	0 westmoors Just run my fastest parkrun this year and Garmin says my training is unproductive. Hmmph.
Sigh Mar 2024 1:22pm, 9 Mar 2024 25,864 posts	0 Sigh Most of my PB's were unproductive according to Garmin.
hillstrider Mar 2024 3:38pm, 9 Mar 2024 14,685 posts	0 hillstrider My 100th parkrun today and 25th volunteering.
larkim Mar 2024 3:47pm, 9 Mar 2024 23,460 posts	0 larkim 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
NordRunner Mar 2024 8:38am, 10 Mar 2024 4,161 posts	0 NordRunner Running flat out to get a pb is not always the right thing to do for a calculation based on long-term load and VO2 max. Sometimes there are other goals.
SPR Mar 2024 8:52am, 10 Mar 2024 43,792 posts	0 SPR The unproductive will be BS after a 5k PB as it means fitness is decreasing, a 5k should also be the type of race that works for Garmin's preferred fitness measure (VO2 Max) and your training would have to have quite a bit of high intensity for a 5k PB to reduce VO2 Max I think. Of course there could be data quality issues (eg dodgy HR data). support.garmin.com The new Garmin race predictor has always been out for me. I believe it's a simple calculation of this VO2 Max with this much training = this pace with reading other factors.
westmoors Mar 2024 1:50pm, 10 Mar 2024 8,382 posts	0 westmoors It wasn't a 5K PB; just my fastest 5K this year!
westmoors Mar 2024 1:52pm, 10 Mar 2024 8,383 posts	0 westmoors Today I ran 10 miles at a faster pace (approx 30s/mile) than the 10 mile race I did 4 weeks ago and now it says my training is maintaining. Don't understand Garmin's algorithm at all.
flanker Mar 2024 6:55pm, 10 Mar 2024 21,177 posts	0 flanker "Unproductive" isn't an assessment of the activity, but your overall training. If you overall load has been high, with to much high-intensity stuff, your HRV is too low or rapidly declining, etc it will class it as unproductive as it isn't beneficial for the long-term. Of course, it doesn't know what your specific goals are, so it's just fitting it into a statistical norm.