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May 2020
8:52am, 13 May 2020
9,175 posts
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ITG
McGoo ha done 10k crosstraining. I wonder what it was. Skiing? Skateboarding? Dogsledding? (Or maybe Garmin was on the wrong setting and those points are about to double.
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May 2020
9:10am, 13 May 2020
45,246 posts
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McGoohan
Oh, it should say 'walking'. My Garmin has Cycling, Run - outdoor, Run -indoor and Other. So I have to log walks as 'Other' then change em when I get back.
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May 2020
9:11am, 13 May 2020
45,247 posts
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McGoohan
Amusingly, Liebling who has just started WSW went out with her watch and when she got back realised it had been set to Running-indoors so it switched the GPS off and she didn't get any squares!
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May 2020
9:21am, 13 May 2020
662 posts
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roberton
I've a Garmin 235 but the "up" button is broken. So I can't change the training type on my watch. Everything gets logged as a Run and then changed when it's uploaded.
So apologises if anyone happens to catch sight of 2pt/square run from me (when I've actually done a bike ride or walk) and then sees it go down to a 1pt/square activity.
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May 2020
9:24am, 13 May 2020
45,249 posts
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McGoohan
There's potentially a problem for you there, I think.
You log a Run as Run and get two points for a square
You go out and cycle over the same square with Garmin set to Run
You come home, load it up and change the type to Bike
... and don't get the point for the square because the underlying GPX data still says it's a run.
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May 2020
9:34am, 13 May 2020
4,186 posts
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Alice the Camel
I do the same as Roberton. It’s not been a problem whilst I’ve been logging one piece of exercise a day. I don’t think it was a problem before lockdown either?
I’m having a great match against ferret this week. We seem to be evenly matched and so far it’s been nip and tuck all the way!
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May 2020
9:40am, 13 May 2020
45,250 posts
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McGoohan
I think it depends on the type of watch you use and how it stores/transfers the data. I had some that didn't show up, so I had to go into Garmin Connect, change the type in there and re-upload.
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May 2020
9:46am, 13 May 2020
9,176 posts
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ITG
Roberton, if you scroll down long enough, will it not eventually roll back to where you need to be?
[from the evident tech genius who cannot even work her smartphone]
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May 2020
9:52am, 13 May 2020
26,651 posts
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Wriggling Snake
I just start my watch and go, my garmin seems almost always to work it out as run, cycle or walk.
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May 2020
10:00am, 13 May 2020
45,252 posts
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McGoohan
Automatically? Based on pace?
That'd be embarrassing for me: it'd call my bike rides as runs and my runs as walks!
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