Garmin Split Times (as it appears on the watch)

Training Advice/Discussion Marathon

8 years ago 04/25/2016 10:34pm EDT

I bought a Garmin Forerunner 225, after owning an older Garmin Forerunner.

What I liked about my older Garmin was my pace per km would vary say 4:00, 4:01, 4:02 4:03, 4:04, 4:05

My new garmin seems to only give 4:00 or 4:05 with no variance for those in between numbers.

Also I like how it would always say my pace per KM, so at .1km it would vary more, then say at .9k (as more distance has been ran and thus it is harder to change the split for that lap) (does that make sense/is there a term for that)

Thanks

8 years ago 04/25/2016 10:53pm EDT

re: RunnerJjJ

It's a different measurement. The Garmin only shows increments of 5sec per km because that's probably about how precise it is. There's no point of it saying 4:03 km pace if the real value is 4:02.6 +/- 5sec. Might as well just say 4:05.

The other thing is just a difference of what's being displayed. Your current watch is displaying instantaneous pace (or averaged over the last X seconds), while your old watch showed your predicted average for this current km. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. I prefer the instantaneous pace because you can see immediately the effect of increasing your speed.

8 years ago 04/26/2016 8:38am EDT

re: RunnerJjJ

Just set it up to show lap pace vice pace and it will be just like your old setup.

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