Help needed please - Beginners

Twinklestar

17/05/2011 at 20:16

Hi I'm new to these boards and have just brought a garmin 305 and I'm trying to set it so that it shows the current pace I am running at in kph. Can anybody please please tell me which pace I should enter eg average pace lap pace etc. I am really confused

thanks in advance

from a technophobic

M...eldy

pirate

17/05/2011 at 20:18

Once you switch it on and start running then it will show you the pace that you are running at ?

M...eldy

pirate

17/05/2011 at 20:18

To clarify, you can get the averages at the end when you check the history

Jeepers

17/05/2011 at 20:28

If you want to know your actual pace, then when you go to settings (for whichever screen you're using), scroll through the list until you get "Pace" and enter that. That will show you your actual pace as you're running.

Twinklestar

17/05/2011 at 20:30

to jeepers and m,.eddy thank you so much for your quick responses. I just put pace (only and pressed enter) I will test it out tomorrow thank you very much

Jeepers

17/05/2011 at 20:41

You're welcome, hope you have fun with it and welcome to the mad house

Tricky Dicky¹

19/05/2011 at 16:27

Twinkle - the FR305 has a number of "PACE" possibilities.

You can have Average pace (the average of your pace for the entire duration of the workout).

You can have Average Pace - Current Lap - this is the average of your pace for the lap you are running. If you press the LAP button on the front of the watch, it will start recounting the average pace again.

And you have Pace - as in - the current pace I am running right now. Which intuitively, you could say is the best one to look at - kind of like a speedometer. However, for a bunch of very technical reasons, this is a very unreliable number and subject to way too many fluctuations to be really useful.

I advise that you set the watch to do what are called AUTOLAPS - that is, the watch will automatically count a new lap after you've passed a set distance - my suggestion is 1 km (but you can choose wehat you want here).

Then, change the display settings to show Average Pace - Current Lap. This will give you an accurate number of what speed you've been running over the last few minutes. If you go up a hill, you'll probably see the number changing (getting slower), and if you inject some speed, you'll see the average pace get quicker.

hope this helps, TD.

Twinklestar

21/05/2011 at 18:52

Hi Tricky Dicky thank you and other RW forum members for your help

I've manage to set the watch to do autolaps and set it for km as but on my garmin 305 I've got Average pace as one entry can you please tell me where I can find current lap menu as I've scrolled down and can't find it

thanks for you help

Twinkle

Jeepers

22/05/2011 at 11:50

Twinkle, check the instruction manual out as that's where I get my information for changing my fields.

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