How To Use Garmin PacePro | My First Marathon | Ep. 22
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- Опубликовано: 22 апр 2022
- How to set up and use Garmin Pace Pro.
Setting up Garmin PacePro on your Garmin watch can help take a lot of the guess work out of pacing yourself during your race. Whether that be a 5km, 10km, Half Marathon or Marathon, it will allow you to keep up-to-date on how whether you are on pace for your goals.
Garmin has also made sure that this feature has been made available to a number of different devices listed below.
Compatible Garmin Devices:
- Descent Mk2 series
- D2 Mach 1
- Enduro series
- Epix (Gen 2)
- fenix 6 series
- fenix 7 series
- Forerunner 245 & 245 Music
- Forerunner 55
- Forerunner 745
- Forerunner 945 & 945 LTE
- Instinct 2 series
- MARQ collection
- quatix 6 series
- tactix 7 Series
- tactix Delta series
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Have been using my Garmin watch for almost 2 years and never knew about this feature! Brilliant! Thanks a million!
One thing to note (or you may be in for a surprise); the PacePro uses GPS to track the distance, which may or may not correspond to your progress along the race course. Basically, any deviation that you make from the ideal path will change the distance of the course. This will be noticed late in the race when your Garmin will indicate that you have covered 40 km, but you will not have reached the 40 km marker on the course ... and you could be 400/600 or more meters behind ... so, your Garmin will think you have completed the race at 42.2 km, but you will still have a bit of running to get to the finish line (which, in my experience is always more than 42.2 km of running).
Awesome, good point. I will be so tired at that point it’s good to be mentally prepared for that. Thanks 🙏
Doesn't this only apply when you create a course based on distance only and not based on a route?
@ Yes. My understanding is that if you load a route then the watch will use the mile/km markers on the route that you have loaded and NOT the distance you travel on the day. This means that if your watch has a temporary glitch which would normally throw it off (e.g going into a tunnel/wooded area/high buildings), then it should correct itself.
If it's not accurate, can you hit the lap button as you pass a mile marker to skip to the next ? Or does that not work ?
Will the Garmin finish the run automatically and it will not save the last hundred meters ? Or it continues to record until we stop the watch ?
great easy to follow video guide! thanks for taking the time to do this!
Thanks for watching. Hope it helps!!!
Thanks for the super helpful video!
Great video, Matt! I followed along step by step in Garmin Connect and then was disappointed that my Garmin 935 is not compatible. Given how much $ I paid for this watch, I'm a bit surprised. In my experience, the hardest time to stay on pace is the first few kms. Everyone is excited, the adrenaline is flowing, and you feel like you could run forever. It takes a lot of discipline to stay on goal pace in those early kms but it pays dividends later on. Either way, as you said in your video, just enjoy the experience and you can't go wrong!
Wow, I’m surprised about the 935 as well. Seems like an odd one to keep off the list. Not getting caught up in the rush at the beginning will definitely be a hard thing to focus on. This will all be a new experience for me and I’m excited to get out there but understanding that my goals are my own and keeping that the focus will be pretty challenging
Really helpful video. Much appreciated.
Thank you.
Great tutorial! Hope that marathon went smoothly
Thanks 🙏 marathon went great. Better than planned.
Thanks for the guide, can you tell me if you are alerted and how when you go faster or slower than set pace
Great video! Just subscribed! Flying from Moncton to Ottawa to run the Ottawa half! I used PacePro for the Hypo Half and loved it. I am hoping once Garmin releases Native RunPower support that PacePro will utilize Power instead of Pace! Doubt it though. Issues with my Stryd and Rain, being from Nova Scotia and alot of Wet weather. Walking is 400W lol so I am switching my 80/20 to Pace. Plus it's easier to run with others when they ask for the pace, I have no idea as I was using Power and noone else does :)
I have thought about picking up a Stryde footpod, really interested in comparing heart rate vs. power output. Always fun to have more data to play around with. Just seems like whenever I scratch up a little extra cash it goes towards running shoes :) Have a lot of fun in Ottawa, I have talked to a few people that are going there. Good luck
Nice video, did not know how this feature worked
It seems to work really well. I will likely have some key splits that I’m trying to hit either written down on my hand/arm or in my mind just as a backup in case the Garmin goes really off.
I have researched Pace Pro a ton and then used it for a few miles on my last marathon. It does not give you an even pace and you will end up running far faster than what you want to for your race plan. Mine was 5-7 seconds faster for all the splits. I've heard some say up to 10 seconds off. GPS in many areas, including most major marathons, is terrible during the course as the buildings will wreak havoc with the signal and so pace will be completely wrong. Far better to use your lap button at the first mile and then the on course timers. It is cool you can load the actual course into Garmin for that feature so you can have a decent predictor. Just don't actually use it for the race.
Absolutely, with my recent marathon I did not rely on pace pro and only used as another metric. Knowing what your splits should be and setting your lap button at mile one is a great idea. One of the things I mentioned in the video that I do like is that when you are using pace pro the other screens you have set on your watch are still made available to you just by scrolling through. At the end of the day I’m a big fan of tech but always have a backup plan. Also, fingers crossed some day I will be able to get to one of those big city marathons where the buildings are tall enough to really play with the gps 🤞😂
@@WhatMatterstoMatt LOL The backwoods country marathon I ran had poor GPS signal also. South GA still has places with little or no cell service even.
Hey Matt! Something else to note, rumor has it the 255 and 955 will be released at the beginning of June. There may be new features to also consider
Thanks for the info. Can’t wait to check them out!!!
That intro was adorable!
Hahaha 🤣 thanks. Zoe heard the word “pace bunny” and really wanted to work the bunny into the intro.
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You get my like with that intro 😂
Thanks 🙏 kids are always looking for ways to help and when I told my daughter she got to show off Her bunny PomPom, she was all in 😂
@@WhatMatterstoMatt 😂
Does the watch vibrate whenever you go too slow/too fast?
I believe that shown pace is a rolling average and not an instantaneous pace.
like if I run the first half of a mile at exactly 8:00min/mile, then the last half at exactly 6:00min/mile, looking at my watch toward the end would show 7:00min/mile even though I didn't run that pace at all (toward the end, the instantaneous pace should show 6:00). this rolling average is really tough to make actionable decisions off of... like if you're 60 seconds behind your goal split pace with 400m left, could you still achieve your goal with a little push or do you need a full sprint? I think seeing the instantaneous pace and overall time is better to make those kinds of decisions, but it could be that those are the metrics I'm used to. Your advice definitely still stands tho, give it a go before race day!
thanks🙏
Where it say u r behind is that behind in the split or behind overall goal? Thanks
At the bottom of the screen it is telling you how far ahead or behind you are on the overall goal
@@WhatMatterstoMatt thanks for the reply. Is there anything that shows u how far in front r behind u r of the split instead of a average overall
Dont use Pace Pro, buy a hr strap and stay in your zone2 and 3
That’s not a bad idea and I do train mostly by heart rate. For race day I am still leaning towards pace pro but will be setting heart rate alerts let me know if I am pushing to far out of my zones.
What if your HR is affected negatively by the stress of the upcoming race or you are dehydrated, or there are hills/altitude?
Agreed 💯. Some of understanding how to read your heart rate relative to hills, altitude, etc does take some trial and error with understanding how your heart reacts. For me, I know that if my heart rate is above approximately 160bpm I can not sustain it for an extended period of time. So, if I am going up a hill, I tend to back off a little bit to keep the effort/heart rate relatively the same. Also, you are right being anxious and excited at the start of a race can really get the heart rate up there, for me I found once I settled into my pace and focused on what I needed to do, it came back to roughly what I was expecting. But again, I don’t tend to focus on heart rate to much during a race but keep an eye on it so if it is really low I feel I can push a little harder and if it really high I might need to back off a bit. But mostly my goal by race day is to trust the training which includes a goal pace for the race and try my best to meet that goal
@@WhatMatterstoMatt Get a Stryd power meter and take all the guess work out of using HR. I use it anecdotally only. It was 96F yesterday during my run and heat/humidity also make HR pretty hard to interpret, especially on race day. Plus HR is a lagging indicator. If your using it on a hill, and you get to a high HR, you have already overcooked it a while back.
You read my mind on the foot pod. Have always wanted to try one, just need to get some funds together to purchase one.
Exceptional video. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!