Garmin Connect Modern
I noticed a lot of energy around this on a Dashboard thread - since those disappear in time, thought I'd start a discussion opportunity in the Forums. A place to vent, and maybe share whatever meager useful tips there might be on how to make this work.
Is there a way to create intervals after the fact in the file, or do I just have to live with whatever intervals were created during the workout? Not a big deal to me, as I use PowerAgent (Saris) and WKO+ primarily to analyze my bike files, and create intervals during my runs with the Lap button, but, still …
Also, why can't I go back to Classic (is that dead now), and why does Garmin Training Center no longer work (not that IT was ever much use).
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I experimented with the modern, hoping it would do the one thing that would make me reasonably happy with GC as an exclusive data storage source: post ride selectable "lap" analysis (i.e., breaking up the ride after the fact or looking at "intervals" that aren't marked on the original ride)...but I didn't see that this was possible, so I'm happy to let them take their time to figure out all the other problems while I use the old version (which I have automatically ported over to TP...in case I want to fire up a paid subscription there again). In the meantime, for ride analysis, Golden Cheetah works pretty well!
For example, my Garmin 910 has been auto-lapping at 15 miles and I would like to look at two 28 mile splits instead.
Is that what I could do?One kind of cool feature it also has is to let you search for the n best intervals of any given length. So, for example if you knew you did a bunch of 5 minute intervals but didn't use the lap button, you could go in after the fact and have it pick out the 6 (or whatever) best 5 minute intervals and add them as "laps".
Of course this morning, I cannot even log in... Grrr.
Thoughts?
I went to upload last nights ride to Garmin express and got the message "there was a problem comminicating with garmin servers. Please try again later". Not sure if this is related but sounds like something on their end.
I get a blank page when I try to sign in on my Mac desktop. I have a third party app on my iPad which shows my connect workouts, and it says, "Error connecting to Garmin Connect." The Garmin Mobile App is working, but I have not tried to upload on it. I can see all my wkos that way. Garmin Express says, "Unable to conner with Garmin services." Seems like they fiddled with things one too many times?
To switch from Modern back to Classic, hover over the little head icon on the left and select Switch to Classic
Thoughts, in no particular order...
1. Garmin Express trumps Ant Agent. I downloaded Ant Agent cuz I noticed it had disappeared. Thinking I needed it. When I opened Garmin Express, Ant Agent disappears altogether.
2. I was able to send workouts from my 310xt, thru Garmin Express via the ant+ stick, to Garmin Connect on my windows based laptop.
3. As far as I can tell, my tapiriik.com setup must've worked. See no reason that it didn't. But, I had forgotten about it. Spent some time trying to upload to Strava. Workouts made it to Strava and I'm not sure if it was me doing it or Tapiriik moving it from my Garmin Connect.
4. I still do not see a place to pay the $2 donation to tapiriik.
5. Garmin Connect and Garmin Express and Garmin 310xt having a hard time syncing 'User Setting' and 'HR' info back and forth. Looks like it didn't affect the transfer of the workouts, though. And, that's the thing that counts.
Next week will be the first week where I'll try to upload daily, at least until I've done it enough to where I'm confident doing it, not 'hoping' this works. That may be what helps more than anything else.