Programming a workout on the Garmin 405

[proteanview]

I just ordered the 410 to start heart-rate training. Between the countless options and the bezel, I was beginning to expect a lot of confusion & frustration, but this looks pretty direct and intuitive.

Between my resting rate, age and gender, I used tome programs to guesstimate my VO2max. Where does one go to test VO2max? My local gym told me to pick one up at Sports Authority. lol

[blueshiftmultisport]

@proteanview

Thanks for watching! Getting tested for VO2max isn't really necessary in my opinion. The data is expensive to get and often unreliable unless you go to a world-class facility. I'm a fan of Jack Daniels Running Formula pacing tables and his Vdot system for mapping your training zones and race predictions at different distances.

[proteanview]

@blueshiftmultisport Thank you for turning me on to Jack Daniels! He makes so much sense.

[cmartinrun]

Ok I have a workout that's somewhat the same as the one in your video, the one with a warm up and cool down. I had it set up the same way you did except for step 2 of course. I Went out for my warm up run and tapped the start/stop button so that I could stretch. Then I lined up at the starting line and tapped the lap button to begin step 2 but nothing happened. So then I had to tapp the start/stop button and then then the lap button just to get the thing going. Can't I tap it from a dead start

[blueshiftmultisport]

I think the answer is no. The start/stop button sets the beginning and end of a file. You may want to enable the "autopause" feature, and/or build in a pre-race warmup interval before your pacing plan starts all in the same file.

Hope this helps. -Matt