This is MY preferred way. It doesn’t have Distance / Speed info but I manually add the distance after the fact.
I do this because I still want my garmin to update my VO2Max calc and what not.
I’ve been thinking how to Create an app that will be able to transmit (at least) (simulated) speed info to the Garmin so that I do not have to do this manual adding of distance.
Alas, When I tried to BroadCast Speed Info from the app I created, my Garmin doesn’t want to pick it up.
Apps like RunCline is also able to broadcast speed info, but again, my Garmin doesn’t pick it up as a sensor.
I’m told that this is possibly
- an iOS problem - apple randomises the bt connection ID
- My garmin watch problem. Cos RunCline Developer told me that it works for some users.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Now that I think about it… I wonder if it’s possible to merge the data(FIT/TCX) from Garmin and the App and then re-upload it to Garmin. Wonder if Garmin will still honor the VO2Max and what not…
but it’s a lot of steps
[Edit: I wrote this long post and then was denied posting. Lucky i saved it somewhere first]