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larkim Apr 2022 11:27am, 12 Apr 2022 17,653 posts	Quote Pin larkim Even more oddly, the "history" on my watch seems to go back just under a year and includes activities recorded on my old watch. But when I go to "race an activity" that only shows about the last 6 months of runs in the history, so even if I wanted to I couldn't race the older activities that are on my watch.
westmoors Apr 2022 12:04pm, 12 Apr 2022 6,030 posts	Quote Pin westmoors larkim, the instructions for my 935 are: Racing a Previous Activity You can race a previously recorded or downloaded activity. This feature works with the Virtual Partner feature so you can see how far ahead or behind you are during the activity.NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.1 From the watch face, select START.2 Select an activity.3 Hold .4 Select Training > Race an Activity.5 Select an option:• Select From History to select a previously recorded activity from your device.• Select Downloaded to select an activity you downloaded from your Garmin Connect account.6 Select the activity. The Virtual Partner screen appears indicating your estimated finish time.7 Select START to start the timer.8 After you complete your activity, select START > Save. I've never tried it though.
larkim Apr 2022 12:21pm, 12 Apr 2022 17,656 posts	Quote Pin larkim Thanks westmoors - I can do all that with an activity that's already on my watch; my issue is that for much older activities which weren't already on my watch but which are in Garmin Connect there doesn't seem to be a simple way of getting that old activity onto my watch to be able to be used with that process you've described above. I suspect manually dropping the .fit file onto my watch might work, so that's my next port of call!
Steve NordRunner Apr 2022 12:53pm, 12 Apr 2022 1,511 posts	Quote Pin Steve NordRunner To answer your question, larkim, it was all ios. I looked up an old run on GC web interface on an ipad, put it in the send to device queue and then used an iphone for my normal sync to epix. (This is because I only have my watch paired to the iphone; I don't have a pc or mac.)
Badger Apr 2022 1:05pm, 12 Apr 2022 15,061 posts	Quote Pin Badger Even more oddly, the "history" on my watch seems to go back just under a year and includes activities recorded on my old watch. But when I go to "race an activity" that only shows about the last 6 months of runs in the history, so even if I wanted to I couldn't race the older activities that are on my watch. I recall that the watches retain summary info for more history than they retain the complete FIT file for. Also, True Up syncs summary info from other devices which is where the activities from your old watch came from, but it doesn't transfer the GPS track with the summary.
larkim Apr 2022 1:16pm, 12 Apr 2022 17,658 posts	Quote Pin larkim Makes sense when explained like that Badger, thanks.
larkim Apr 2022 1:32pm, 12 Apr 2022 17,659 posts	Quote Pin larkim Plugging in the watch to the PC and manually copying the .fit file to the watch under the "activities" folder seems to work to do what I wanted to do. A bit of a faff but perfectly serviceable for occasional use. Got a race on Wednesday night that I wasn't going to use this for (as it's pretty flat so can just race to feel) but will give it a go anyway as it's a course I don't often run so will be a good test of the manual transfer.
R4R Apr 2022 1:46pm, 12 Apr 2022 3,388 posts	Quote Pin R4R Garmin Express on my PC updated itself to v7.12.1.0 this morning. Now it no longer recognises when my 736 is connected, so won't sync via USB cable. It still charges and I can still sync via Connect on my phone but usually I like to sync via USB to save battery life Any clues?
flanker Apr 2022 3:41pm, 12 Apr 2022 20,503 posts	Quote Pin flanker larkim (I think it was your question...) If there is pace information stored in the course file the watch can show a virtual partner for it even when following a course rather than an performing an activity. (I think you said you don't have a device with PacePro, otherwise you could build a pace target with more flexibility). Badger is right in that older watches with limited storage drop the detail of the run (i.e. the track points) while still retaining the summary info.
larkim Apr 2022 3:44pm, 12 Apr 2022 17,666 posts	Quote Pin larkim Thanks flanker - I've read that that is actually a good workaround for some bugs in the "race an activity" mode anyway (transfer as a course and then set up the screens so that they do the virtual partner stuff anyway). I may give that a go with an old activity tonight if I remember. Thanks!