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Bazoaxe Sep 2021 4:22pm, 20 Sep 2021 20,950 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe larkim, that is something I find frustrating. I have my garmin setup to show current lap and avge lap. Once the mile alert goes away you see a pace for the current mile that is wrong. It does in time sort itself out but can be vastly out in either direction until it has enough time to be more accurate
HappyG(rrr) Sep 2021 4:27pm, 20 Sep 2021 39,756 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) On most modern Garmins you can choose current pace to be 5s average. It's less "instantaneous" but more representative, I think. That's what I use for "current pace". G
larkim Sep 2021 4:34pm, 20 Sep 2021 15,440 posts	Quote Pin larkim Baz, that's why I've used those "most recent 60s" type fields in the past - removes that problem early in the "lap". I'll have to see where that 5s average pace can be set, Happy - couldn't immediately see it on my watch just now, but it might not be present.
MarkyMarkMark (3M) Sep 2021 4:50pm, 20 Sep 2021 16,147 posts	Quote Pin MarkyMarkMark (3M) Although the advantage of the "current mile pace" is it makes me run faster in the early part of each mile to keep it constant.... I actuually do find it's normally settled by the time I've done about half a mile when I first start off, and thereafter it seems pretty constant?
flanker Sep 2021 5:02pm, 20 Sep 2021 20,004 posts	Quote Pin flanker Happy - where's that set? Not something I've ever noticed. Not that I've ever looked for it Jubear, the other option for importing routes is to connect the device to a PC and drag the .GPX over as a file.
quimby Sep 2021 5:05pm, 20 Sep 2021 5,018 posts	Quote Pin quimby Thanks all. I already have my Garmin to show current avg mile pace so I guess I'll turn the bloody alerts off and try to get better at judging snail pace without too much watch-gazing.
Ingo Sep 2021 12:25pm, 21 Sep 2021 20 posts	Quote Pin Ingo I use a footpod for instante pace. My fenix 6 is atrocious for it, much worse than my previous watches
CogNoscensme AHA Sep 2021 1:58pm, 23 Sep 2021 722 posts	Quote Pin CogNoscensme AHA Agree that the instantaneous pace is useless. On my Fenix 5, I used lap pace and had autolap set for a mile. At the start of every new lap, the pace was usually nonsense and would take a quarter of a mile to stabilise. I disabled autolap and the average is consistent but is a less and less sensitive indicator of any change in pace as the run proceeds.
jda Sep 2021 2:10pm, 23 Sep 2021 10,835 posts	Quote Pin jda I use 10s pace on my garmin which works pretty well. It's a one element of a custom screen with about 8 data fields which covers pretty much everything I could want....
quimby Sep 2021 10:14pm, 23 Sep 2021 5,021 posts	Quote Pin quimby 8 data fields?!! Wow, you must have good eyesight or glasses/contacts!