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Creating a PacePro Plan on Your Watch, PacePro Training

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Creating a PacePro Plan on Your Watch Before you can create a PacePro plan on your watch, you must create a course (Following a Course on Your Device, page 52). 1 From the watch face, press START. 2 Select an outdoor running activity. 3 Hold UP. 4 Select Navigation > Courses. 5 Select a course. 6 Select PacePro > Create New. 7 Select an option: • Select Goal Pace, and enter your target pace. • Select Goal Time, and enter your target time. The watch displays your custom pace band. 8 Press START. 9 Select an option: • Select Use Plan to start the plan. • Select View Splits to preview the splits. • Select Elevation Plot to view an elevation plot of the course. • Select Remove to discard the plan. PacePro Training Many runners like to wear a pace band during a race to help achieve their race goal. The PacePro feature allows you to create a custom pace band based on distance and pace or distance and time. You can also create a pace band for a known course to optimize your pace effort based on elevation changes. You can create a PacePro plan using the Garmin Connect app. You can preview the splits and elevation plot before you run the course. Downloading a PacePro Plan from Garmin Connect Before you can download a PacePro plan from Garmin Connect, you must have a Garmin Connect account (Garmin Connect, page 73). 1 Select an option: • Open the Garmin Connect app, and select or . • Go to connect.garmin.com. 2 Select Training & Planning > PacePro Pacing Strategies. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to create and save a PacePro plan. 4 Select or Send to Device. 42 Training

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Creating a PacePro Plan on Your Watch
Before you can create a PacePro plan on your watch, you must create a course (
Following a Course on Your
Device
, page 52
).
1
From the watch face, press
START
.
2
Select an outdoor running activity.
3
Hold
UP
.
4
Select
Navigation
>
Courses
.
5
Select a course.
6
Select
PacePro
>
Create New
.
7
Select an option:
•
Select
Goal Pace
, and enter your target pace.
•
Select
Goal Time
, and enter your target time.
The watch displays your custom pace band.
8
Press
START
.
9
Select an option:
•
Select
Use Plan
to start the plan.
•
Select
View Splits
to preview the splits.
•
Select
Elevation Plot
to view an elevation plot of the course.
•
Select
Remove
to discard the plan.
PacePro Training
Many runners like to wear a pace band during a race to help achieve their race goal. The PacePro feature allows
you to create a custom pace band based on distance and pace or distance and time. You can also create a pace
band for a known course to optimize your pace effort based on elevation changes.
You can create a PacePro plan using the Garmin Connect app. You can preview the splits and elevation plot
before you run the course.
Downloading a PacePro Plan from Garmin Connect
Before you can download a PacePro plan from Garmin Connect, you must have a Garmin Connect account
(
Garmin Connect
, page 73
).
1
Select an option:
•
Open the Garmin Connect app, and select
or
.
•
Go to
connect.garmin.com
.
2
Select
Training & Planning
>
PacePro Pacing Strategies
.
3
Follow the on-screen instructions to create and save a PacePro plan.
4
Select
or
Send to Device
.
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Training