Garmin Forerunner 255 Owners Manual - Page 51

Using Virtual Partner®‎, Creating a PacePro Plan on Your Watch

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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. Using Virtual Partner® Your Virtual Partner is a training tool designed to help you meet your goals. You can set a pace for the Virtual Partner and race against it. NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities. 1 Hold UP. 2 Select Activities & Apps. 3 Select an activity. 4 Select the activity settings. 5 Select Data Screens > Add New > Virtual Partner. 6 Enter a pace or speed value. 7 Press UP or DOWN to change the location of the Virtual Partner screen (optional). 8 Start your activity (Starting an Activity, page 3). 9 Press UP or DOWN to scroll to the Virtual Partner screen and see who is leading. Training 43

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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.
Using Virtual Partner
®
Your Virtual Partner is a training tool designed to help you meet your goals. You can set a pace for the Virtual
Partner and race against it.
NOTE:
This feature is not available for all activities.
1
Hold
UP
.
2
Select
Activities & Apps
.
3
Select an activity.
4
Select the activity settings.
5
Select
Data Screens
>
Add New
>
Virtual Partner
.
6
Enter a pace or speed value.
7
Press
UP
or
DOWN
to change the location of the Virtual Partner screen (optional).
8
Start your activity (
Starting an Activity
, page 3
).
9
Press
UP
or
DOWN
to scroll to the Virtual Partner screen and see who is leading.
Training
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