Resetting Garmin Records - Decisions Decisions 🤔

space2ground1

Looking back on my Garmin PBs since I started running in 2016 and all of my PBs are in 2017. Now that I’m past that burst of mid 30’s dedication, I’m wondering has anyone ever managed or felt like resetting their Garmin records in their 40s to start again and chase a baldier, heavier, time poor dragon?

Can records even be reset without losing the activity data?

Probably a philosophical as much as a technical question! 😁

Pherekydes

I always reset first thing New year's day. So every year it shows my year bests. This is on my watch only.

Murph_D

Resetting the record doesn't affect the underlying activity so if you change your mind later you can always reassociate the activity with your record.

However unless you are an elite runner I think a more interesting objective is to see if you can get back to those kind of times and beat them!

Nuttzz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121562927#Comment_121562927

I have to agree, it was a boost for me in 2023 setting my 2016 PBs getting replaced.

space2ground1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121563926#Comment_121563926

By training again for quicker times or just resetting them back to whatever you could achieve in 23?

Nuttzz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121564090#Comment_121564090

By training for quicker times, there is still a rouge 10k pb from 2018 that needs sorting 🙂

space2ground1

At the time I was training 5-6 days and just threw a huge amount of time at it. I had a coach and 1-1 plan etc. Now I’ve active kids and much less of a drive to spend serious time training while helping them with their own busy schedules. In fact I haven’t done a tap myself in months to tell the truth! I could do with ‘fresh’ start.

ballyargus

If you use a platform like Trainining Peaks to log data, you'll get analytics on year by year basis if you wish

space2ground1

I used to use Trainingpeaks when I had a coach but with Garmin being free of charge I’ve stuck to that since.