Features

This section describes the most important features of the Running App Professional 2 in more detail. Here a short summary:

Session features

This section describes the workout session features which are very similar among all of our Garmin Connect IQ™ applications. The current workout session status is indicated by a specific sign. Following table provides an overview about all possible states of a workout session.

Session status	Visualization	Description
NOT STARTED	Blinking red border	Workout session (recording) was not started so far. This is the state after starting the app. Press the "START" button to start workout.
RUNNING	Constant grey header/footer	Workout session (recording) is running. This is the case after you manually pressed the "START" button. If the Auto-Stop feature is enabled, the speed must be above the specified limit, otherwise the app automatically enters AUTO-STOP mode.
AUTO-STOP	Blinking yellow pause sign	Workout session is in Auto-Stop mode which means that the speed is below the user-defined Auto Start/Stop limit. Please be aware that no session recording takes place in this state.
PAUSED	Blinking red stop sign	Workout session (recording) was manually paused in the menu by selection of "Pause Session". It can be resumed at any point in time by entering the menu again and selecting "Resume Session". Please be aware that no session recording takes place in this state.

Start a workout session (NOT STARTED)

After starting the app the workout session status is "NOT STARTED" as the session has to be manually started by the user. This can be done by pressing the "START" button. This state is visualized by showing a blinking red boarder every two seconds as illustrates in following picture:

Workout session running (RUNNING)

After pressing the "START" button the first time after app start, the session status changes from "NOT STARTED" to "RUNNING". This is illustrated by a constant grey header/footer as shown in the following picture:

Auto-stop mode (AUTO-STOP)

Whenever the speed goes below the user-specific limit the app automatically enters the "AUTO-STOP" mode. When the speed goes above this limit, the app enters "RUNNING" mode again. This state is visualized by showing a blinking yellow boarder with a pause sign in the middle every two seconds as shown in following picture:

Manually paused session (PAUSED)

The user can manually pause the workout session at any time if the session status is in "RUNNING" or "AUTO-STOP" mode. This can be done by pressing the "START" button. A menu is shown where the user can select among following choices by either pressing the touch screen or by up/down or left/right buttons:

User selection	Description
Resume	Start or resume workout session
Pause	Pause workout session. This allows the user to navigate through the data pages. The workout session can be resumed again at any time by pressing "START" button and select "Resume".
Save and Exit	Save workout data and close the application. After synchronization with your watch or via Garmin Express Software the workout data will be uploaded to the Garmin cloud and will be visible via Garmin Connect.
Discard and Exit	Discard session data and close the application. Please note that all the collected workout data is lost!

A stopped session is indicated by a blinking red boarder and pause sign in the middle of the screen as shown in following figure:

ALERT features

Already the FREE Version of Running App Professional 2 provides you basic ALERT features, e.g. to indicate the start and stop of the session recording.

Following figure illustrates how it looks on a Forerunner® 235:

In the PREMIUM Version of the Running App Professional 2 following additional ALERT features are provided:

Distance alert feature

In order to use this feature, please configure the proper "ALERT1 Mode" according to following tables:

ALERT1 mode	Description
Disabled	Feature is disabled.
Single distance alert	In this mode a distance ALERT is shown once when the user-defined distance (in km or miles) is reached.
Periodic distance alert	In this mode a distance ALERT is shown every time when the user-defined distance (in km or miles) elapsed.

Following figure illustrates how it looks on a Forerunner® 235:

Alert mode 2 and 3

ALERT2/3 mode	Description
Disabled	Feature is disabled.
Heart rate above limit	In this mode a heart rate ALERT is shown when the user-defined limit (in beats per minute) is exceeded. If such an alert is shown then you have ~30 seconds time for reduce the heart rate below the limit, else a new alert is shown again.
Pace above limit	In this mode a PACE xs ALERT is shown when the user-defined limit (in seconds) is exceeded. If such an alert is shown then you have ~30 seconds time to increase your PACE, else a new alert is shown again.
Cadence above Limit	In this mode a Cadence ALERT is shown when the user-defined limit (in revolutions per minute) is exceeded. If such an alert is shown then you have ~30 seconds time to increase your cadence, else a new alert is shown again.
Single timer alert	In this mode a Timer ALERT is shown once when the user-defined time (in minutes) is reached.
Periodic timer alert	In this mode a Timer ALERT is shown every time when the user-defined time (in minutes) is reached. In the ALERT the accumulated time is shown.

Following figure illustrates how a heart rate alert looks on a Forerunner® 235:

Following figure illustrates how a timer alert configured for one minute looks on a Fenix® 3:

LAP features

This app offers different LAP features. In order to use them, please configure the proper LAP mode and freely assign the LAP specific data fields in the 2-, 4- or 7-Field data pages according to your personal needs.

LAP mode	Description
Feature disabled	LAP feature is disabled.
Manual mode	In this mode the LAP number increases each time when you manually press the "BACK" or "LAP" button on your watch. The feature only works when the workout session is in running or auto-stop mode.
Auto mode (distance-based)	In this mode the LAP number increases automatically when the user-configured distance (separate configuration) is reached. The feature only works when the workout session is in running or auto-stop mode.
Combined manual/auto mode (distance-based)	In this mode the LAP number increases either manually when pressing the "BACK" or "LAP" button or automatically when the user-configured distance (separate configuration) is reached. The feature only works when the workout session is in running or auto-stop mode.

Following figure illustrates how it looks on a Forerunner® 235:

LAP-Related data fields Following LAP-related data fields are available which can be freely assigned via configuration in the PREMIUM version to any data field of the 2-, 4- or 7-field data pages:

Field	Description
LAP	Current LAP number
CL DIST	Current LAP distance in km or mi
CL PACE	Current LAP pace in the format mm:ss
CL SPEED	Current LAP speed (average) in km/h or mi/h
CL TIME	Current LAP time in the format hh:mm or mm:ss
LL DIST	Last LAP distance in km or mi
LL PACE	Last LAP pace in the format mm:ss
LL SPEED	Last LAP speed (average) in km/h or mi/h
LL TIME	Last LAP time in the format hh:mm or mm:ss

Additional information Following additional LAP-feature related information is provided:

ALERT information when new LAP started.
LAP history for last four laps.

Race prediction

The race prediction feature calculates following information based on the configured expected race distance and time:

Estimated time of arrival in data field ETA.
Time you are ahead your predicted race time in data field AHEAD.
Required PACE to achieve your race goal in data field PACE_REQ.
Remaining distance in data field DIST REM.

Example: Run a marathon of 42.195 meters in 3 hours

Configure following values in the app settings:

Set Race prediction distance to 42.195
Set Race prediction time to 10800 (= 3 * 3600)

Data field coloring

Data field coloring is currently only supported for the heart rate related data fields and has to be enabled via the user settings.

Following table describes the color coding:

HR zone	Color	Percentage of maximum heart rate
Zone 0	BLACK	M HR % < 50
Zone 1	GREY	50 <= M HR % < 59
Zone 2	BLUE	60 <= M HR % < 69
Zone 3	GREEN	70 <= M HR % < 79
Zone 4	ORANGE	80 <= M HR % < 89
Zone 5	RED	90 <= M HR % < 99
Zone 6	DARK RED	M HR % >= 100

Following figure illustrates how it looks on a Forerunner® 235:

Key lock feature

When the session is started, the key lock feature can be activated by following sequence:

Press "START" button.
Move down until "Lock Keys" appears in the menu via "UP" and "DOWN" buttons.
Select "Lock Keys" by pressing "START" button.

When the key lock feature is active, only the "START" button will be handled anymore, all other buttons and inputs are ignored.

To disable the key lock feature, please perform following steps:

Press "START" button.
Move down until "Unlock Keys" appears in the menu via "UP" and "DOWN" buttons.
Select "Unlock Keys" by pressing "START" button.

Workout summary

After saving the workout session a workout summary is shown with following information:

Duration in the format m:ss, mm:ss, h:mm:ss or hh:mm:ss.
Distance in km or mi.
Average pace in min/km or min/mi.
Average heart rate in bpm.
Calories consumption in kcal.
Average speed in km/h or mi/h.
Elevation gain in feet or meter.
Elevation loss in feet or meter.
Training effect.