Triathlon Training
When you participate in a triathlon, you can use the triathlon activity to quickly transition to each sport segment,
to time each segment, and to save the activity.
1 From the watch face, press START.
2 Select Triathlon.
3 Press START to start the activity timer.
4 Press LAP at the beginning and end of each transition.
The transition feature can be turned on or off for the triathlon activity settings.
5 After you complete your activity, press STOP, and select Save.
Creating a Multisport Activity
1 From the watch face, press START.
2 Select Add > Multisport.
3 Select a multisport activity type, or enter a custom name.
Duplicate activity names include a number. For example, Triathlon(2).
4 Select two or more activities.
5 Select an option:
• Select an option to customize specific activity settings. For example, you can select whether to include
transitions.
• Select Done to save and use the multisport activity.
6 Select Yes to add the activity to your list of favorites.
Swimming
Swim Terminology
Length: One trip down the pool.
Interval: One or more consecutive lengths. A new interval starts after a rest.
Stroke: A stroke is counted every time your arm wearing the device completes a full cycle.
Swolf: Your swolf score is the sum of the time for one pool length and the number of strokes for that length. For
example, 30 seconds plus 15 strokes equals a swolf score of 45. For open water swimming, swolf is
calculated over 25 meters. Swolf is a measurement of swimming efficiency and, like golf, a lower score is
better.
Critical swim speed (CSS): Your CSS is the theoretical speed that you can maintain continuously without
exhaustion. You can use your CSS to guide your training pace and monitor your improvement.
Stroke Types
Stroke type identification is available only for pool swimming. Your stroke type is identified at the end of a
length. Stroke types appear in your swimming history and in your Garmin Connect account. You can also select
stroke type as a custom data field (
Customizing the Data Screens, page 99
).
Free
Freestyle
Back
Backstroke
Breast
Breaststroke
Fly
Butterfly
Mixed
More than one stroke type in an interval
Drill
Used with drill logging (
Training with the Drill Log, page 33
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Activities and Apps
