Hi, Is there a way to set a preference to how your sessions are measured? e.g. I use to be sent a session that would say L2 heart zone, for example. After completing a 5k TT my sessions are now coming through in power ranges. Is there an advantage to this? - I would prefer the heart rate zones as this is what i know..
@FlaayZ I unchecked the box in your Profile settings that says âmy device supports powerâ. Letâs see if that makes any difference for you. Thereâs also an option in your connection settings to prefer HR only. Currently you have smartcoach setting on which prescribes HR for low intensity sessions and pace/power for high intensity.
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I am also having the same issue. It used to be that long runs or zone 2 would be prescribed as HR and for anything else pace. The system worked well for me and I have a good gage on both. I donât really understand power and at this point in my training do not want to get my head around it! No matter what I do I cant seem to get the workouts across as not power even deleting them from Garmin and resyncing with selected âperscribe as paceâ. The last week of so I have been going out and just memorising what it said on the app and trying to match that! I feel like there could be a bug if its possible to fix 
Same, HR is a better metric for me for L2 running. Suddenly itâs power?
Maybe itâs a better metric for Zone 2, but I for sure am better able to stay in the right range with HR vs power.
My few runs with the recent power are me too low.. too high⌠and sometimes in range. For sure harder to be in tune with power, at least for me.
I really like the running by power, but load has discrepancy
This is the second time doing by power and I as at the top end of the power and distance, pace was off what it was expecting.
Thanks all â really appreciate the thoughtful feedback here.
Just to clarify how Smart Coach is currently designed to function for running sessions:
For sessions in Zone 2 or lower â Athletica always prescribes by heart rate. HR is generally the most stable and appropriate internal load measure for low-intensity aerobic work.
For sessions above Zone 2 â Athletica uses external load (pace or power) if:
- Youâve indicated in your profile that your device supports run power, and
- You have a valid run power threshold.
In that case, Smart Coach will prescribe using power.
If no power threshold is available but you have a threshold pace, weâll default to pace.
If neither is available or youâve set a preference for HR, weâll default to heart rate.
If those are set correctly but youâre not getting it appropriately, please report in with screenshots and weâll see if this is a bug.
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All of my easy runs in the past few weeks are suddenly power based⌠this one tomorrow Iâm going to guess will be power⌠it is a Zone 1-2 run.
Iâd be fine with runs above Z2 being pace/power⌠but the easy stuff for sure HR is much better for me.
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Hey @Prof
Thanks for the confirmation on how the wizard works.
Just a note - I am in a test week this week and have a MAF test. Although the text definition of this is Heart Rate based, the wizard has prescribed this in power.
Is there a way to âforceâ just this workout to use Heart Rate? I assume i shouldnt be running this test using power ?
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Hi @Prof
My runs are all being prescribed by pace (after disabling power in settings) for all types of run. Iâve experienced similar with cycling, all power even L2 steady rides are by power.
It can take multiple attempts of re syncing the workout to Garmin with HR selected, rather than let coach decide, to get the workout uploaded with HR. I also had an issue yesterday that my race pace bike session was updated in the app and slightly different from the version on my Garmin Edge. It took multiple syncs, deleting all workouts, resyncing until the updated workout was on my device. I donât know if this would be an Athletica issue or Garmin cache problem contributing as well?
Hello @Prof,
I have the same âproblemâ. it seems that both my run and bike aero workouts are now power based. The same goes for my SE runs.
How can I fix that ?
thanks
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@Prof just confirming the workout I did above (this morning) was a Zone2/L2 run and it went with power vs. heart rate.
Iâd disable power in my Garmin Connect but my worry it will impact bike workouts, which I 100% want to be power based. I also want my faster runs to be pace/maybe power based.
I digress my Zone 2 runs with âlet coach decideâ currently are still/as of late⌠power based?
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Hi everyone who is following this thread, just wanted to touch base and say: weâve seen this. Please hang tight as we investigate. Thank you for providing screenshots!
Iâll get back to you as soon as I can, but in the meanwhile, please choose the âpower/paceâ option on your settings for now, so your watch shows your runs as pace instead of power.
MJ
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Hi all,
Weâve made another adjustment. As my prior message but now also the option to resync future sessions. Please try and let us know how it goes.
What does the âprefer open warmup/cooldownâ settings mean?
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If you have for example a hill that requires more time to get to than 15 mins, you can use open warm up. Or you need more warm up than 10- 15 mins to Warm up in the bike⌠you then start your main set with lap button .
Hope this helps, MJ
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Hi @Prof I am having the same issue on my acconut. I did check that âmy device support powerâ is off and I have pace as preffered in running prescriptions. I have tried to recalculate the plan multiple times but unfortunatelly I still get power 
Because of this issue, I cannot use Intervals integration properly to plan my rest of the year. Can you please help me resolve it?
Here is some more information.
Thank you.
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Hello everyone,
Anyone whose runs have been prescribed by power- could you please try selecting âresync future sessionsâ and have â AI coach decideâ .
@holkatriatlonka @Prato please try and report back to me 
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Unfortunately this mornig i had short HIIT in hills and i prefer do this on power like it proposed me. So i donât know if effectively it want me follow power or it is still that glitch. Letâs see next run session then Iâll come back to you @Marjaana
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@Marjaana I am afraid that âresync future sessionâ only applies to Garmin integration.
I have proceeded according to your manual:
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Sessions in Athletica still prescriped by power
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Sessions Intervals too, which is causing issues with plan
Garmin seems to be getting data correcly, if I select anything on Garmin it shows pace instead of power.
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Just wanted to say, I used the workout function for the first time in a while today (I donât auto sync my workouts to my watch)
Using Stryd and a Garmin Fenix 6 - Workout worked absolutely perfectly. Better than Strydâs own (I think, well there wasnât the annoying useless screens to scroll through anyway!)
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