r/garminforerunner

Hi all,

my Forerunner 970 (software 18.29) crashed during the Cologne Marathon yesterday, almost exactly at the half marathon mark. I got the triangle, the watch rebooted and then kept recording, but I lost about 1:40 min of elapsed time and roughly 350 m of distance. Pacing the second half was pretty much guesswork after that.

Some details:

- Course loaded from Garmin Connect (race event), with "Auto Lap by Timing Gates" so laps triggered at the official km markers - that was very nice, even though the "last lap" on my datafield was the actual last km by GPS.

- No external sensors, no Connect IQ data fields, battery at 85%

- recovery_mode_log.txt shows "RTL Trap detected, errnum: 0x6e5d8035" at the moment of the crash

- No RAM dump in GARMIN/Debug/Dump

- After the reboot, laps were triggered by GPS distance, no longer by the timing gates

- In the FIT file, course point alerts sometimes fired 20 to 34 times in a row, once per second

I've reported it to Garmin support. Two questions for you. The last one is more important:

1. Has anyone else had crashes on 18.29, especially during long runs or races with a course loaded?

2. What do your data screens look like for running and racing? Do you keep the map as a permanent data screen, or do you leave it off and only rely on it while navigating? And does the FR970 force the map screen back in when you start a course, even if you removed it from the profile?

I'm considering a separate race profile without the map screen but still using the course for the timing gates. Curious how others handle this.

Thanks!

I just earned the Appalachian Trail badge- 2174.8 miles, in 9 months and 5 days. I walk, don’t jog or run. Super pumped about this accomplishment and nobody I know is in the Garmin world. So hello Forerunner people. I feel good about myself today!

I'm looking to switch to a Garmin from my Apple Watch SE (2nd gen). I've used Apple Watches for the last 4–5 years, almost entirely for sport and workouts: rowing, running and weights. I'm obsessed with metrics and GPS tracking.
I'm stuck between the 570 and the slightly older 265S. A common argument for the 570 is that it'll get updates for longer, but realistically how much longer, and is that worth an extra $400–500 AUD?
I know the 570 has extras like better heart rate accuracy and skin temperature, but I'm not sure I'd use them, especially since I haven't needed them before.
Is there anything else that makes the 570 worth it over the 265S? I always want the newest model (and it's within my budget), but if it's not meaningfully better than the much cheaper option, I don't see the point.
(I’m not looking at the 970 as it want the smaller model)