Garmin Settings?

Checking out the Garmin while running at IM Louisville.

I had an athlete recently ask what he should have displayed on his Garmin Forerunner 910xt.  Thought it was a good question, so wanted to share the answer here as well.
As a bit of background info I have been using Garmin products since the first Forerunner 101 came out.  Back then it was strapped to one wrist while my old HRM was strapped to the other (I looked like a dork...) I am not as much of an expert as DC Rainmaker (a blog I highly recommend you check out if you are interested in the technology of triathlon training) but I enjoy learning about new technology and how devices can help me and my athletes with our training.
I am currently using the Garmin Edge 500 as my primary computer on the bike and love using the Garmin Forerunner 910xt while swimming and running.  I have the Garmin cadence/speed sensor on my road bike, though on the tri bike cadence comes from my Quarq powermeter.  I've recently added the foot pod sensor for running as well. At races last summer I had the 910xt running in multisport mode for the whole race. I would be totally lost without my Garmin devices, don't know how anyone could make good decisions to race effectively without them.

As for what to "watch on the watch", it is all personal preference and some are a bit obvious but the ones I strongly recommend are in bold -


Bike 
Screen 1 - 3” Avg Watts, HR Zn, Cadence, Speed; 
Screen 2 - Total Distance, Lap Avg Speed (I auto-lap every 10-15 miles), Total avg speed, Total Time, Normalize Power Lap
Screen 3 - Time of Day, Calories burned, Temperature


Run
Screen 1 - Lap Distance (I auto-lap every mile), HR Zn, Lap Pace, Lap Cadence
Screen 2 - Total Time, Total Distance, Total Avg Pace, Total Average Cadence
Screen 3 - time of day, Training Effect, Calories burned.

When I go to a hilly place like Colorado I will add elevation to the bike settings.  When I was riding last summer in KY and in Maryland I added elevation gained to my third bike screen just for curiosity, but around Kansas City I find its sort of mute, at least until I get home and upload the file.
I have my devices set to Auto-pause while I'm training but on race day I obviously turn that feature off.
Please feel free to add a comment below if you have other suggestions regarding setup, always open to ideas.

Scott PR's at Louisville Marathon

The PRs just keep falling!  Congratulations to Scott Bowling on his Boston Qualifying run at the Louisville Marathon yesterday as he took 21 minutes off his previous best effort. Huge!!
To read more about Scott and his journey click the Scotty Tris link on right.
Thank you to everyone who came out to Lees Summit R-7 Aquatic Center to swim, bike and run.  Great session, hope you liked to route.

Group Ride 4-19-14

Here is the route for our ride from Lees Summit R-7 Aquatic Center.  I have ridden all these roads and I think you will like the route.  You should also access this at mapmyride.com so you can download it to your phone for navigation purposes. Here's the link - MTC Grp Ride 4/19/14

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Downtown Airport Time Trial #1

April 1st was more than "Fools Day", it was also the semi-official kick off of the MTC Downtown Airport Time Trial Series.  We have done events at the Airport for years but this season we are going to make it an on-going series, on the First Tuesday of each month.

Thank you to everyone who participated.  I also appreciate those who spread the word about the ride via social media and/or invited friends to come along as well.

The next "public" event on the MTC training calendar is the Kansas 70.3 Training Camp May 2-4.  

The next Time Trial will be May 6th.  To register just "Join" the event on Facebook

Congratulations to our Men's winner - Aleks "the Flying Serb" Tasic and our Women's leader, Sara "I Just Chicked You" Prince.

The overall results for three laps with a rolling start were:

1	Aleks Tasic	26:16
2	Mark Carey	26:42
3	Preston W	26:56
4	Brandon Simpson	27:22
5	Reece Robinson	27:33
6	Justin Estes	27:37
7	Jeff Sturd	27:49
8	Scott Bolen	27:50
9	Caleb Teague	27:52
10	Riley Freeman	28:06
11	Peter Paulin	28:07
12	Scott Bowling	28:24
13	Mark Burghart	28:58
14	Sara Prince	29:26
15	Todd Dicus	29:32
16	Danny Loental	30:06
17	Rafael Frontaura	30:07
18	Monty Stanley	30:08
19	Greg Clum	30:22
20	Nathan Goodnight	30:22
21	Jeff Remsburg	30:49
22	Pete Davis	30:55
23	Lew Vandover	31:53
24	Kim Uhrich	31:55
25	Becky Ingold Henning	33:43
26	Beth Shull	36:17
27	Alan Gore	Flat
28	Chris Dyroff	Flat

70.3 Training Camp Registration Now Available

New information and a registration link for the annual Ironman Kansas 70.3 training camp May 2-4 is now available on the Camps/Clinics page of the MTC website. 

While you are there check out the preliminary info about the new (resurrected actually) Summer Training Camp - July 9-13. Although all MTC coached athletes are encouraged to attend these Camps you do not have to be a coached athlete to participate and benefit.