The Running Thread - 2026

[Dopey 2020]

Just finished the month with a morning run, pretty happy with getting in more speed work but had to skip three runs because I was feeling like an overuse injury was coming on. Trying to balance that fine line between gains and pushing too hard.

 

[WillRunForPizza]

February 2026

Running: 21h 6m, 120.6 miles*
Indoor bike: 6h 43m
Strength/mobility: 8h 33m
Total: 36h 24m

Still working my way back to normal running (so the distance is still off from not capturing incline).

 

[Herding_Cats]

My garmin is suddenly going dead in a day. I used it for MW, and finished the marathon in just over 7hrs with around 30% battery remaining. During basketball season I took it off and left it in my bag for about a month and charged it once I got back to FL for PW. And as I stated, it’s going completely dead in less than 24hrs.

Any thoughts? Help?

 

[avondale]

My garmin is suddenly going dead in a day. I used it for MW, and finished the marathon in just over 7hrs with around 30% battery remaining. During basketball season I took it off and left it in my bag for about a month and charged it once I got back to FL for PW. And as I stated, it’s going completely dead in less than 24hrs.

Any thoughts? Help?

With all Garmin problems, the customer support will suggest resetting. First, a hard reset of your watch (power off, leave for awhile, power back on). Then if that doesn't work, they'll suggest a factory reset. I was having some battery issues and they suggested that. (I didn't want to do a factory reset so I haven't tried that. My battery problem isn't as bad as yours.)

You might also want to find out what software version your watch is on. Maybe you got a new update that is screwed up? It happens. I usually check on the Garmin forums to see what people are saying about the latest update for my watch if I'm having a problem.

https://forums.garmin.com/ you may have to do some digging around to find the forum for your watch.

 

[sandam1]

With all Garmin problems, the customer support will suggest resetting. First, a hard reset of your watch (power off, leave for awhile, power back on). Then if that doesn't work, they'll suggest a factory reset. I was having some battery issues and they suggested that. (I didn't want to do a factory reset so I haven't tried that. My battery problem isn't as bad as yours.)

You might also want to find out what software version your watch is on. Maybe you got a new update that is screwed up? It happens. I usually check on the Garmin forums to see what people are saying about the latest update for my watch if I'm having a problem.

https://forums.garmin.com/ you may have to do some digging around to find the forum for your watch.

If the hard reset doesn't work, I would highly suggest just calling Garmin customer support. I was having an issue with my older Garmin (235) and they were extremely helpful in working out the problem.

 

[FFigawi]

The steps I use when my watch is acting funny:
1. Hard reset
2. Update to latest firmware
3. Hard reset
4. Read the forums if still wonky