{"id":358258,"date":"2025-08-20T01:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T01:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/358258\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T01:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T01:59:11","slug":"how-the-garmin-watch-can-help-you-pace-yourself-during-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/358258\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Garmin Watch Can Help You Pace Yourself During Runs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Huge news: You\u2019ve been running too fast<\/a>. Unless you’re in a race or doing a specific workout, you probably should be running at a conversational pace. But pacing yourself is tougher than it looks. I’m no stranger to starting my runs too fast and burning out halfway through. Or, I cruise along too slowly when I meant to push myself. For years, this made my training felt inconsistent, and I couldn’t understand why some days felt effortless while others left me gasping for air within the first mile.<\/p>\n

Then, while testing the Garmin Forerunner 165<\/a> (which I review here<\/a>), I fell in love with Garmin’s structured workout features. It was game-changer for me to look down at my watch and see not just some basic interval timer, but a tool that actually guides you through each phase of your workout with specific pace or heart rate targets. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy you need to use Garmin’s structured workouts<\/p>\n

I’ll confess: Before using structured workouts, I relied entirely on perceived effort to guide my pace. The problem? My perception was wildly unreliable. On days when I felt energetic, I’d bolt out of the gate like I was racing a 5K, even during what should have been an easy recovery run. On days when I felt sluggish, I’d shuffle along at a pace that barely qualified as jogging, even during tempo sessions.<\/p>\n

This inconsistency wasn’t just frustrating\u2014it was counterproductive. Running too hard on easy days prevented proper recovery, while running too easy on workout days meant I wasn’t getting the training I needed to improve.<\/p>\n

How to send a workout to your Garmin watch<\/p>\n

Here’s how I set up a typical threshold run.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Plan the workout <\/p>\n

Using Garmin Connect<\/a> on my phone, I create a custom workout with distinct phases:<\/p>\n