Recording A Critical Swim Speed Test; Editing Your Critical Swim Speed Result; Workout Execution Score; About The Training Calendar - Garmin FORERUNNER 255 Series Owner's Manual

Recording a Critical Swim Speed Test

Your Critical Swim Speed (CSS) value is the result of
a time-trial-based test expressed as a pace per 100
meters. Your CSS is the theoretical speed you can
maintain continuously without exhaustion. You can use
your CSS to guide your training pace and monitor your
improvement.
1 Press START.
2 Select Pool Swim.
3 Hold UP.
4 Select Training > Critical Swim Speed > Do Critical
Swim Speed Test.
5 Press DOWN to preview the workout steps
(optional).
6 Press START.
7 Press START to start the activity timer.
8 Follow the on-screen instructions.

Editing Your Critical Swim Speed Result

You can manually edit or enter a new time for your CSS
value.
1 From the watch face, press START.
2 Select Pool Swim.
3 Hold UP.
4 Select Training > Critical Swim Speed > Critical
Swim Speed.
5 Enter the minutes.
6 Enter the seconds.

Workout Execution Score

After you complete a workout, the watch displays your
workout execution score based on how accurately you
completed the workout. For example, if your 60 minute
workout has a target pace range, and you stay in that
range for 50 minutes, your workout execution score is
83%.
Good, 67 to 100%
Average, 34 to 66%
Low, 0 to 33%

About the Training Calendar

The training calendar on your watch is an extension
of the training calendar or schedule you set up in your
Garmin Connect account. After you have added a few
workouts to the Garmin Connect calendar, you can send
them to your device. All scheduled workouts sent to the
device appear in the calendar glance. When you select
a day in the calendar, you can view or do the workout.
The scheduled workout stays on your watch whether
you complete it or skip it. When you send scheduled
workouts from Garmin Connect, they overwrite the
existing training calendar.

Using Garmin Connect Training Plans

Before you can download and use a training plan, you
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must have a Garmin Connect account
page 39), and you must pair the Forerunner watch
with a compatible phone.
1 From the Garmin Connect app, select
2 Select Training > Training Plans.
3 Select and schedule a training plan.
4 Follow the on-screen instructions.
5 Review the training plan in your calendar.

Adaptive Training Plans

Your Garmin Connect account has an adaptive training
plan and Garmin coach to fit your training goals. For
example, you can answer a few questions and find a
plan to help you complete a 5 km race. The plan adjusts
to your current level of fitness, coaching and schedule
preferences, and race date. When you start a plan, the
Garmin coach glance is added to the glance loop on
your Forerunner watch.

Starting Today's Workout

After you send a Garmin Coach training plan to your
watch, the Garmin Coach glance appears in your glance
loop (Customizing the Glance Loop, page
1 From the watch face, press UP or DOWN to view the
Garmin Coach glance.
If a workout for this activity is scheduled for today,
the watch shows the workout name and prompts
you to start it.
2 Press START.
3 Press DOWN to view the workout steps (optional).
4 Press START, and select Do Workout.
5 Follow the on-screen instructions.

Interval Workouts

Interval workouts can be open or structured. Structured
repeats can be based on distance or time. The device
saves your custom interval workout until you edit the
workout again.

Customizing an Interval Workout

1 Press START.
2 Select an activity.
3 Press UP.
4 Select Training > Intervals > Structured Repeats.
A workout appears.
(Garmin Connect,
or .
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Training