Hill Score; Viewing Cycling Ability; Race Calendar And Primary Race - Garmin Fenix 8 Series Owner's Manual

Hill Score

Your hill score helps you understand your current capacity for uphill running based on your training history
and VO2 max. estimate. Your watch detects uphill segments with 2% grade or more during an outdoor running
activity. You can view your hill endurance, hill strength, and changes to your hill score over time.
Color Zone
Pink
Purple
Blue
Green
Orange
Red

Viewing Cycling Ability

Before you can view your cycling ability, you must have a 7-day training history, VO2 max. data recorded in your
user profile (About VO2 Max. Estimates,
Your Power Curve, page 80).
Cycling ability is a measurement of your performance across three categories: aerobic endurance, aerobic
capacity, and anaerobic capacity. Cycling ability includes your current rider type, such as climber. Information
you enter in your user profile, such as body weight, also helps determine your rider type
Profile, page 132).
1 From the watch face, press
NOTE: You may need to add the glance to your glances list
2 Press to view your current rider type.
3 Press to view a detailed analysis of your cycling ability (optional).

Race Calendar and Primary Race

When you add a race event to your Garmin Connect calendar, you can view the event on your watch by adding
the primary race glance
countdown to the event, your goal time or predicted finish time (running events only), and weather information.
NOTE: Historical weather information for the location and date is available right away. Local forecast data
appears approximately 14 days before the event.
If you add more than one race event, you are prompted to choose a primary event.
Depending on the available course data for your event, you can view elevation data, the course map, and add a
PacePro plan (PacePro
™
86
Score
95 to 100
85 to 94
70 to 84
50 to 69
25 to 49
1 to 24
page 75), and power curve data from a paired power meter
to view the cycling ability glance.
(Glances, page 68). The event date must be in the next 365 days. The watch displays a
Training, page 35).
Description
Elite
Expert
Skilled
Trained
Challenger
Recreational
(Customizing the Glances List,
(Viewing
(Setting Up Your User
page 72).
Glances