Viewing History; Activity Tracking; Sleep Tracking - Garmin Forerunner 15 Owner's Manual

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Marking Laps
You can set your device to use the Auto Lap
automatically marks a lap at every kilometer (mile), and you can
mark laps manually. This feature is helpful for comparing your
performance over different parts of an activity.
1
Select
> Run Options > Laps.
2
Select an option:
• Select Auto Lap > Turn On to use the Auto Lap feature.
• Select Lap Key > Turn On to use
an activity.
3
Go for a run
(Going For a
Pausing Your Run Automatically
You can use Auto Pause
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you stop moving. This feature is helpful if your run includes stop
lights or other places where you need to stop.
NOTE: The paused time is not saved with your history data.
Select
> Run Options > Auto Pause > Turn On.

Activity Tracking

Turning On Activity Tracking
The activity tracking feature records your daily step count, step
goal, distance traveled, and calories burned for each recorded
day. Your calories burned includes your base metabolism plus
activity calories.
Activity tracking can be enabled during the initial device setup,
or at any time.
Select
> Settings > Activity Tracking > Turn On.
Your step count does not appear until the device acquires
satellite signals and sets the time automatically. The device
may need a clear view of the sky to acquire satellite signals.
Your total number of steps taken during the day appears
beneath the time of day. The step count is updated periodically.
TIP: You can select
to scroll through your activity tracking
data.
About the Step Goal
You must turn on activity tracking before you can use the step
goal.
Your device creates a daily step goal automatically, based on
the previous day's step count. You can set a personalized step
goal at Garmin Connect. As you move during the day, the
device shows your progress toward your daily goal
Hiding the Step Goal
You can hide the step goal from the screen.
Select
> Settings > Activity Tracking > Goal > Hide.
Using the Move Alert
You must turn on activity tracking before you can use the move
alert.
Sitting for prolonged periods of time can trigger harmful
metabolic state changes. The move alert reminds you to keep
moving. After one hour of inactivity, Move! appears.
Go for a short walk (at least a couple of minutes) to reset the
move alert.
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feature, which
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to mark a lap during
Run).
to pause the timer automatically when

Sleep Tracking

During sleep mode, the device monitors your rest. Sleep
statistics include total hours of sleep, periods of movement, and
periods of restful sleep.
Using Sleep Tracking
1
Wear the device while sleeping.
2
Upload your sleep tracking data to the Garmin Connect site
(Using Garmin
3
Enter your sleep and wake times on your Garmin Connect
account to view your sleep statistics.
History
You can view your last seven running sessions on your
Forerunner device, and you can upload and view unlimited
running sessions on Garmin Connect. When the device memory
is full, your oldest data is overwritten.
NOTE: Run history is not recorded while the timer is stopped or
paused.
Personal Records
When you complete a run, the device displays any new
personal records you achieved during that run. Personal
records include your fastest time over several typical race
distances and longest run.

Viewing History

1
Select
2
Select an option:
• Select Daily Steps to view your step count, goal, distance
traveled, and calories burned for each recorded day.
• Select Runs to view the date, time, distance, pace,
calories burned, and lap data for your saved running
sessions.
NOTE: You can also view your average heart rate and
heart rate zone for saved running sessions using an
optional heart rate monitor.
• Select Records to view your personal record time,
distance, and pace over various distances.
Deleting a Run from History
NOTE: Deleting a run from your device history does not delete it
from Garmin Connect.
1
Select
.
2
Select Runs.
3
Select a run.
4
Select
Deleting Personal Records
1
Select
2
Select a record to delete.
3
Select Clear > Yes.
Restoring a Personal Record
You can set each personal record back to the one previously
recorded.
1
Select
2
Select a record to restore.
3
Select Use Previous > Use Record.
Data Management
NOTE: The device is not compatible with Windows
Windows NT
Connect).
> History.
> History.
> Discard > Yes.
> History > Records.
> History > Records.
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OS 10.3 and earlier.
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