There are various articles on the web showing you how to do this (including a very poor one on the Strava app). However, I have put together a brief video showing how it is done. This applies to non-music enabled Garmin watches (the latest Garmins can store and play music via bluetooth headphones - a different method is required to transfer data to Strava from those watches. You can find details on-line). This video shows a Windows PC however, a similar procedure works for a MacBook. The procedure does not work with an iPad or Android tablet.
This would be a useful way to get your Vertical Mile session uploaded as I imagine it could take some weeks for Garmin to catch up with the millions of un-synched sessions around the world once their systems are back on-line. Note that this method manually "pulls" the so-called Garmin *.fit file for the session from your watch to Strava. You will not end up with a duplicate session on Strava once Garmin is able to sync again as Garmin will "push" that same *.fit file to Strava. The Strava database will see that this is an identical record to one already uploaded (from same watch serial number and exactly the same time stamped data) and will not upload it again. Finally, you can use this method to upload up to 25 *.fit files at once. Just select multiple files at the "File Open" dialogue in Strava.
Alan
Here is the video (with a voice over):
2 comments:
Seem to have got that but when i click on activities its only listing them till 9/7/20.
Anything ive done after the 9th isnt there even though there still on the watch
Russell, if the detail of the individual sessions show up on the watch after the 9th, then the fit files must be on the watch because that is where the watch is reading the details from. In Windows File Explorer, make sure the view order is sorted by date (click on the "Date" heading at the top of the list to toggle between ascending and descending date order). By default Explorer displays files sorted alphabetically by "Name". The fit file names are random (eg A70B1904.Fit) and your most recent files could be anywhere in the alphabetical list. I have Explorer set to default to date order, most recent first. I should have pointed that out on the video but didn't leave enough space for me to say that in the voice over.
Alan
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