Saturday, January 5, 2019

Saving Strava Course to Garmin Watch On iPhone

You can save a Strava course to your Garmin watch using an iPhone. This is done in 3 steps. First you download the course from Strava, then you open the course with Garmin Connect App. Finally you send the course to your device.

Download course from Strava

  1. Log in to the Strava Website and locate the course to download

  2. Click on Download GPX to download the course

  3. On the following download screen, tap the link: Open in “Connect”
  4. The Connect App launches to the screen: Course Setup
  5. Pick a course type: Running
  6. The next screen shows the course map with editing options
  7. Tap on the menu icon at the lower right
  8. In the overlay selection choices, tap on: Details
  9. In the screen for Course Details, update the name of the course and the privacy setting as needed
  10. Return to the screen for the course map and the course name is showing at the top
  11. Send the course to the Garmin device (watch) by tapping on the icon at the upper right
  12. Pick the device  you want to send the course to: fenix 5s
  13. Back up the menus to sync the device with the iPhone
  14. That’s all!