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HowFar, a free Garmin data field that shows the time to the next checkpoint of your course, learned from how you climb and descend.
Which file do I need? Pick the one for your watch:
| Watch | File |
|---|---|
| Enduro 3 | HowFar-enduro3.prg |
| fēnix 8 43 mm | HowFar-fenix843mm.prg |
| fēnix 8 47 mm | HowFar-fenix847mm.prg |
| fēnix 8 Solar 47 mm | HowFar-fenix8solar47mm.prg |
| fēnix 8 Solar 51 mm | HowFar-fenix8solar51mm.prg |
| epix Pro (Gen 2) 42 mm | HowFar-epix2pro42mm.prg |
| epix Pro (Gen 2) 47 mm | HowFar-epix2pro47mm.prg |
| epix Pro (Gen 2) 51 mm | HowFar-epix2pro51mm.prg |
How to install: connect the watch with its cable, open the GARMIN → Apps folder (on a Mac, with the free app OpenMTP) and copy the file there. If you have an older HowFar file there, replace it. Step by step: https://howfar-garmin.github.io/howfar/#install
Copied this way, HowFar has no settings, so the course profile can't be pasted. It works fully otherwise; the settings work when HowFar is installed from the Connect IQ Store.
New in this version
- A fair start. A slow first few hundred metres (a warm-up, a crowded start, a stop) no longer holds the prediction down for kilometres: on a test run, 1.5 km in, it said 39 minutes to go instead of 60, against 42 real.
- Stops leave no trace, even a short one to read the watch: the time you stand still isn't counted, and the prediction doesn't jump when you set off again.
- Turn directions are ignored when you've pasted the course profile: HowFar counts down only to the profile's points, even if the watch announces turns. Without the profile it can't tell a turn from a checkpoint, so turn off turn guidance for the course.
- Shortcuts: after cutting part of the course, HowFar starts over measuring how your distance compares with the course's, instead of staying 15% off.
- Easier to read: the checkpoint's name and the lines around it are bigger, the big number a little smaller; a line that doesn't fit drops to a smaller font instead of cutting the name.
- Tested on six races and 129 training runs: average error 3.81 → 3.63 min on the races, 4.45 → 4.14 on the runs, and about a fifth less in the first 45 minutes.
Race prep page: https://howfar-garmin.github.io/howfar/prepare.html