#337: MapMyRide course to a Garmin 705
By special request, here is the procedure for exporting a file from MapMyRide.com to the courses folder of a Garmin 705. It is pretty straight forward, just need to know what to do.
The following is done using Firefox on a Mac, it is basically the same on a PC.
(1) Find your route… and open it from the list (or make it new)
(2) Find the “ROUTES” menu when in map view.
(3) Open ROUTE menu… Select: “Save to GARMIN/CRS”
(4) Enter target speed (just guess, not that important) and select TCX file format. Hit “SAVE CRS” button even though you are downloading a “TCX” file.
(5) Save the file to you computer (somewhere where you can find it)
(6) Move this file to your Garmin mounted as a drive on your computer. Under GARMIN/COURSES folder.
When you startup your Garmin 705, the course should be available in the Courses menu (under the main menu item “Training”).
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The course will be highlighted purple on your map screen(s) for you to follow. When in a course, a few more screens are added to the rotation. The speed selected will the constant speed “rabbit” that will go 18 mph all the time (or whatever speed you select): that is up/down hills and through traffic lights. It is sometimes interesting to chase him and try to run him down on a long ride (the Garmin will show how far ahead/behind you are). I also think that history files can be used as courses, but I haven’t tried that. I normally use this feature for new routes and when I am riding out of town.
