Edge 500 Owner’s Manual 13
Training with Your Edge
Courses
Courses allow you to train using a
previously recorded activity. You can
follow the course trying to match
or exceed previously set goals. For
example, if the original course was
completed in 30 minutes, you will
race against a Virtual Partner
®
trying
to complete the course in under 30
minutes.
Garmin recommends that you use
Garmin Connect or Garmin Training
Center (page 7) to create courses. You
can then transfer the courses to your
Edge (page 35).
Course Points
You must use Garmin Training
Center to add course points to any
course. You can add course points, or
places on your course that you want
to remember, such as water stops or
distance goals.
Creating Courses with Your
Edge
Before you can create a course, you
must have history with GPS track data
saved to the Edge.
1. Press and hold MENU.
2. Select Training > Courses > New.
3. Select a previous ride on which to
base your course.
The Edge assigns a default name
to your new course that appears in
the list.
4. Select the course from the list.
5. Select Edit Course to rename the
course.
6. Enter a descriptive course name
in the top eld (for example,
18mi_Ridgeview).