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DIALFORGE
Race Ready

7-day free trial, then a one-time 4.49 EUR unlock code at dialforge.dev. No subscription.

Race Ready: the runner's dashboard your Forerunner or fenix deserves.

Your Garmin already predicts your 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon time. Almost no watch face shows it. Race Ready puts all four on your wrist, next to VO2 max, weekly distance vs your goal, recovery hours and training status.

Features

  • 5K / 10K / half marathon / marathon race predictions (choose all four or a pair; Venu Sq 2 shows the first two)
  • Weekly running distance vs a goal you set, shown as a progress ring (the goal is set in km and converted on watches set to miles)
  • VO2 max, recovery hours and the date on the main dial
  • Training status (productive, recovering, peaking and so on)
  • Seconds display, toggle on or off
  • 10 accent colours
  • Clean always-on display: time and weekly distance, dimmed, shifted to protect your screen
  • Runs on round AMOLED and colour MIP watches

Data fields

Race predictor times, VO2 max, weekly run distance, recovery time, training status, heart rate, battery, calories, body battery, stress, respiration, pulse ox, resting heart rate, sleep score.

Race predictions, training status and weekly run distance need Connect IQ 4.2 or newer (most Forerunner and fenix models from 2022 on). Older watches show two regular data fields instead, so the face still looks complete.

Since 1.2.0: time format (12/24 h) and leading zero settings; 10 color sets (3 new) and a Popular list with the sets other users pick most; on touchscreen watches, touch and hold a field to open its screen.

Garmin does not give watch faces access to HRV status or Training Readiness, so no Connect IQ watch face can show them.

Code not working? Write to kontakt@dialforge.dev and we fix it or refund you.

Settings: on the watch (hold MENU, then Watch face, then Customize) or in the Connect IQ app.

Popular color sets: for that list only an anonymous color number is sent.

A little request from the maker

Dialforge is my student project. I build these watch faces after classes, so they are still at an early stage, and I could not test every watch model myself. If something looks wrong on your watch, please do not leave a negative rating: write to me first at https://dialforge.dev/faces/raceready/ and I will fix it, usually within 24 hours. A kind review means more to me than you can imagine. And if you like my work, you can buy me a coffee (the link is at the bottom of dialforge.dev): I am saving up to pay for my studies. Thank you for your patience and for giving a young developer a chance.

Manual

Race Ready: user manual

What it does

Race Ready is a runner's dashboard: your Garmin's 5K, 10K, half and full marathon predictions, plus a ring that fills as weekly distance nears your goal.

Requirements and supported watches

Needs Connect IQ 3.3.0+ and the Connect IQ or Garmin Connect phone app. Supported watches:

  • Round AMOLED: epix 2 and epix Pro 2, fēnix 8, E, Forerunner 165, 265, 570, 965, 970, Instinct 3 AMOLED, Crossover AMOLED, Venu 2, 3, 4, vivoactive 5, 6.
  • Round MIP: enduro 3, fēnix 7 series, 8 Solar, Forerunner 55, 245, 255, vivoactive 4.
  • Square and rectangular AMOLED: Venu Sq 2, Venu X1.

Installation

In the Connect IQ app on your phone (or Garmin Connect, then the Connect IQ Store) find "Race Ready" by Dialforge, tap Install and sync the watch. Then hold the watch face (or the menu button), choose Watch Face and select Race Ready.

First launch

You see date, time, predictions, VO2 and RECOVERY below, and training status with weekly km. Goal is 50 km. The 7-day trial starts the first time the face runs.

Controls

Watches with buttons (START, UP, DOWN, BACK)

  • No actions of its own. Settings: menu button (UP), Watch Face, Customize.

Touch watches (tap, hold, swipe)

  • Touch and hold a data field to open Garmin's screen for it. No matching screen, nothing happens.
  • The edge ring (square screens: corner circle) opens weekly run distance. Predictions and bottom values are touch spots too.

Settings

Watch: menu button, Watch Face, Customize. Phone: Connect IQ app, Race Ready, Settings (code fields only there).

  • Bottom field, left, Bottom field, right: each shows one of 11 data types. Defaults in that order: VO2 max, Recovery time.
  • Weekly run goal: 10 options, 10 km to 150 km. Default: 50 km.
  • Race predictions: 5K + 10K + Half + Full, 5K + 10K, Half + Full. Default: 5K + 10K + Half + Full.
  • Accent color: 10 color sets, White to Lime. Default: Green. The watch menu adds "Popular", the sets others pick most.
  • Seconds: on or off. Default: on.
  • Time format: Automatic (watch setting), 12-hour, 24-hour. Default: Automatic.
  • Date language: Automatic, English, Polski. Default: Automatic. It keeps working after the trial.
  • Race predictions: which times are shown.

License

  • Trial: 7 days from the first launch, everything works.
  • Price: 4.49 EUR once at dialforge.dev, no subscription. The 8-character code is tied to your watch's UID.
  • Where to enter it: phone, Connect IQ app, Race Ready, Settings. Read the UID in "UID (dialforge.dev)", buy the code, then type it into "Unlock code".
  • After the trial without a code: settings return to defaults (the language setting stays) and UNLOCK DIALFORGE.DEV appears at the bottom. Time and data keep working.

Privacy and permissions

Permissions:

  • Sensor history: recent body battery, stress and similar values.
  • User profile: data like max heart rate and units.
  • Complications: Garmin's own data for the fields.
  • Background service: a periodic task.
  • Internet: only for the color service below.

Color service (only faces with a color choice): every 6 hours the watch asks dialforge.dev for the popular color sets (the request carries only the face name). If you changed the set meanwhile, it also sends the set number and face version. No UID, e-mail or location.

Troubleshooting

The code does not work. Check that the UID you bought for matches "UID (dialforge.dev)" and type all 8 characters (case is ignored, no 0, O, 1 or I). A code for another face does not fit. Sync, then reopen.

A field shows --. The watch has no value for it right now: it may need a sensor reading, a connected phone (weather), a Garmin feature turned on, or a newer watch. The face never invents numbers.

Battery drain? Seconds are drawn only while the watch is awake, in low-power mode the face redraws once a minute.

What does always-on look like? On AMOLED, always-on shows only time and weekly distance (like 23 km), dimmed and shifted every minute. MIP watches have no separate always-on mode.

12-hour or 24-hour? Automatic follows the watch's 12/24-hour setting. You can force 12 or 24 hours in the settings.

Contact

kontakt@dialforge.dev or dialforge.dev. Please write before leaving a low rating.

Permissions and privacy

This product asks the watch for the permissions below. Connect IQ shows them when you install it.

  • Sensor history: Reads recent values stored by the watch (for example Body Battery, stress, heart rate, steps trend).
  • Your profile: Reads your Garmin profile on the watch (for example age, weight, heart rate zones) to calculate values for you.
  • Watch data (complications): Shows data from other watch features, such as battery or steps, on the face.
  • Background process: Lets the app run short tasks in the background, for example reminders.
  • Internet through the phone: Lets the watch make a web request through your phone. Used only for the colour service described below.

Popular colour sets service

Every 6 hours the face downloads the list of popular colour sets from dialforge.dev. If you changed the colour set, it also sends that set's number. The request contains only the number, the face name and the face version. It contains no watch ID, no unlock code and no e-mail. We count choices, not people. Details: privacy policy.

Unlock

€4.49

One-time payment. No subscription. The code works on the watch whose UID you enter.

  1. Install the face from the Connect IQ store. It is free for 7 days.
  2. Find your 10-digit UID: Connect IQ app on the phone > My Device > Watch faces > Race Ready > Settings (first field).
  3. Enter UID and e-mail, pay with PayPal (cards work without a PayPal account). The code appears here at once.
  4. Type the code into the same settings page, field "Unlock code". The watch checks it offline.

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