Garmin Connect Rundown: What’s in the Annual Report Leak
This month’s leak from Garmin is an annual summary, which is expected to be available in both the online and app versions of Garmin Connect. The new feature is called “Garmin Connect Rundown,” a private annual summary of your 2025 fitness journey.
via: @JohnW, thank you
Sporting Achievements
Garmin’s existing PB/PRs sometimes become meaningless as our fitness levels change with age. As you get older, maybe it will never be possible to hit the heady height of ‘the good old days’. That’s why annual achievements are a great idea, giving a milestone of your recent ability. Your best are covered across these sports.
- Running: Fastest 5K, 10K, half-marathon, marathon; longest run.
- Cycling: Quickest 40K, most elevation gain, longest ride, max avg power.
- Swimming: Speediest 100m/yd, 400m, 1000m/yd, up to 1650 yd.
- Strength: PRs in deadlift, bench press, squat, row, and overhead press.
- Parasports: Fastest pushes for 1K, 5K, 10K, mile, half/full marathon; longest streak. Longest step or push streaks.
Clearly, the focus is on triathlon sports, and it is a nice touch to include para sports.
Achievement Contextualised
There is something for everyone. So, those who are not race-oriented will see different measures of annual accumulated effort, sometimes expressed in fun terms.
- Distance: Monthly totals; longest activity mapped. Fun: “391 trips down an airport runway” or “crossing the English Channel 6 times.”
- Elevation: Peak climbs equated to the Eiffel Tower (24 times) or Mount Everest twice.
- Calories: Burned “847 slices of chocolate cake.”
- Time: “16 entire days of moving.”
- Steps: “Over 7 miles—more than 18 marathons.”
Rather than a bland series of achievements or sentences, some will be charted and also show monthly trends throughout the year.
Recovery and Wellness
Your sleep and stress performance is also not forgotten
- Sleep: Avg duration/score; highest Garmin Sleep Score night; “89 nights with 8+ hours” or “80 score.”
- Body Battery: Avg daily charge/drain/high; your body charged to 100%+ on 43 days.
Activity Breakdown
Your favourite (top) activity also gets a deep dive with a look at monthly counts
- Top activity highlighted (“running was your top”);
- total activities;
- monthly counts.
- Pushes: Most in a day (12 on October 14).
Take Out
This reminded me a little of the Morning Report and Evening Report features. If you summarise the day, why not summarise the year as well.
That said, the annual summary is probably more of a fun feature, slightly useful for personal records, but not as useful as the daily summaries.
Very nice to have, though. Thank you, Garmin
Last Updated on 3 October 2026 by tfk the5krunner
Small things I always use
- Garmin 90-degree charging adapter: Charges your Garmin from any USB-C cable. Essential when travelling. I use one.
- Body Glide: The blue anti-chafe stick swimmers and runners carry. I use it.
- Speedo earplugs: Fewer ear infections and no cold-water dizziness. I use them.
- Dryrobe Advance: My winter changing robe for open-water swims. I use one. A cheaper option is the AONYIYI changing robe.
- Maurten: Race fuel that stays easy on the stomach. I use them.
- Beet It Sport nitrate shots: Beetroot shots I take in the days before a race. I use them.
- Garmin charging puck: The quickest way to top up before a session. I use one.
- Injinji: Toe socks that stop rubbing, so you run more. I use them.
- Ultimate toe protectors: Stop black toenails on long runs. They work. I use them.
- Compressport R2 v2 calf sleeves: My calf sleeves of choice. I use them.
- Cellucor C4: My pre-workout before hard sessions.
- TPU tubes: Schwalbe Aerothan, Tubolito and Pirelli SmarTube. Light, tiny spares. I use all three.
- G8 insoles: Adjustable insoles that are good. I use them.
- Cycplus Cube: A 97g electric pump that gets a road tyre rideable in two minutes. I carry one. 5% off with code THE5KRUNNER.
Watches and sensors
- Polar H10: My daily driver for waking HRV.
- Polar Verity Sense: My backup arm-worn HR sensor.
- Nomad bedside charger: Charges my iPhone and Apple Watch overnight. I use it, and many of their bands.
- Train.Red: The best muscle oxygen sensor I’ve used.
- Tymewear: Accurate heart rate and reliable ventilatory zones. I use it to pace endurance rides over an hour.
- Garmin Forerunner 970: A pro-grade triathlon watch. I use this.
- Apple Watch Ultra 4: My daily smartwatch. No phone needed on rides.
- Garmin Fenix 9 Pro: I’ve just bought one.
On the bike
- Continental GP5000 for everyday riding, and Aero 111 on the front for special occasions.
- Helmets: Specialized S-Works Evade 3 for road riding, and Rudy Project Wing for TT-style races. I use both.
- Ravemen FR300: A front light that mounts under your Garmin or Wahoo. I use one.
- Ravemen FR1000: The light and the computer mount in one unit, so nothing else goes on the bars. Better than mine.
- Ravemen FR1500SE: 1,500 lumens hanging under your Garmin, for proper night rides.
- Ravemen FR1100SE: 1,100 lumens under your Garmin, and up to 46 hours on slow flash.
- Ravemen FR500: A brighter FR300 with the same mount.
- Wahoo TRACKR Radar: I use it on one bike and Varia on the other. They perform the same.
- Garmin Varia RTL515: Radar that warns you of cars from behind. I use this model.
- Wahoo ELEMNT Roam 3: The bike computer that’s easy to use. I use mine on most rides.
- Favero Assioma Pro RS2: Accurate power pedals that swap easily between bikes. I use this model.
Home and indoor training
- NPE Runn: Makes my basic treadmill smart, sending more accurate speed and distance to my watch and Zwift. I use it.
- Google Wifi: Keeps Zwift connected in my pain cave. I use it.
- Apple TV 4K: Zwift on the big screen. I use two.
- Google Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen): My video doorbell, running in both Google Home and Apple Home. I use it.
Health, recovery and sleep
- FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus: Shows how my blood sugar responds to diet.
- hDrop: Measures my sweat loss in summer and indoors.
- Fourth Frontier Zone: Checks my heart under load in hard sessions.
- Kineon MOVE+: Red and infrared light for sore knees, Achilles and other joints after hard training. I use it.
- Oura Ring 5: My partner’s recovery tracker of choice.
- Eight Sleep: A cooling mattress cover my partner and I use nightly.
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Nice feature, I think whoop has something similar? Definitely Strava has one, per month and annually.