Apple Watch workout imported but without power data

TrainerRoad Software
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I used my recently updated Apple Watch to record a mountain bike ride this morning after connecting the watch to my 4iiiis power meter. Everything worked ok but when importing the ride from Apple health, both TrainerRoad and strava have failed to import the power data. I can see the power data in the Apple fitness app and in the Apple health app but it doesn’t show up in the imported ride in strava or in TrainerRoad. I also tried using RunGap but it doesn’t seem to be able to pull the cycling power data either. Any ideas/fixes that anyone has found?

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I can’t help you on why the TR side failed, but if you need an immediate workaround, HealthFit (small 3rd party app), is already compatible with the power data in Apple Health, and works for getting that out to Strava/etc…

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Thanks Ray. I was just reading the same thing in one of your articles. I guess I will give it a try. Getting data to synchronize between all the different platforms and devices is a never-ending headache

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It might be that RunGap doesn’t support syncing those power fields yet (or you need to install an updated version of it). In any case HealthFit does and is awesome. I set it up once and it automatically syncs in the background without giving me duplicates.

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I’m not sure if there are any work around here? Super frustrating that a ride with Apple Watch (Ultra 2 in my case) will not import power data into TrainerRoad. I’ve talked to support and apparently the only way to make it work is to push a workout to Apple Watch and then power will import into TrainerRoad, but they conformed that a “free-ride” won’t import power data.

Anyone had any luck getting with getting Apple Watch power data into TrainerRoad?

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As Ray (dcrainmaker) mentioned above, the HealthFit app will sync it to strava and strava can sync to TrainerRoad, power data included.

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This doesn’t work from the Apple Watch unfortunately. I’ve been chatting with TR support about it.

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By “this” are you referring to the HealthFit app? That works fine for getting Apple Watch power data into Strava and Trainer Road. I do it all the time.

I don’t upload data straight from Apple health into Strava, I have HealthFit (which is a 3rd party app) sync to strava and then strava syncs to Trainer Road.

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OK! I understand (I think). I’ve tried:
Apple Watch → Strava → TrainerRoad
Apple Watch → HealthFit → TrainerRoad (manual *.fit file upload)
but not
Apple Watch → HealthFit → Strava → TrainerRoad
so you are saying that the above works?

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Yes. I have Trainer Road pull all activities from Strava so really the game for me was just getting the power data into Strava. But yes, it works.