Workout routes not showing in 9.2 (Race Route)

I was having this same issue and then noticed that my iPhone was still on iOS 16.1.2. I forced the update to 16.2 and then turned my watch off and then on again. My first race route (which I have run three times since updating my watch to 9.2, including earlier today) appeared about a minute later. Not sure if the iPhone updating to 16.2 or restarting my watch (or both, or neither) was what actually fixed the issue.

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Sorry to hear race routes are still not appearing for some. I have one additional observation/shot in the dark that may or may not be relevant. Right before my race routes appeared, I went into the Fitness app on my iPhone to look at my recent workouts and got a spinning wheel for a couple of seconds before the screen updated. Right after that was when I was able to see race routes on my watch. So perhaps try opening the Fitness app on your iPhone and then touching "Show More" next to Workouts and see if that triggers your race routes somehow.

FYI - several people are discussing this issue over at the macrumors forum. By now I should have at least 3-4 routes but to date still nothing. I'm suspecting that it's an Apple server side issue (maybe a service that is not running?) It seems that no one is getting any of the new routes run for the first time after 9.2 upgrade, then at least twice. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/watchos-9-beta-anyone-try-the-new-running-features.2347459/page-16

I am one of the guys only getting race routes that I have ran before watchOS 9.2. They are being updated when I run them again.

Any new route I have been running twice or more is not appearing as a new race route.

Yep. No routes at all, I now have at least 4 routes all meeting the “at least twice” requirement to generate race route but none is showing up..the only think left for me is to unpair the Watch which I have not tried as it would take some time.

Did you run the same route in the past (pre watchOS 9.2) or for the first time, after watchOS 9.2 was released?

I am seeing only race routes I have run in the past, no new routes. Tried the new routes in "open goal" workout.

I am in the exact same boat..been trying to get it to work ever since I updated my S7 to 9.2. No matter what I do…race route will not show up.

1)Tried a loop course totaling 3miles, twice. No race route.

2)Thought it was a problem with loops so started doing route without any overlaps.. 2mile route, done it four times total..still no race route. I can see all the routes been tracked by Workout on iPhone so it’s recording those gps data but somehow routes just do not show up.

Mine is still not working even though I have watch OS9.2 and iOS 16.2 and race route is still not working for me. Did you turn on “track lap” by any chance? From the description it looks like it’s only for tracking laps on a track and not needed for running on trails or side walks.

The solution didn't work for me either. I have iOS 16.2 and WatchOS 9.2. Have run at least 3 routes the exact same way after I upgraded to 9.2. None of them appear in the list, in fact, no routes appear in the list at all...

What makes you think that unpairing the watch would help? In my case, it's a totally new watch (AWU). I started to use it on Dec. 3rd. It came preinstalled with WatchOS 9.0 - which got immediately updated to 9.1 upon first installation. I then did several runs with it, some using the native app, some using WorkOutDoors. Since 9.2 (update about 3 weeks ago) I also tried to repeat some of the runs done with the native app as well as new runs "at least twice", all with the native app. All runs starting from my home but none showing up.

Let me know if you have any success with the unpairing...

I was running with the new race route feature and everything was fine. My routes, I ran before watchOS 9.2 were there and properly updated when I ran them.

Was running a new route twice now and expected it to appear as a race route. Route is not appearing after a day of waiting and having the watch on the charger.