Workout routes not showing in 9.2 (Race Route)

In WatchOS 9.2 I’m not seeing routes in the Workout app. When I go to the start of my route, select Outdoor Run and filter on Routes, there are no options. I run the same route all the time and it shows up in Fitness on my iPhone so I know the watch and/or phone is recording the route.

I thought it might have something to do with my route not being along a public road. So I just tested by running the same half mile twice on a sidewalk next to a road known to Maps. It measured the 0.5 miles the same within a stride or two so that tells me the GPS reading is consistent. Still when I went back to the start of the route it did not show up in Workouts.

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Apple Watch, watchOS 2

Posted on Dec 29, 2022 7:17 AM

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HungryAndFoolish Author

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Posted on Dec 30, 2022 12:23 PM

That solved it for me. I thought I had already updated but the update was stuck. I had to restart, delete the update file, and trigger the 9.2 update again. When the update finally completed (it took a few tries) I checked my watch and the route was there.

I guess the routes are stored on the paired phone and iOS 9.2 is needed so the watch can access them.

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Jan 8, 2023 10:12 AM in response to HungryAndFoolish

I'm still having the "Not Race Route" issue after I unpaired my apple watch S7 and paired it again...Starting to question if there is a certain setting that I missed. When yours created the rate route, did you have to create a specific outdoor running workout for it (i.e. distance, time, etc) or it should just work if 2+ routes are identical and have the same distance?

karina184

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Dec 30, 2022 4:03 PM in response to HungryAndFoolish

Hey HungryAndFoolish,

Happy to hear it worked! Thanks for letting us know.

Have a great week.

Dec 30, 2022 5:28 PM in response to HungryAndFoolish

I mean iOS 16.2 (along with WatchOS 9.2)

Dec 31, 2022 2:06 PM in response to HungryAndFoolish

Mine show up but nothing recent so it’s somewhat useless to me

Jan 1, 2023 5:16 AM in response to Xingyi Dai

No, I didn’t turn on “track lap”. Not sure what that is.

Jan 1, 2023 5:17 AM in response to Xingyi Dai

No, I didn’t turn on “track lap.” Not sure what that is.

Jan 3, 2023 10:59 PM in response to AWRunner

Interesting observation - I did not have any pre-9.2 routes that I had done twice and the new ones that should have been added, did not appear…

AWRunner

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15 points

Jan 3, 2023 11:01 PM in response to Voyager72

I suspect the new route I ran after watchOS 9.2 was released is too similar to an existing route (actually it is a part of an existing route) and hence not being offered.

AWRunner

Level 1

15 points

Jan 9, 2023 5:13 AM in response to Xingyi Dai

I did nothing special, did outdoor runs in different modes. Open oder interval workouts.

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Workout routes not showing in 9.2 (Race Route)