GOTOES Strava Tools Forum

Thanks for altering me to this issue! I believe it is now fixed.

hi Susigan -

Do you think you can send me a screenshot of the field that you're missing? I looked at your two source/original files in my FIT file viewer and did not see a filed called "DFA" - Maybe you could indicate which field is missing with a screenshot?

Rowland-

This is better handled by using the contact form because I’d need your email address to connect your donation with your gotoes account. The solution is to log into your gotoes account with the same one you used when you made the original donation. If you were not logged into gotoes when ...

Thanks for the detailed notes — I dug into your files and here’s what I think is happening and (hopefully) how to resolve it with the current GOTOES options.

Why this is happening
Your Stryd file contains four 10‑second STOP/START pauses ( you can see them in the FIT “event” data ). In FIT files ...

Sorry, I am having trouble understanding the start / stop thing. I figure that everything should align perfectly because both Garmin and Stryd have UTC timestamps, so they should “line up”. Sorry to make you do more work, but can you maybe send me a screenshot or explain to me like I’m 5.. I don’t ...

@j4m1eb - I just wrote to Tymewear for clarification on how the device syncs time. It will be interesting to see if that is the cause. Meanwhile, consider doing a time-shift on your GPS file using the GOTOES timestamp tool . When I released the new update, one of the things I did was ensure that ...

@j4m1eb - OK, I spent the better part of the day analyzing your files and working on GOTOES to try and make it work for you. Here is my thought:

First: intervals.icu seems to have some issues (at least in my browser). The time of day is "cut off" on the far left hand side of the screen. Also, when ...

This is interesting.. All of your files are offset by 14 minutes? I'm working on this today, but was wondering if you could tell me how to reproduce these graphs on intervals.icu. I don't use that tool and want to be able to replicate the issue so I can fix it. Talk to me like I'm 5. Ok, maybe like ...

OK, I added it as garmin_user_name. It's a provisional addition, so this field will not be used in export validation, but you will be able to see garmin_user_name* (the * indicates that it was a user supplied field name and not part of the official FIT spec). Thanks.

Update February 2026:

The new GOTOES Merge engine is now the only (therefore default) merge engine. I have since removed the intermediate one. I am leaving this post up for historical purposes, but the new engine should address many of the Connect IQ "edge case" issues ...

Hi guys -

Today I just released a new merge engine that is VERY beta. I'm looking for feedback to see if it resolves the issues discussed in this post. It does a lot more "cleanup" on the files. I am looking for feedback. The new engine is designed to fix a lot of issues that come up in these "edge ...

OK, I think I see what the issue is. Sometimes the "Effort Pace" goes to zero in the GOTOES output file. This is because I didn't "carry over" the developer data fields in the way I used to. I've been working on an "intelligent" carry over algorithm, which I plan to introduce soon. I'll put it as a ...

Thanks for that. I can look into adding it, but I will need a test file so I know more about that field. Meanwhile, I'm more interested in resolving your other post, so test files for THAT post would be appreciated. I am guessing it is a "carry over" issue. GOTOES used to carry over empty fields ...

Is there any chance you can upload test files please? I do not use Effort Pace myself so I'll need test files. Thanks,

Hi! I’m trying to pin down exactly what’s going wrong so I can fix it for you.
Here’s what I did on my side:

1) I took both of your files and trimmed + merged them. (In your screenshot it looks like trimming wasn’t used, but for overlapping files it’s usually recommended)

2) I then merged them ...

Hi -

I'm not able to tell much from that image; I'm going to need test files AND a full screenshot of your GOTOES settings.

There are two types of ways you can merge files on GOTOES...

You can do a concatenated merge where you combine GPS files end-to-end. This is common in situations where your GPS died or ran out of battery and you started a new recording on your phone or some other device. These are merged end-to ...

GOTOES has added the ability to convert your FIT files into multi-page Spreadsheets. To do this, I am using the unified "Merge Tool". This may seem confusing because you can upload single files to the merge tool as well.

Step 1:
Upload your file(s) to the GOTOES Merge tool



Screenshot 2026-01 ...

David -
Thanks for your message. I've been pulling my hair out on this one because I cannot replicate it exactly. I am starting to wonder if the reason is because I do not have the same "workout" or training file stored in my account (your training file is specific to you). This is just a guess ...

Hi susigan-
Thanks again for writing this morning about your issue. I found that the problem was that some of your smo2 data was missing and my tool was writing the number of available bytes without checking to see if we were underwriting. Fixed that by padding with invalid values in the cases when ...

Thanks for the files, and yes it is related to the new site I'm sure.. I left the legacy site active in the drop down menu. If you're a donor, you can log in to the new site, click the legacy drop down, and then sign into the old site. This will let you continue your workflow. Thanks for letting me ...

Thanks for the reply! Yes, I'm still fine-tuning the new site. Your original files did not have elevation recorded; they just had "enhanced_elevation" - so as a default I set the new tool to substitute in enhanced_elevation for regular elevation if regular elevation is missing.

Also, one more ...

OK, I ran it through the new tool, and it works. I appreciate having your files as "test files" before releasing the new tools!! Thanks. I attached it here, and hope to publish the new tool in about a week. Meanwhile, happy skiing!

Thanks! and one more thing: Can you please send a screenshot of an instance where Garmin Connect does NOT show a line in-between runs?

Hey guys! As some of you know, a lot has been going on behind the scenes at GOTOES.

This past summer, GOTOES started getting hit with a sustained bot/DDoS problem that (unfortunately) has continued. I turned on Cloudflare protection, but the attackers quickly found ways around it by bypassing ...