@pavel.samokha Vertical Run sport has been mentioned several times in that video as a new sport mode introduced in 2025.
I have just tried using it on my watch and it shows the following:
1st data screen: Ascent, Altitude, Vertical Speed in ft/hour, Elapsed time.
2nd data screen: Distance, HR, Ascent, Elapsed time
3rd data screen: Splits - seem to be focused on power
I wonder how it is different from Trail run with customized data screens other than focusing on vertical speed rather than pace? Also, if such Vertical Run activity was synced to Strava, will it appear in Strava as a Run or Trail Run?
Personally I pay tons of attention to vertical metrics and have a whole data screen dedicated to 4 different vertical metrics, but I record most of my runs as trail runs. I rarely do an activity that is a pure vertical run. Usually it is a mix of steep vertical and more runnable terrain.
Also, I wanted to mention that in my opinion, when a watch is configured in imperial units, using feet/hour unit for vertical speed is misguided for dynamic activities like Vertical Run or Trail Run when running on mountain terrain. For most people that would produce 4 digit numbers in the order of 1000-6000 ft/hour that are difficult to glance at, difficult to reason about, and that are too unstable - there is too much fluctuation in the last 2-3 digits, which makes reading these numbers difficult. Feet/minute is a much better unit which produces vertical speed in 0-100 range. That’s what Ambit series used as a unit for vertical speed, and that made much more sense.
