Apple Watch Randomly Ends Workout in Middle of Run

Just want to bring this up again because I've seen the forums pointing out this glitch for the last 6-7 years, and it happened again today on the treadmill even after I've tried different methods for like 5 years now to prevent it from happening--


During a ~30 minute run that I've been tracking via the Fitness app on my Series 3 Apple Watch, I'll look down at my watch to check my heart rate and every once in a while it will show that the work out was completed anywhere from 8-25 minutes into the run.


I'm usually pretty patient and generally love my apple watch, but there's nothing more infuriating than working your *** off in the midst of a tempo or sprint run and realizing that you can't tell what heart rate zone you're in and that none of it is being logged. Especially because my job requires logging/proof of certain # of hours of exercise to get a decent "wellness discount" for our paycheck.


Some things I've tried but it still happens occasionally:

-I always lock my watch screen before a run because I thought this would prevent it.

-It's not the "accidentally pushing the crown a side button together" like some other forums have suggested because there's no screenshot and the workout is ended not paused.

-I always do open workout not timed so can't be that like some have suggested

-I don't walk at all during the run so it isn't the auto-detection of a slower pace that triggers the watch to end the work out

-I do use the Aaptiv app for audio-coaching for almost every work out, so it may be because of a glitch between the Fitness app and Aaptiv (some forums suggesting this, no solution that I've found on them though), but I'm not willing to stop using Aaptiv because it's great.

Apple Watch Series 3

Posted on Aug 29, 2023 06:27 AM

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Feb 11, 2024 10:22 AM in response to FebRam

This happens to me too and seems to be triggered when I am wearing certain fleeces while working out. My Series 3 watch will randomly pause my workout and lock the watch. When I reenter my passcode to unlock my watch and resume my workout, within minutes things are paused and locked again. Rolling up the sleeve of my fleece seems to resolve the issue with my watch, except then my arm gets cold.

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