Originally Posted by
Bah Humbug
Auto-pause is a honey-tongued devil whispering sweet lies in your ear. It is immediately disabled on all my devices.
Eh, I don't know that I'd go that far - you're paying the price, one way or another. Just slowing down to zero and then getting back up to speed is enough to knock your pace significantly. The flip side is that horsing it back up to speed has a steep physiological cost.
FWIW, the auto pause on my old Wahoo was much more aggressive than on my Garmin, which is so lax that it might as well be off. Regardless, the timer that I keep on screen is elapsed, so that's what I am for (though I will pause for convenience store stops, etc).