Hi ​@joesheekey,

I’d use the AW native workout app for the recording, and create a custom workout for an Outdoor Run  - something like:

• add interval - Work - defined by distance: 5 km
• add interval - Recovery - open
• add repeat - both of the above x 12

Once you start that workout, it would automatically move to the recovery part once you've finished the 5k part; and then you manually move to the next interval once you're ready for the next interval at the top of the hour. And only mark the workout as finished after the 12th run. 

Then you can import the whole thing to Strava. Just a note, people have been reporting problems with importing longer AW workouts to Strava - unfortunately it seems Strava still hasn't fixed that bug, so you might need to use a 3rd party app such as RunGap to sync the run successfully. 

Alternatively, and to save battery power, you could complete each of your 12 runs but make them private and then download and combine them all into one file. I would recommend gotoes.com since it's easy to use and gives many advanced options if you need them. 

Thank you for your reply Jana, i will try this. If there is still a problem with linking it to Strava. Could i just start an open outdoor run and after each 5km lap, pause the workout, put the watch on charge and then resume workout when i start the next lap for the full 12 laps? 

I suppose you can, but then the overall time will be much less than the 12 hrs. But if you're ok with that or actually it's what you prefer, then absolutely, why not. 

Perhaps just test the pause & charger option before the event - I’ve never tried that myself. If you have AW Ultra you shouldn't need this, but I understand that with a non-Ultra version and older battery the charging might be a concern. (My longest total distance for one charge with a regular AW9 was ~52 km, the battery made it but tbh if I planned running ultras, I'd probably switch to AWU.)