Why does Strava include rest times in my overall pace even when I mark the run as a "workout"?

If it’s an outdoor run and you pause the activity in the rest time Strava doesn’t include the pauses in the average.

I get that, but pausing also stops the rest timer.  Which is needed. 

​@RunnerMan27 Strava generally uses “elapsed time” and “moving time”. So even if the timer is running, as long as you're idle, it's not considered “moving”.

Having said that… we shouldn't really stop moving between intervals, ideally we should jog or at least walk, right 😃 What I usually do is creating a custom workout in the watch, so that those intervals are recorded as “work” and the jog/walk in between as “recovery”; and each is automatically marked as a lap, so that when reviewing the workout later on, I can easily see the “work” pace, and ignore the “recovery”. (This is with Apple Watch; not sure what device you're using, but I assume it will be similar with other devices.)

Thanks for the reply ​@Jana_S I’m using an Apple Watch Ultra 2.

I agree and I can see the custom workout segment paces and split mile paces in apple fitness no problem.  My question is how the data is displayed in Strava.  

If I mark my run as a workout - it shouldn’t consider my rest/recovery as part of my pace.  Minimally I think it is appropriate that it display an overall pace and an overall workout pace.

I understand that one person’s recovery is another person’s workout, but Strava should be able to discern between the two.  If I have 8x1000m with 1 min rest and all my 1000s are at 7min pace but then I stand or move around at a +20min/mile pace for 1 min it should be clear what I am doing.  

Ultimately, if Strava can’t/won’t do the above - what is the purpose of marking it as a workout if Strava is going to consider my recovery portion as part of my workout pace?