Workouts always switch back to “main” face

[ronm99]

Ever since upgrading to 11.0 (and also 11.0.1), when I go for a run, my watch is constantly switching back to the “main” watch face while I’m running. I like to see my progress while I run, and I need to fidget with my watch to re-launch the workout app. Note that my workout is not terminated or paused … it keeps running in the background.

Does anyone else have this issue? It is mildly annoying.

p.s. I looked in the workout settings to see if there was a switch that was causing this, and I couldn’t find one. But I did find a funning setting: “Photos”. From the description, I don’t really understand what it does. And I was also amused to see that the same setting appears twice in the watch settings (once at the bottom, and once third from the bottom).

 

[deeddawg]

The setting you're looking for is kinda buried.

Check Settings -> General -> Return to Clock -> (scroll down to) Workout -> Custom and ensure Return to App is green under "When in Session"

 

[NME42]

I had this too with watchOS 11 and found it had something to do with the compass app doing backtracking.
There is a setting in the Training app settings to switch that backtracking off. Since I did that everything is back to normal.