YOU RUN, IT THINKS

This GPS smartwatch tracks your stats, crunches the numbers and gets to know all about your performance, your running form, your training and even your goals.

Monitor your training load to see if you’re fully owning it or just overdoing it.

Prep for your next race like a boss with free Garmin Coach adaptive training plans.

Finesse your form by tracking running dynamics¹.

We’ll watch your back for you with incident detection and assistance features².

Get the perfect look and your favorite apps — all free — from the Connect IQ™ Store.

You keep running and so will your battery life — for up to 7 days.

A DESIGN THAT CUTS BACK ON BULK

It’s sleek and lightweight — perfect for running and
everyday wear.

THESE MATERIALS ARE READY TO RUN

Featuring a sweatproof silicone band and durable Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3, Forerunner 245 can handle whatever’s ahead.

Everything you need to improve your performance.

GARMIN COACH

These adaptive training plans feature guidance from expert coaches and free training plans that adapt to you and your goals. Workouts sync right to your watch.

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS

Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for cycling, pool swimming, track running, elliptical, stair-stepper and more.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

Get heart rate data³ along with alerts if your heart rate stays too high or too low while you’re at rest. Gauge how hard your heart is working during activities, even underwater.

BUILT-IN GPS

Track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance, pace and intervals.

RUNNING DYNAMICS

When used with a compatible accessory, Forerunner 245 measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance and more.

VO2 MAX

Train smarter with VO2 max, an indicator of how you can expect to perform. This metric even accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude.

PULSE OX SENSOR

This wrist-based sensor estimates your body’s blood oxygen saturation⁴, which can help gauge how your body is absorbing oxygen — especially while you sleep.

TRAINING STATUS

This metric evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you’re training productively, peaking or overreaching.

TRAINING EFFECT

See how your workouts influence the development of endurance, speed and power with aerobic and anaerobic training effect feedback.

TRAINING LOAD

This stat measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history.

RECOVERY TIME

After each workout, the built-in recovery time advisor lets you know how long to rest before another big effort. It even accounts for all-day stress, sleep and daily activity outside of workouts.

BATTERY LIFE

Run your heart out with a watch that’s got the power to keep up. You’ll get up to 7 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 24 hours in GPS mode.

Understanding all about you.

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR

Track your body’s energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest.

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING

Use the Garmin Connect^™ app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more. Even get details on your wrist with the Menstrual Cycle Tracking widget and Pregnancy Tracking app.

Stay connected on the run.

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible smartphone.

LIVETRACK FEATURE

Use LiveTrack to let friends and family follow your real-time location⁵ and even view your entire preplanned course. Rest assured that your loved ones know exactly where you’re running.

SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES

If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features² send your location to emergency contacts.

CONNECT IQ™ STORE

Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store.

SYNCS WITH GARMIN CONNECT™

Upload your activities to the Garmin Connect app to interact with a thriving online community where people on the go can connect and compete — and even share their triumphs via social media.

See your stats, and track your goals in the Garmin Connect™ app

Specs

General
LENS MATERIAL	Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
BEZEL MATERIAL	fiber-reinforced polymer
QUICK RELEASE BANDS	yes (20 mm, Industry standard)
STRAP MATERIAL	silicone
PHYSICAL SIZE	42.3 x 42.3 x 12.2 (mm) Fits wrists with a circumference of 127-204 mm
COLOR DISPLAY
DISPLAY SIZE	1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter
DISPLAY RESOLUTION	240 x 240 pixels
DISPLAY TYPE	sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
WEIGHT	38.5 g
BATTERY LIFE	Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days GPS mode: Up to 24 hours
WATER RATING	5 ATM
MEMORY/HISTORY	200 hours of activity data

Clock Features
TIME/DATE
GPS TIME SYNC
AUTOMATIC DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
ALARM CLOCK
TIMER
STOPWATCH
SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES

Health Monitoring
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE (CONSTANT, EVERY SECOND)
DAILY RESTING HEART RATE
ABNORMAL HEART RATE ALERTS	yes (high and low)
PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION	yes (spot-check and optionally in sleep)
FITNESS AGE	yes (in app)
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR
ALL-DAY STRESS
RELAXATION BREATHING TIMER
SLEEP	yes (Advanced)
HYDRATION	yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
WOMAN'S HEALTH	yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)

Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
GALILEO
GARMIN ELEVATE™ WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR
COMPASS
ACCELEROMETER
PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION MONITOR

Daily Smart Features
CONNECTIVITY	Bluetooth®, ANT+®
CONNECT IQ™ (DOWNLOADABLE WATCH FACES, DATA FIELDS, WIDGETS AND APPS)
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
TEXT RESPONSE/REJECT PHONE CALL WITH TEXT (ANDROID™ ONLY)
CALENDAR
WEATHER
CONTROLS SMARTPHONE MUSIC
FIND MY PHONE
FIND MY WATCH
VIRB® REMOTE
SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY	iPhone® and Android™
PAIRS WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE

Safety and Tracking Features
LIVETRACK
LIVE EVENT SHARING	Android™ Only
INCIDENT DETECTION DURING SELECT ACTIVITIES
ASSISTANCE

Activity Tracking Features
STEP COUNTER
MOVE BAR (DISPLAYS ON DEVICE AFTER A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY; WALK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO RESET IT)
AUTO GOAL (LEARNS YOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ASSIGNS A DAILY STEP GOAL)
CALORIES BURNED
DISTANCE TRAVELED
INTENSITY MINUTES
TRUEUP™
MOVE IQ™

Gym & Fitness Equipment
AVAILABLE GYM ACTIVITY PROFILES	Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Rowing and Yoga
CARDIO WORKOUTS
STRENGTH WORKOUTS
AUTOMATIC REP COUNTING

Training, Planning and Analysis Features
HR ZONES
HR ALERTS
HR CALORIES
% HR MAX
% HRR
RECOVERY TIME
AUTO MAX HR
HR BROADCAST (BROADCASTS HR DATA OVER ANT+™ TO PAIRED DEVICES)	yes (using ANT+ or BLE)
GPS SPEED AND DISTANCE
CUSTOMIZABLE DATA PAGES
CUSTOMIZABLE ACTIVITY PROFILES
AUTO PAUSE®
INTERVAL TRAINING
ADVANCED WORKOUTS
DOWNLOADABLE TRAINING PLANS
AUTO LAP®
MANUAL LAP
CONFIGURABLE LAP ALERTS
VO2 MAX (RUN)
TRAINING STATUS (LETS YOU SEE IF YOU’RE TRAINING EFFECTIVELY BY TRACKING YOUR TRAINING HISTORY AND FITNESS LEVEL TREND.)
TRAINING LOAD (YOUR TOTAL TRAINING LOAD FOR THE LAST 7 DAYS CALCULATED FROM ESTIMATED EPOC)
TRAINING EFFECT
TRAINING EFFECT (ANAEROBIC)
CUSTOM ALERTS
AUDIO PROMPTS
FINISH TIME
VIRTUAL PARTNER
RACE AN ACTIVITY
COURSE GUIDANCE
TOUCH AND/OR BUTTON LOCK
AUTO SCROLL
ACTIVITY HISTORY ON WATCH
PHYSIO TRUEUP

Running Features
AVAILABLE RUN PROFILES	Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor and Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running
GPS-BASED DISTANCE, TIME AND PACE
RUNNING DYNAMICS	yes (with compatible accessory)
VERTICAL OSCILLATION AND RATIO (THE DEGREE OF 'BOUNCE' IN YOUR RUNNING MOTION AND THE COST-BENEFIT RATIO WITH STRIDE LENGTH)	yes (with compatible accessory)
GROUND CONTACT TIME AND BALANCE (SHOWS HOW MUCH TIME, IN THE RUNNING MOTION, YOUR FOOT IS ON THE GROUND RATHER THAN IN FLIGHT AND LETS YOU CHECK YOUR RUNNING SYMMETRY)	yes (with compatible accessory)
STRIDE LENGTH (REAL TIME)	yes (with compatible accessory)
CADENCE (PROVIDES REAL-TIME NUMBER OF STEPS PER MINUTE)
PERFORMANCE CONDITION (AFTER RUNNING 6–20 MINUTES, COMPARES YOUR REAL-TIME CONDITION TO YOUR AVERAGE FITNESS LEVEL)
PACEPRO™ PACING STRATEGIES
RUN WORKOUTS
RACE PREDICTOR
FOOT POD CAPABLE

Outdoor Recreation
POINT-TO-POINT NAVIGATION
BREAD CRUMB TRAIL IN REAL TIME
BACK TO START
TRACBACK®
ULTRATRAC MODE
DISTANCE TO DESTINATION
GPS COORDINATES

Cycling Features
ALERTS (TRIGGERS ALARM WHEN YOU REACH GOALS INCLUDING TIME, DISTANCE, HEART RATE OR CALORIES)
COURSES
AVAILABLE CYCLING PROFILES	Biking, Indoor Biking
RACE AN ACTIVITY
COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA VISION™ (HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY)
COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ RADAR (REAR-FACING RADAR)
COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ LIGHTS
SPEED AND CADENCE SENSOR SUPPORT	yes (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors)

Swimming Features
AVAILABLE SWIM PROFILES	Pool Swimming
POOL SWIM METRICS (LENGTHS, DISTANCE, PACE, STROKE COUNT, SWIM EFFICIENCY (SWOLF), CALORIES)
STROKE TYPE DETECTION (FREESTYLE, BACKSTROKE, BREASTSTROKE, BUTTERFLY) (POOL SWIM ONLY)
DRILL LOGGING (POOL SWIM ONLY)
BASIC REST TIMER (UP FROM 0) (POOL SWIM ONLY)
"REPEAT ON" REST TIMER (POOL SWIM ONLY)
POOL SWIM WORKOUTS
UNDERWATER WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

Kid Activity Tracking Features
TOE-TO-TOE™ CHALLENGES APP	yes (optional Connect IQ app)

In the Box

Forerunner 245
Charge/data cable
Documentation

YOU RUN, IT THINKS

A DESIGN THAT CUTS BACK ON BULK

THESE MATERIALS ARE READY TO RUN

Everything you need to improve your performance.

GARMIN COACH

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

BUILT-IN GPS

RUNNING DYNAMICS

VO2 MAX

PULSE OX SENSOR

TRAINING STATUS

TRAINING EFFECT

TRAINING LOAD

RECOVERY TIME

BATTERY LIFE

Understanding all about you.

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING

Stay connected on the run.

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

LIVETRACK FEATURE

SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES

CONNECT IQ™ STORE

SYNCS WITH GARMIN CONNECT™

See your stats, and track your goals in the Garmin Connect™ app

Specs

General

Clock Features

Health Monitoring

Sensors

Daily Smart Features

Safety and Tracking Features

Activity Tracking Features

Gym & Fitness Equipment

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

Running Features

Outdoor Recreation

Cycling Features

Swimming Features

Kid Activity Tracking Features

In the Box

Garmin Forerunner 245 (Slate)