Garmin Forerunner 245 GPS Running Watch

Performance Analytics

The Forerunner 245 offers personalised training and recovery insight to help you to up your running performance. Tracking your VO2 max and the impact of your current heat and altitude on your performance lets you know when your training is productive, peaking or overreaching. Aerobic and anaerobic training effect provide key feedback on your workouts letting you know how they’re influencing your body and development of your endurance. Recovery time helps you maximise the benefit of your efforts by predicting when you will be ready for your next tough challenge.

Garmin Connect

The Garmin Connect apps is easy to sync your smartwatch to and allows you access to a huge online community. The app also allows you to create your own custom workouts or download free ones that sync right to your watch.

Garmin Coach

The Garmin Coach app features guidance from expert coaches and free training plans that adapt to your goals.

Running Form

The Forerunner 245 provides key metrics that keep track of your running form, including: cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, vertical oscillation and vertical ratio.

Wellness

Not only does the device track your running metrics but it can also be used throughout the day to look into your general fitness levels with tools to measure your daily step count, calories burned, and even sleep.

Specifications

General
Lens Material: Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Bezel Material: Fibre-reinforced polymer
Quick Release Band installed
Strap Material: Silicone
Physical Dimensions: 42.3mm x 42.3mm x 12.2mm
Wrist Fit: 127-204mm
Colour Display
Display Size: 1.2’’ (30.4mm) diameter
Display Resolution: 240 x 240 pixels
Display Type: Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Weight: 38.5g
Battery Life: 7 days (Smartwatch Mode), 24 hours (GPS Mode)
Water Rating: 5ATM
Memory/History: 200 hours of activity data

Clock Features
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
Garmin Elevate Wrist Heart Rate Monitor
Compass
Accelerometer
Pulse OX

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 Camera Remote
Smartphone Compatibility: iPhone and Android
Compatible with Garmin Connect Mobile

Safety and Tracking Features
LiveTrack
Live Event Sharing (Android Only)
Incident Detection During Select Activities (Smartphone required)
Assistance (Smartphone required)

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)
Step Monitoring (Monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep)
Calories Burned
Distance Travelled
Intensity Minutes
TrueUp
Move IQ
Fitness Age (in App)
Body Battery Energy Monitor
All-Day Stress Tracking

Fitness Equipment/Gym
Available Gym Activity Profiles: Strength training, cardio training, elliptical training, stair stepping, indoor rowing and yoga
Cardio Workouts
Strength Workouts
Automatic Rep Counting

Training, Planning and Analysis Features
GPS Speed and Distance
Customisable Screen(s)
Customisable Activity Profiles
Auto Pause
Interval Training
Advanced Workouts
Downloadable Training Plans
Auto Lap
Manual Lap
Configurable Lap Alerts
VO2 Max
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 (Aerobic)
Training Effect (Anaerobic)
Customisable Alerts
Audio Prompts
Finish Time
Virtual Partner
Race and Activity
Course Guidance
Touch and/or Button Lock
Auto Scroll
Activity History on Watch
Physio TrueUp

Heart Rate 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)

Running Features
Available Run Profiles: Running, treadmill running, indoor track running, trail running
GPS-Based Distance, Time and Pace
Running Dynamics – only when connected to Garmin’s Running Dynamics Pod (sold separately – not included)
Vertical Oscillation and Ratio (The degree of ‘bounce’ in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) – only when connected to Garmin’s Running Dynamics Pod (sold separately – not included)
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) – only when connected to Garmin’s Running Dynamics Pod (sold separately – not included)
Stride Length (Real time) – only when connected to Garmin’s Running Dynamics Pod (sold separately – not included)
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 Predicator
Foot Pod Capable

Outdoor Recreation Features
Point-to-Point Navigation
Breadcrumbs 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) (sold separately – not included)
Compatible with Varia Radar (Rear-Facing Radar) (sold separately – not included)
Compatible with Varia Lights (sold separately – not included)
Speed and Cadence Sensor Support – only with Garmin’s Speed and Cadence Sensors (sold separately – not included)

Swim Features
Available Swim Profiles: Pool swimming
Pool Swim Metrics (Lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
Stroke Type Detection (Freestyle, backstroke, breathstroke, butterfly) – Pool Swim Only
Drill Logging – Pool Swim Only
Basic Rest Timer (Up from 0) – Pool Swim Only
‘Repeat On’ Rest Timer
Pool Swim Workouts
Underwater Wrist-Based Heart Rate

In the Box

Forerunner 245
Charging/Data Cable
Documentation

Compatibility

Adapters
AC Adapter Cable, Europe

Bands
Quick Release Band

Cables and Chargers
Charging/Data Cable (0.5m)

Heart Rate Monitors
HRM-Dual
HRM-Run
Soft Strap with Electrodes
Elastic Strap for Heart Rate Monitor (Small)
Elastic Strap for Heart Rate Monitor

Cycling Accessories
Wristwatch Bike/Trolley Mount
Bike Cadence Sensor Bands

Sensors
Running Dynamics Pod
Tempe
Speed Sensor 2
Cadence Sensor 2
Bike Speed Sensor 2 and Cadence Sensor 2 Bundle

Replacement Parts
CR 1632 Replacement Battery

Devices
Varia Rearview Bike Radar
Varia RTL510
Varia Smart Bike Lights
Varia UT800 Smart Headlight
VIRB 360
VIRB Ultra 30