Garmin Forerunner 245 GPS Running Watch – One Size Black / Slate

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