Forerunner 265S Music Smartwatch

Description

What if your next race was the performance of a lifetime? And personalised daily suggested workouts helped you do something you’ve never done? With the forerunner 265s running smartwatch, you’ll see every insight lit up on a bright and colourful amoled touchscreen display. Get ready to be better for it.

Benefits

Features

BUILT-IN GPS
Track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance, pace and intervals.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
Get heart rate data1 along with alerts if your heart rate stays high while you’re at rest. Even gauge how hard your heart is working during activities.

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 from the Garmin Connect™ app2.

DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
For personalised training guidance, get daily run recommendations of varying intensities based on your training history, fitness level and recovery time.

PACEPRO™ TECHNOLOGY
To help you plan your race day strategy, this feature offers GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance in the Garmin Connect™ app. So you can tailor your efforts to what’s ahead.

FINISH TIME
Want some guidance to help you meet your goal? Select a distance for your run, and you’ll be able to see a data screen that shows your estimated finish time.

TRACK RUN
When you’re ready to hit the track for some speedwork, use the built-in track run activity to record accurate lap distances and see your distances in metres.

CADENCE ALERTS
Want to improve your running form? Use the cadence alerts to know when you’ve gone outside your target cadence range.

RECOVERY ADVISOR
Giving your body time to recover between training sessions is crucial. After each workout, the built-in recovery time feature will let you know how long to rest before another big effort.

RACE PREDICTOR
This specialised tool takes into account your fitness level and training history to help you work toward your race goal and see the impact of training on your predicted finish time.

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for track or virtual running, pool swimming, Pilates, HIIT and even breathwork.

FITNESS TRACKING
While you’re out and about, Forerunner 55 tracks steps, intensity minutes and more1.

STRESS TRACKING
Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day. Relax reminders will even prompt you to do a short breathing activity.

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING
Track your body’s energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest.

INTENSITY MINUTES
See when during the day you earned intensity minutes from moderate and vigorous physical activity.

FITNESS AGE
This feature uses chronological age, resting heart rate and other factors to estimate if your body is younger or older than you are. Age is just a number, after all.

RESPIRATION TRACKING
See how you’re breathing throughout the day, during sleep and during breathwork activities.

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING
Use the Garmin Connect app2 to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more.

SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your smartwatch when paired with your compatible smartphone.

SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES
When your watch and phone are paired, your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or — during select outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection3.

CONNECT IQ™ STORE
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps from the Connect IQ Store2.

MUSIC CONTROLS
Easily control the music playing on your paired smartphone, so you can skip songs without missing a beat.

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.

Specifications

• LENS MATERIAL: Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
  
• BEZEL MATERIAL: Fibre-reinforced polymer
  
• QUICK RELEASE BANDS: Yes (18 mm, Industry standard)
  
• STRAP MATERIAL: Silicone
  
• PHYSICAL SIZE: 41.7 x 41.7 x 12.9 (mm)
  Fits wrists with a circumference of 115-178 mm
  
• WEIGHT: 39 g
  
• WATER RATING: 5 ATM
  
• TOUCHSCREEN: Yes
  
• DISPLAY SIZE: 1.1″ (28.1 mm) diameter
  
• DISPLAY RESOLUTION: 360 x 360 pixels
  
• COLOUR DISPLAY: Yes
  
• BATTERY LIFE: Smartwatch mode: Up to 15 days
  
• GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 24 hours
  
• CHARGING METHOD: Garmin proprietary plug charger
  
• MEMORY/HISTORY: 8 GB

What's in the Box

• Forerunner® 265S Running Watch
• Charging/data cable
• Documentation

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