Garmin Forerunner 245 GPS Running Watch

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Top Features:

  • Get free adaptive training plans from Garmin Coach, or create your own custom workouts at Garmin Connect, the online fitness community
  • Provides advanced running dynamics, including ground contact time balance, stride length, vertical ratio and more
  • Safety and Tracking features make it easy to share your location with chosen contacts
  • Customise with free watch faces, apps and more from Connect IQ store
  • GPS, GLONASS and Galileo network capability helps you track how far, fast and hard you've run - on or off the city streets
  • Connected features include built-in smart notifications, automatic uploads to the Garmin Connect app
  • Automatically uploads your data to the Garmin Connect app
  • Up to 7 days in smartwatch mode and up to 24 hours in GPS mode

Product Data

  • Bluetooth Enabled: Yes
  • GPS: Yes
  • Smart Phone Notifications: Yes
  • Rechargable: Yes
  • Charging Method: USB
  • Commuter: Yes

Description

 

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

Returns

We will happily refund any item purchased on Wiggle if returned to us within 365 days; excluding Wiggle gift vouchers, nutrition and customised products, except when faulty.

Please note: Bikes and other bulky items cannot be returned using our local returns service (where applicable). Please contact us and we can arrange to collect these from you using our discounted courier rates. There is a fee for all collections, except for faulty products.

Returned goods must be unused and supplied with their original packaging, unless the goods are faulty. Wiggle will pay the return postage costs for any faulty items.
More information on Wiggle's return policy

Customer Reviews

Garmin Forerunner 245 GPS Running Watch is rated 4.8 out of 5 by 12.
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Great watch Great features lots of running analysis and use of third party apps eg skiing
Date published: 2020-02-08
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Great for tracking performance This watch is really easy to use and GPS works within 30 seconds. Occasionally have to restart the garmin connect app to sync but that’s no big issue. Insights within the app are excellent.
Date published: 2020-01-26
Rated 3 out of 5 by from Functionally good, but low quality feel to it. I think I'm in the minority, but I was quite disappointed with mine. It just didn't feel like it had any quality. I thought it would have been metal casing, but it's plastic and came with the worlds flimsiest strap. I previously had a Samsung S3 Gear which felt like a decent watch, admittedly it was far inferior as a sports watch but it looked and felt good. I was also slightly disappointed at the size, in the shots the screen appeared much bigger. I'm sure I will like it when I use it properly.
Date published: 2019-12-31
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Nice lightweight little watch Good fit ,clear display, easy to use very happy with this little watch, lots of display info, app works well both on laptop and mobile. Highly recommended !
Date published: 2019-12-27
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Q & A

Can this do other sports?

I'm primarily a runner, but I do cycle and do classes at the gym. I have an old Garmin vivoactive this would be a big upgrade but I'd still like to track cycling, maybe swimming, and gym workouts Is that possible with this watch? Thank you
Asked by: Francessh
I can confirm that this has Running, Cycling and Swimming activity profiles as well as: Strength training, Cardio training, Elliptical training, Stair stepping, Indoor rowing and Yoga.
Answered by: WiggleAlexC
Date published: 2019-06-20

Can this track cycle rides?

I would like to record cycle rides to compare speed, heart rate, distance etc. Can this do all that? How difficult is it to achieve this?
Asked by: EllJey
This can indeed record bike rides, and can be paired with Speed, cadence and heart rate straps to enhance this further.
Answered by: WiggleLiam
Date published: 2020-01-28

How accurate is the wrist based heart rate monitor? Will it give an average reading for the run?

Asked by: JoJoJo7930u2i2
The wrist hrm will provide an accurate reading. You are able to edit the date fields that are shown, the fields include an avareage and also current hrm field.
Answered by: WiggleChris
Date published: 2019-12-24

Is this device compatible with all Garmin HRM chest straps?

I have a Forerunner 230 with paired HRM chest strap/transmitter - is this compatible?
Asked by: Wormlegs
We can confirm this would be compatible with both ANT+ and Bluetooth HRM's.
Answered by: WiggleTim
Date published: 2019-09-13

Is this waterproof?

Asked by: Epup20
This watch has a rating of waterproof to 5 ATM/ 50 Meters.
Answered by: WiggleJC
Date published: 2019-12-31

How easy is this watch to set up? Can you set up this watch and go for a run without using your phone?

Asked by: JoJoJo7930u2i2
You do not need to sync the watch to your phone to set it up. However this is recommend or to a computer too make sure that the watch is running the most up todate firmware.
Answered by: WiggleChris
Date published: 2019-12-24

Does the 245 track cycle rides to the same extent as the older 610, eg, speed, distance, altitude and split laps into 5 mile segments, HRM etc

I currently have a garmin forerunner 610 which i love but i think is on its way out, i would like a similar watch at some point in the future
Asked by: 6Adam4
For a clearer list of specifications and manuals for the watch please follow the links below - https://buy.garmin.com/en-GB/GB/p/628939#specs https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/forerunner245/EN-US/GUID-2D2EA72B-5952-4D5D-ACDB-CE628C3D3331.html
Answered by: WiggleAdamC
Date published: 2020-01-31
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