Garmin Forerunner 945 Multisport GPS Watch

Garmin’s Forerunner 945 is a running watch that offers advanced physiological features including training load focus and more that provide key insights into every element of your performance. Top navigation systems guide you with full-coloured, onboard maps that ensure you never get lost during a workout. New, in-built safety and tracking features also work together providing incident detection and assistance that lets you send your real-time location to emergency contacts.

Music

Music is one of the greatest motivating forces at our disposal and can help create the best training sessions with a great playlist having the ability to push your performance to the next level. The Forerunner 945 streamlines your devices by syncing your playlists from selected premium music streaming services such as Deezer, Spotify and more for ad-free listening on the move. You can also store up to 1,000 songs right to the watch and transfer music from your computer library as well. To listen to your music via your watch, simply sync a pair of compatible Bluetooth headphones (not included).

Improve Your Performance

Train faster and stronger than ever before with the Forerunner 945 which monitors every area of your performance with personalised insights into your training. The watch tracks your VO2 max in real time taking into account your current surrounding’s temperature and altitude. Meanwhile, Training Status evaluates your recent exercise history and performance comparing it to your current training session so you know whether you’re training productively, peaking, or overreaching. Aerobic and Anaerobic Training Effects show how your workouts influence the development of endurance, speed, and power. When you’ve finished training the Recovery feature helps you maximise the benefit of your training by predicting when you will be ready for your next training session. Training Load measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history.

Navigation

Run without fear with the new and improved Forerunner 945 mapping system. Whether you're road running or taking things off the beaten path, the watch comes with built-in mapping to help keep you on track. Full-colour mapping comes preloaded and is specifically designed for at-a-glance navigation and location tracking. Trendline Popularity Routing uses data gathered from the Garmin Connect app to help you find and follow the best trails and routes that have been well tested by other members of the Garmin community. The watch also comes with full compatibility with GPS, GLONASS and Galileo satellites which can keep you tracked even in the most extreme environments.

Connectivity

Easily pair your Forerunner 945 with your compatible smartphone, using Bluetooth, to access a whole host of connectivity features. Stay in touch and receive text messages, social media alerts, emails, and more right to your wrist. Additional safety and tracking features make it easy to share your location with your chosen contacts in case you need assistance or automatically with built-in incident detection.

Running Form

Specifically tailored towards running, the smartwatch is all about improving your running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, vertical oscillation and vertical ratio. These measurements provide key insight into every area of your running form so you can strive to improve every area of your run.

Multisport

Additionally the Forerunner 945 isn’t just for running, it also comes with profiles for multiple other sports including cycling (indoor/outdoor), swimming (pool/open water), triathlon, cross-country skiing, paddle sports, trail running and many more. The watch has an automatic multisport feature that lets you switch sports with a single button press. Each profile provides the metrics best suited to your current sporting activity.

Added Extras

Not only built for sport the smartwatch tracks all your activities during your day to day. All-day activity tracking keeps tabs on your steps, calories and provides advanced sleep monitoring.

Specifications

General
Lens Material: Corning Gorilla Glass DX
Bezel Material: Fibre-reinforced polymer
Strap Material: Silicone
Physical Dimensions: 47mm x 47mm x 13.7mm
Wrist Fit: 130-220mm
Colour Display
Display Size: 1.2’’ (30.4mm) diameter
Display: 240 x 240 pixels
Display Type: Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Weight: 50g
Battery Life: 2 weeks (Smartwatch Mode), 10 hours (GPS Mode with Music), 36 hours (GPS Mode with Music)
Water Rating: 5ATM
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

Sensors
GPS
Glonass
Galileo
Garmin Elevate Wrist Heart Rate Monitor
Barometric Altimeter
Compass
Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Thermometer
Pulse OX

Daily Smart Features
Connectivity (Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi)
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
Plays and Controls Watch Music
Music Storage (Up to 1,000 songs)
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
VIRB Camera Remote
Smartphone Compatibility (iPhone, Android)
Compatible with Garmin Connect Mobile
Garmin Pay

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

Tactical Features
Dual Grid Coordinates

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)
Sleep Monitoring (Monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep)
Calories Burned
Floors Climbed
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, Cardio, and 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
Heat and Altitude Acclimation
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 Load Focus
Training Effect (Aerobic)
Training Effect (Anaerobic)
Primary Benefit (Training Effect Labels)
Customisable Alerts
Audio Prompts
Finish Time
Virtual Partner
Race an Activity
Auto Multisport Activities
Multi-Sport
Course Guidance
Garmin Live Segments
Strava Live Segments
Round-Trip Course Creator (Running/Cycling)
Trendline Popularity Routing
Touch and/or Button Lock
Hot Keys
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
HRV Stress Test (Measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level, the scale of this is 1-100, low scores indicate lower stress levels) – only with compatible accessory (not included)
HR Broadcast (Broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices)
Respiration Rate (During exercise) – only with compatible accessory (not included)

Running Features
Available Run Profiles: Running, Indoor Track Running, Treadmill Running, Trail Running
GPS-Based Distance, Time and Pace
Running Dynamics, Time and Pace
Running Dynamics – only with compatible accessory (not included)
Vertical Oscillation and Ratio (The degree of ‘bounce’ in your running motion and cost-benefit ratio with stride length) – only with compatible accessory (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 with compatible accessory (not included)
Stride Length (Real time) – only with compatible accessory (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)
Lactate Threshold (Through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) – only with compatible accessory (not included)
PacePro Pacing Strategies
Run Workouts
Race Predictor
Foot Pad Capable

Golfing Features
Preloaded with 41k Courses Worldwide
Yardage to F/M/B (Distance to front, middle and back of green)
Yardage to Layups/Doglegs
Measures Shot Distance (Calculates exact yardage for shorts from anywhere on course)
Digital Scorecard
Stat Tracking (Strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
Garmin Autoshot
Auto Courseview Updates
Green View with Manual Pin Position
Hazards and Course Targets
Truswing Compatible
Round Timer/Odometer

Outdoor Recreation Features
Available Outdoor Recreation Profiles: Hiking, Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand-Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking.
Point-to-Point Navigation
Breadcrumb Trail in Real Time
Back to Start
TracBack
UltraTrac Mode
Around Me Mode
Elevation Profile
Distance to Destination
Barometric Trend Indicator with Storm Alert
ClimbPro Ascent Planner
Trail Run Auto Climb
Vertical Speed
Total Ascent/Descent
Future Elevation Plot
Preloaded TopoActive Europe Maps
Downloadable Cartography Support
Compatible with BaseCamp
GPS Coordinates – via Connect IQ
Hunt/Fish Calendar – via Connect IQ
Projected Waypoint
Sun and Moon Information – via Connect IQ
Xero Locations

Cycling Features
Alerts (Triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Courses
Garmin Cycle Map (Routable cycling-specific street map)
Available Cycling Profiles: Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking
Bike Lap and Lap Maximum – when connected with Power Sensor (not included)
Race an Activity
FTP (Functional Threshold Power) – only with compatible accessory (not included)
Compatible with Vector – when connect with Power Meter (not included)
Power Meter Compatible (not included)
Advanced Vector Support (not included)
Compatible with Varia Vision (Head-mounted display) (not included)
Compatible with Varia Radar (Rear-facing radar) (not included)
Compatible with Varia Lights (not included)
Speed and Cadence Sensor Support – only with compatible accessory (not included)

Swimming Features
Available Swim Profiles: Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
Open-Water Swim Metrics (Distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
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
Countdown Start
Pool Swim Workouts
Underwater Wrist-Based Heart Rate
Heart Rate from External HRM (Real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) – when connected to the HRM-Tri or HRM-Swim (not included)

In the Box

Forerunner 945 GPS Watch
Charging/Data Cable
Documentation

Compatible Devices and Accessories (Sold Separately) 

Adapters
AC Adapter Cable, Europe

Batteries
Garmin Charge Power Pack

Bands
QuickFit 22 Watch Straps

Cases and Covers
Carrying Case

Cables and Chargers
Charging/Data Cable (0.5m)

Heart Rate Monitors
HRM-Dual
HRM-Tri
HRM-Run
HRM-Swim

Cycling Accessories
Wristwatch Bike/Trolley Mount
Bike Cadence Sensor Bands
Quick Release Kit

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
Vector 3
Vector 3S