Garmin Forerunner 245 Running Watch berry

Garmin Forerunner 245 Running Watch slate

Garmin Forerunner 245 Running Watch aqua

Garmin Forerunner 245 Running Watch white

Garmin Forerunner 245 Running Watch black

Garmin Forerunner 245 Running Watch

Name: Garmin Forerunner 245 Running Watch
Brand: Garmin
SKU: 010-02120-01
Price: 299.99 USD
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Garmin Forerunner 245 Running Watch

The Garmin Forerunner 245 Running Watch is a GPS running watch that does the thinking while you do the running. After each run you get a read on your training load and how long to recover. Garmin Coach builds a free plan around your race and sends each workout to the watch. Watch faces, data fields and apps from the Connect IQ store make the screen yours. The Forerunner 245 comes in Berry or Slate. The 245 Music, in Aqua, White or Black, also stores songs from select music services (subscription may be required).

The Garmin Forerunner 245 smartwatch tracks your stats, crunches the numbers, and gets to know all about your performance, your running form, your training, and even your goals.

The Forerunner 245 Running Watch is the perfect companion for all types of runners. Monitor your training load to see if you're fully owning it or just overdoing it. Prep for your next race, and perfect your form by tracking running dynamics with a compatible accessory.

With the 245 Music models, sync your playlists from select music streaming services right to your watch and store up to 500 songs (subscription may be required).

The Garmin Forerunner 245 gives you no more excuses to miss a run, workout, or training. Pick up the Forerunner today and take your running to the next level.

Sunlight-visible MIP display Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Five colors across two models

Garmin Forerunner 245 in Berry, VO2 max on the display

You run, it thinks

How it works

Training load

Training load adds up your last seven days of exercise and sets it against a range that suits your fitness. Staying inside it lets mileage build without piling on too much at once.

Productive or overreaching

Your recent exercise history and performance are read together to show if training is productive, peaking or tipping into overreaching, before the next block starts.

Recovery time

After each run, a recovery countdown shows how long to wait before the next hard effort. Stress, sleep and activity outside workouts all count toward it.

Training effect

Aerobic and anaerobic training effect show whether a session built endurance or speed, so a week can mix both on purpose.

Built around your running

Key features

Garmin Coach

Free plans that adapt to you

Built-in GPS

Distance, pace and intervals

Body Battery

Best times for activity and rest

Music on your wrist

Playlists on 245 Music

Safety and tracking

Incident detection and assistance

Built-in sports apps

Cycling, pool swims, elliptical

Smart notifications

With your compatible smartphone

Connect IQ store

Watch faces, data fields, apps

Form and fitness

How to use it

Garmin Forerunner 245 Music in Aqua, run data screen

Fitness

Follow your fitness

VO2 max estimates how you can expect to perform, and the reading adjusts for heat and altitude, so a hot summer run does not read as lost fitness.

Track running profile

Heart rate

Watch your heart rate

The wrist sensor alerts you if your resting heart rate stays too high or too low, and it keeps reading during activities, even in the pool.

The wrist-based Pulse Ox sensor estimates your body's blood oxygen saturation, including while you sleep. Body Battery, an estimate of your energy reserves through the day, helps you pick the best times for activity and rest.

Sleep tracking

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Frequently asked questions

The 245 Music adds storage for up to 500 songs (subscription may be required) and Wi-Fi. The Forerunner 245 comes in Berry and Slate; the 245 Music comes in Aqua, White and Black.

The Forerunner 245 and 245 Music each give up to 7 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 24 hours in GPS mode. The 245 Music runs up to 6 hours in GPS mode with music. Run your heart out with a watch that's got the power to keep up.

Both models measure 42.3 x 42.3 x 12.2 mm, weigh 38.5 g and fit wrists from 127 to 204 mm. The 1.2-inch memory-in-pixel (MIP) display is sunlight-visible, which means it stays readable in bright light, and both carry a 5 ATM water rating.

Yes. Use LiveTrack to let friends and family follow your real-time location and even view your entire preplanned course, when paired with your compatible smartphone. Rest assured that your loved ones know exactly where you're running.

Yes. Use the Garmin Connect app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more. Even get details on your wrist with the Menstrual Cycle Tracking widget and Pregnancy Tracking app.

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.

The Forerunner 245 or Forerunner 245 Music, a charge/data cable and documentation.

Garmin backs it with a one-year limited warranty from the date of purchase against defects in materials or workmanship, and Garmin repairs or replaces defective components.

Lens material: Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Bezel material: Fiber-reinforced polymer
Quick release bands: Yes (20 mm, industry standard)
Strap material: Silicone
Physical size: 42.3 x 42.3 x 12.2 mm; fits wrists with a circumference of 127-204 mm
Display size: 1.2 in. (30.4 mm) diameter
Display resolution: 240 x 240 pixels
Display type: Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Weight: 38.5 g
Battery life (Forerunner 245): Smartwatch mode: up to 7 days; GPS mode: up to 24 hours
Battery life (Forerunner 245 Music): Smartwatch mode: up to 7 days; GPS mode without music: up to 24 hours; GPS mode with music: up to 6 hours
Memory/History: 4 GB (both models)
Water rating: 5 ATM
Connectivity (Forerunner 245): Bluetooth, ANT+
Connectivity (Forerunner 245 Music): Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi
Music storage: Forerunner 245 Music only, up to 500 songs
Pulse Ox: Yes (spot-check and optionally in sleep)
Sensors: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor, Pulse Ox, compass, accelerometer, thermometer (tempe sensor required)
Colors: Forerunner 245: Berry, Slate; Forerunner 245 Music: Aqua, White, Black

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
Built-in GPS: Track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance, pace and intervals
Pulse Ox sensor: This wrist-based sensor estimates your body's blood oxygen saturation, including while you sleep. This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition.
Training load: This stat measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the right range for your fitness and recent training history
Body Battery energy monitor: Track your body's energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest
Music on your wrist: Sync your playlists from select music streaming services, such as Deezer, Amazon Music and Spotify, right to your watch (subscription may be required). Forerunner 245 Music can store up to 500 songs (only available on Aqua, White, and Black 245 Music models)
Safety and tracking features: If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features send your location to emergency contacts (when paired with your compatible smartphone)
Built-in sports apps: Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for cycling, pool swimming, track running, elliptical, stair-stepper and more
Running dynamics: When used with a compatible accessory, Forerunner 245 and 245 Music track cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance and more
Training status: This metric evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you're training productively, peaking or overreaching
Recovery time: After each workout, the built-in recovery time advisor lets you know how long to rest before another big effort. It even accounts for all-day stress, sleep and daily activity outside of workouts
Women's health tracking: Use the Garmin Connect app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more. Even get details on your wrist with the Menstrual Cycle Tracking widget and Pregnancy Tracking app
Smart notifications: Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible smartphone
Connect IQ store: Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store
Wrist-based heart rate: Get heart rate data along with alerts if your heart rate stays too high or too low while you're at rest. Gauge how hard your heart is working during activities, even underwater
VO2 max: Train smarter with VO2 max, an indicator of how you can expect to perform. This metric even accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude
Training effect: See how your workouts influence the development of endurance, speed and power with aerobic and anaerobic training effect feedback
Battery life: Run your heart out with a watch that's got the power to keep up. Up to 7 days in smartwatch mode and up to 24 hours in GPS mode (both models); up to 6 hours in GPS mode with music (245 Music)
LiveTrack feature: Use LiveTrack to let friends and family follow your real-time location and even view your entire preplanned course (when paired with your compatible smartphone)
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

Forerunner 245 or Forerunner 245 Music
Charge/data cable
Documentation