Garmin Forerunner 245

This item has been discontinued. No longer available.

You do the running. Forerunner 245 does the thinking. This GPS smartwatch doesn’t just tell you where you ran. It tracks your stats, crunches the numbers and gets to know all about your performance, your running form, your training history and even your goals.

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June 15, 2021: New Features available through a free software update through the Garmin Connect app

Improved VO2 max: Record VO2 max during a trail run activity (can be turned off if desired) and receive a more accurate VO2 max that accounts for difficult terrain or footing when using the “run” activity profile.
Rate of perceived exertion (RPE) and feel: After a workout, an athlete can record how hard it was and how it felt. These subjective ratings are then uploaded to Garmin Connect™ as part of the activity.
Improved intensity minutes: Find out how and when daily intensity minutes were earned
Daily suggested workouts: Receive on-device running and cycling daily workout suggestions based on training history, fitness level and recovery time.

GPS Running Smartwatch with Advanced Training Features

Evaluates your current training status to indicate if you’re under-training or overdoing it; offers additional performance monitoring features
Get free adaptive training plans from Garmin Coach, or create your own custom workouts on our Garmin Connect™ online fitness community
Provides advanced running dynamics¹, including ground contact time balance, stride length, vertical ratio and more
Safety and tracking features², such as built-in incident detection, make it easy to share your location
Customize with free watch faces, apps and more from our Connect IQ™ Store
Battery life: up to 7 days in smartwatch mode; up to 24 hours in GPS mode

Advanced Performance Analytics

What amount of training is right for you? Forerunner 245 offers personalized training and recovery insight for smarter training decisions, helping you prepare for your next race. It keeps tabs on your VO2 max and understands how heat and altitude impact your performance. And the higher your VO2 max, the higher you can expect to perform, which is exactly what is shown by the performance condition metric. Training status evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you’re training productively, peaking or overreaching. See how your workouts influence the development of endurance, speed and power with aerobic and anaerobic training effect feedback. Recovery time helps you maximize the benefit of your efforts by predicting when you will be ready for your next tough challenge. You can even view your overall training load, which measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history.

More Ways to Work Out

Running is what you do, so train smarter with the tools available from our Garmin Connect online fitness community. Create your own custom workouts, or download free ones that sync right to your watch. Or, if you’ve got a specific goal in mind for your next 5K, check out Garmin Coach. Featuring guidance from expert coaches and free training plans that adapt to you and your goals, it’s a foolproof way to get to the finish line. As part of your training plan, it can even help you predict your race time. What about when you want to switch it up? Forerunner 245 also has activity profiles for cycling, pool swimming, indoor rowing and even for using the elliptical or stair-stepper.

Analyze Your Running Form

The Forerunner 245 GPS smartwatch also has the tools you need to improve your running form. The watch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, vertical oscillation and vertical ratio. These measurements are the key to understanding your form, so you can bring your best on every run and at every race. Your Forerunner 245 can start tracking these metrics with the addition of a compatible heart rate strap or the compact Running Dynamics Pod, which clips right onto your waistband.

More Ways to Customize

Check out our Connect IQ Store, where you can add personality to Forerunner 245 by downloading apps, widgets, watch faces and more. It’s easy and — even better — it’s free. New apps are added every day, so you can keep tabs on when your Uber will arrive, turn on your lights at home with the SmartThings app, and even use the AccuWeather MinuteCast app to find out when the rain will start.

Stay Connected on the Run

Forerunner 245 makes it easy to run without leaving important smart features behind. Once paired with your compatible smartphone, you’ll be able to receive text messages and see social media updates, emails and more right on your wrist. And new safety and tracking features make it easy to share your location with chosen contacts in case you need assistance — manually, or automatically with built-in incident detection², if needed. So, lace up your shoes, and head out with a little extra peace of mind.

Share and Compete

Syncing your activities to Garmin Connect is for more than just storing your data. Garmin Connect is a thriving online community where people on the go can connect and compete by joining challenges, encourage each other’s successes and even share their triumphs via social media. Garmin Connect is free and available on the web or on your smartphone.

Wellness and Advanced Sleep Monitoring

The Forerunner 245 smartwatch has tools to help keep tabs on your overall well-being and the sleep³ you’re getting at night. These tools provide crucial insight you can use to maximize your training. For example, it’s our first running watch to include a Pulse Ox sensor⁴. This wrist-based sensor estimates your body’s blood oxygen saturation, which can help gauge how your body is absorbing oxygen — especially while you sleep. And to help you optimize your body’s energy, Body Battery™ energy monitoring uses collected data to gauge your energy reserves at any moment, so you can plan your day to optimize times for activity and rest.

Track Your Cycle

Coming soon, you’ll get a better understanding of your body using the Garmin Connect menstrual cycle tracking feature. Use it to track cycle details, log physical and emotional symptoms and record personal notes for regular, irregular and menopause transition cycle types. You’ll get education about training and nutrition during each phase of your current cycle, too. With the Connect IQ app, you’ll get cycle updates — such as period reminders, cycle details and symptoms logged for the day — delivered to your wrist.

¹When used with Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-Run or HRM-Tri™ monitors (sold separately)
²When paired with a compatible smartphone. See safety and tracking features requirements and limitations
³Activity tracking accuracy
⁴This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox not available in all countries

Color	Garmin Forerunner 245 in Slate Gray, Garmin Forerunner 245 in Berry
Brand	Garmin

Product Specification

Garmin Forerunner 245 Physical & Performance:
Unit dimensions	42.3 x 42.3 x 12.2 mm Fits wrist with a circumference of 127 – 204 mm
Display size, WxH	1.2″ (30.4 mm) diameter
Display resolution, WxH	240 x 240 pixels
Color display	yes
Weight	38.5 g
Battery	rechargeable lithium-ion
Battery life	Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days, GPS Mode: Up to 24 hours
Water rating	Swim, 5 ATM
Display type	sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Lens Material	Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
Bezel Material	fiber-reinforced polymer
Quick Release Bands	yes (20 mm, industry standard)
Strap Material	silicone
GLONASS	yes
Galileo	yes
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor	yes
Compass	yes
Accelerometer	yes
Pulse Ox	yes
Maps & Memory:
History:	200 hours of activity data
Daily Smart Features:
Connectivity	Bluetooth®, ANT+®
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)	yes
Smart notifications	yes
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only)	yes
Calendar	yes
Weather	yes
Controls smartphone music	yes
Find My Phone	yes
Find My Watch	yes
VIRB® Camera Remote	yes
Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile	yes
Smartphone compatibility	iPhone® and Android™
Training, Planning & Analysis Features:
GPS speed and distance	yes
Customizable data pages	yes
Customizable activity profiles	yes
Auto Pause® (pauses and resumes timer based on speed)	yes
Interval training (set up exercise and rest intervals)	yes
Downloadable training plans	yes
Auto Lap® (automatically starts a new lap):	yes
Manual Lap	yes
Configurable lap alerts	yes
V02 max	yes
Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.)	yes
Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC)	yes
Training Effect (aerobic)	yes
Training Effect (anaerobic)	yes
Customizable alerts	yes
Audio prompts	yes
Race an Activity	yes
Course guidance	yes
Touch and/or button lock	yes
Auto scroll	yes
Physio TrueUp	yes
Activity history on watch	yes
Finish time	yes
Safety and Tracking Features:
Incident Detection during select activities	yes (Smartphone Required)
Assistance	yes (Smartphone Required)
LiveTrack	yes
Live Event Sharing	Android™ Only
Activity Tracking Features:
Step counter	yes
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)	yes
Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)	yes
Calories burned	yes
Distance traveled	yes
Intensity minutes	yes
TrueUp™	yes
Move IQ™	yes
Fitness Age	yes (in app)
Body Battery™ Energy Monitor	yes
All-day Stress Tracking	yes
Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep)	yes
Running Features:
Available run profiles	Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running
GPS-based distance, time and pace	yes
Running dynamics	yes (with compatible accessory)
Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of ‘bounce’ in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length)	yes (with compatible accessory)
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)	yes (with compatible accessory)
Stride length (real time)	yes (with compatible accessory)
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)	yes
Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level)	yes
Run workouts	yes
Race predictor	yes
Foot pod capable	yes
Outdoor Recreation Features:
Point-to-point navigation	yes
Bread crumb trail in real time	yes
Back to start	yes
TracBack®	yes
UltraTrac mode	yes
Distance to destination	yes
GPS coordinates	yes
Cycling Features:
Available cycling profiles	Biking, Indoor Biking
Courses	yes
Race an activity	yes
Time/distance alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goal)	yes
Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display)	yes
Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar)	yes
Compatible with Varia™ lights	yes
Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor)	yes
Gym & Fitness Features:
Available gym activity profiles	Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Rowing and Yoga
Cardio workouts	yes
Strength workouts	yes
Automatic rep counting	yes
Swimming Features:
Available swim profiles	Pool Swimming
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories)	yes
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly)	yes
Swim efficiency (SWOLF)	yes
Drill logging	yes
Pool swim workouts	yes
Heart Rate Features:
HR Zones	yes
HR alerts	yes
HR calories	yes
% HR max	yes
% HRR	yes
Recovery time	yes
Auto max HR	yes
HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices)	yes