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You don’t just run. You’ve moved beyond that. Which is why you need Forerunner® 165 — the purpose-built GPS running watch for beginners that helps you meet your goals with personalised adaptive training plans and a bright display to light up your progress.
1.2″ COLOURFUL AMOLED DISPLAY
UP TO 11 DAYS OF BATTERY LIFE IN SMARTWATCH MODE
TRAINING METRICS AND RECOVERY INSIGHTS
25+ BUILT-IN GPS AND INDOOR SPORTS APPS
TOUCHSCREEN AND BUTTONS
MUSIC ON YOUR WRIST
This easy-to-use GPS running watch provides the essential features you need to take your running to the next level — including GPS, pace, distance and wrist-based heart rate1.
Get workouts made for you. They adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery as well as the races coming up in your Garmin Connect™ smartphone app calendar.
Get free adaptive 5K, 10K and half-marathon training plans from expert coaches to help you take on a new challenge.
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics™ team.
Receive an overview of your sleep1 and training outlook as soon as you wake up — alongside HRV status and weather. You can even customise your report to show you what you want to see.
With training effect, you can see how your workouts impact your fitness and understand the primary benefit from training runs and workouts.
With up to 11 days in smartwatch mode and up to 19 hours in GPS mode, you’ll get a more complete picture of your health and training.
Know how long to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training as well as overall stress, sleep and daily activities outside of workouts.
Understand how your body is recovering with sleep score, get a breakdown of your sleep stages, and gain detailed insights for improved sleep quality1.
Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest1. Even get details and insights on how sleep, naps, activities and stress impact your energy.
Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app and from favourite third-party platforms, and sync directly to your running watch.
Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half-marathon and even a marathon.
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and what their ideal time and duration should be.
For a closer glimpse of your health, the breathing variations feature helps you understand shifts in your breathing patterns as you sleep2. These shifts could be related to environment, alcohol, or potential sleep disorders such as sleep apnea.
Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy and get exercise and nutrition education.
Constant measurement of your heart rate helps you gauge how hard you work during activities, so you can stay in the know all day and night1.
Get measurements of crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more to help improve your running form.
See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.
Get alerts to know how you’re performing and even be guided through workouts.
Browse the Garmin Connect app for dozens of free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts. You can even build your own in the app and send them to your running smartwatch.
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.
Log behaviours — such as caffeine and alcohol intake — and view reports on how they impact your health in the Garmin Connect™ app.
Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned, floors climbed and more from your wrist1.
Our built-in sensors connect to multiple satellite systems so you track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance and pace.
See how much power you’re applying to the trail or road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.
Tap in to 25+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.
Record accurate lap distances, and see your distances in metres.
Plan race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or YouTube® Music accounts for phone-free listening (subscription may be required).
If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location4. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.
Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your running watch when paired with your iPhone® or Android™ smartphone.
Friends and family can follow your real-time location4 and view preplanned courses.
Access thousands of trails, and send them directly to your compatible device for offline use with a subscription to Garmin Connect+ in the Garmin Connect™ app or to Outdoor Maps+ in the Garmin Explore™ app. Available in selected areas. Learn more
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