Product Description
Run at a higher level with the Forerunner® 255 series. This running smartwatch helps you train and recover smarter with training status, running power, multi-band GPS and daily suggested workouts that adapt to your performance and goals. Plus, other new features such as race widget, which helps you plan your race-day strategy, and morning report with HRV status that reveals your overall health alongside the day ahead. And with Garmin PayTM contactless payments1, it’s never been easier to buy that post- workout coffee — no matter how you work out — with over 30 activity profiles including triathlon, cycling, swimming and more. With Forerunner 255, you can get a continuous picture of your health, from training and recovery to sleep quality and overall wellness with 14 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 30 hours in GPS mode.
NEW – MORNING REPORT
Morning report summarizes your sleep, HRV status, and daily workout suggestions in one place as soon as you wake up2.
NEW – BATTERY LIFE
Get up to 14 days in smartwatch mode and up to 30 hours in GPS mode.
NEW – HRV STATUS
HRV status tracks your heart rate variability while you sleep, giving you greater insight into your overall wellness, recovery and training performance2.
NEW – SPORTS APPS
In addition to the 30+ built-in activity profiles, new to the FR255 series is the triathlon activity profile. For races and brick workouts, transition to the next activity with a single button press
NEW – RACE WIDGET
Race widget provides training tips and daily suggested workouts while predicting the completion time of your next race based on course details, fitness data, weather and more.
NEW – SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
View your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery.
NEW – UPDATED DESIGN
Available in both 41mm and 46mm-sized cases, and with a noticeably slim profile, Forerunner 255 has the perfect fit for every wrist so you can wear it (and keep an eye on your wellness) both day and night.
NEW – RUNNING POWER
Get a continuous measurement on your wrist of how much power you’re applying to the road as you run3.
NEW – GARMIN PAYTM
Leave your cash and cards at home; Garmin PayTM contactless payments1 let you pay for purchases on the go.
NEW – MULTI-BAND GPS
Multi-band satellite tracking on GPS, GLONASS and Galileo networks gives you superior accuracy for how far and how fast you’ve run — even in challenging environments.
NEW – TRAINING STATUS
Evaluates your current training status to indicate if you’re undertraining or overdoing it; offers additional performance monitoring features
NEW – ACUTE LOAD
Compare the intensity of your recent workouts to the optimal range for your fitness and training history.
RUNNING DYNAMICS
Provides advanced running dynamics3, including ground contact time balance, stride length, vertical ratio and more.
GARMIN COACH
Get free adaptive training plans from Garmin Coach, or create your own custom workouts at our Garmin ConnectTM online fitness community.
CONNECTED FEATURES
Connected features4 include built-in smart notifications, automatic uploads to the Garmin ConnectTM online fitness community and the ability to track your runs with the LiveTrack feature.
SAFETY AND TRACKING
If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features send your location to emergency contacts. Incident detection is enabled by default for select activity profiles only4.
BODY BATTERYTM
Track your body’s energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest.
MUSIC ON YOUR WRIST (Music models only)
Download up to 500 songs to your watch, including playlists from Amazon Music, Deezer or Spotify (premium subscription may be required) and, connect with your wireless headphones for phone-free listening.
1View current supported country, payment network and issuing bank information at Garmin.com/en-US/garminpay/banks/
2The data and information provided by these devices are intended to be a close estimation of your activity and metrics tracked but may not be precisely accurate.
3When used with Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-ProTM monitor (sold separately)
4When paired with a compatible smartphone; see Garmin.com/ble. For safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety.
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