LET 'EM KNOW YOU'RE A RUNNER

Forerunner 170 is the purpose-built GPS running smartwatch with personalised beginner-friendly training plans and advanced training metrics that’ll help you reach your goals.

1.2” COLOURFUL AMOLED TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY

UP TO 10 DAYS OF BATTERY LIFE IN SMARTWATCH MODE

ADVANCED TRAINING METRICS AND RECOVERY INSIGHTS

GARMIN COACH PERSONALISED TRAINING PLANS

80+ BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS

SMART NOTIFICATIONS¹ AND GARMIN PAY™ CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS²

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE

PACE, DISTANCE, HEART RATE

This easy-to-use GPS running smartwatch has the essential features you need to take your running to the next level — including GPS, pace, distance and wrist-based heart rate

DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS

Get workouts made for you. These daily suggestions, now with run-walk workouts, adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery.

GARMIN COACH ADAPTIVE TRAINING PLANS

Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with training plans that adapt daily based on your recovery and health metrics. Choose from beginner-friendly plans with run-walk workouts and less volume, or pick plans for more intense training.

HRV STATUS

Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability¹. Your watch monitors the time variations between consecutive heartbeats while you sleep.

ADVANCED TRAINING FEATURES

Training readiness helps you determine if you’re primed to run. Training status lets you know if you’re training productively, and training effect provides you with insight into the primary benefit of your workouts.

ON-THE-GO FEATURES

Pay from your wrist with Garmin Pay contactless payments², and receive smart notifications when paired with your smartphone

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DIAL IN

LONG BATTERY LIFE

With up to 10 days in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode, you’ll get a more complete picture of your health and training.

MORNING REPORT

Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery, daily calendar, HRV status and more as soon as you wake up

EVENING REPORT

Prepare for tomorrow before bed with a reminder of sleep need, tomorrow’s workout, weather and events.

RECOVERY TIME

Know how long to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.

SLEEP COACH

Get a sleep score and personalised coaching for how much sleep you need. Track sleep stages, and get insights to improve sleep quality¹.

NAP DETECTION

Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and what their ideal time and duration should be.

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING

Track your body’s energy levels throughout the day to find the best times for activity and rest¹.

Courses

Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect™ app and from third-party platforms, then sync them directly to your watch.

COURSE PLANNER

Prepare for what’s to come with course planner. This feature lets you add cut-off times, notes, rest plans, checkpoints and aid stations to keep you on track throughout the race.

RACE PREDICTOR

Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon.

BREATHING VARIATIONS

Have a better understanding of your health with insights into shifts in your breathing patterns as you sleep². These shifts could be related to environment, alcohol or potential sleep disorders such as sleep apnea.

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING

Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy, and get exercise and nutrition education.

PREPARE

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

The watch constantly samples your heart rate day and night and helps you gauge how hard you work during activities¹.

WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS

Improve your form with running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.

VO2 MAX

See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.

INTENSITY MINUTES

Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes to help meet your goals.

ACUTE LOAD

Compare your recent training load to the optimal range to help improve your fitness.

PULSE OX SENSOR

Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep²

QUICK WORKOUT

Create running workouts directly on your watch based on desired time and intensity level.

Voice alerts

Get alerts to know how you’re performing (when paired with your smartphone).

STRESS TRACKING

Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.

HEALTH SNAPSHOT

Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.

LIFESTYLE LOGGING

Log behaviours — such as caffeine and alcohol intake — and view reports on how they impact your health in the Garmin Connect app.

HEALTH STATUS

Look for changes in your health data that could indicate added stress to your body, so you can know when you’re trending away from your usual range.

CROSS TRAINING

Browse Garmin Connect for free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts. You can even build your own in the app and send to your watch.

ACTIVITY TRACKING

Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned and more from your wrist¹.

FITNESS AGE

Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.

MOBILITY

Increase your flexibility and strength with free downloadable mobility workouts.

PERFORM

BUILT-IN GNSS

Our built-in GNSS supports multiple satellite systems, so you track where you run and record key stats, including distance and pace.

WRIST-BASED RUNNING POWER

See how much power you’re applying to the trail or road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS

Tap in to 80+ built-in activities, including cycling, pool swimming, strength training and more.

PacePro™ Feature

Plan race-day strategy with pace guidance for a selected course or distance.

TRACK RUNNING

Record accurate lap distances and see your distances in meters.

CONNECT

SAFETY AND TRACKING

If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location³. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.

LIVETRACK™ LOCATION SHARING

Friends and family can follow your real-time location³ and view preplanned courses.

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone® or Android™ smartphone.

ON-WRIST TEXTING

Use the keyboard to send quick text responses on your paired watch (Android only or through the Garmin Messenger™ app⁴) so you can keep your phone in your pocket.

GARMIN CONNECT APP

See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more.

CONNECT IQ™ STORE

Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.

GOOGLE MAPS™ APP

Enter your destination in Google Maps on your Android smartphone, then follow turn-by-turn directions on your wrist.

GARMIN SHARE

Sync up with friends by sharing saved locations, courses and workouts with other nearby compatible devices.

COLOUR FILTERS AND WATCH FACE CUSTOMISATION

Get colour display options — including grey scale, red/green, green/red or blue/yellow — to assist with various forms of colour blindness. Choose from various watch faces with customisable data and colours.

GARMIN PAY CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS

Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.

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