Elegant Smartwatch for Runners

The easy-to-use bestseller Garmin Forerunner 55 is a GPS smartwatch designed so that anyone, regardless of level, can keep track of stats and reach their training goals. This smartwatch is light, sleek, and comfortable, making it perfect for running and of course, also for the rest of your day. Whether you're running a 5K or sweating it out during a HIIT session, you'll enjoy amazing comfort with this sporty silicone band.

Key to Success!

- Keep track of time, distance, pace, and speed on your run or walk with built-in GPS.
- Monitor your health and well-being with wrist-based heart rate tracking and more.
- Stop guessing when you train - The watch suggests runs that are tailored just for you.
- Advanced running features help you reach your full potential without a high price tag.
- Track more than just running with a training watch filled with activity profiles.
- Charge less often - The watch gives you up to a full 2 weeks of battery life.

A Watch That Delivers Everything You Need to Start Running

With built-in GPS, it tracks where you run and provides you with relevant stats, including distance, pace, and intervals. Get heart rate data with alerts if your heart rate stays high while at rest, and measure how hard your heart works during activities.

Thanks to adaptive training plans, you get advice from expert coaches and free training programs that adapt to you and your personal goals. Workouts sync directly to your smartwatch from Garmin Connect. You can also get personalized training guidance with daily run recommendations of varying intensity based on your training history, fitness level, and recovery time.

Need help planning your race strategy? This feature provides GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance in the Garmin Connect app so you can adjust your effort for what lies ahead. Want guidance to help you reach your goal? Choose a specific running distance and a data page with your estimated finish time will display.

When you're ready to do a speed session on the track, use the built-in activity profile for track running to record precise lap distances and how far you've run in meters. Want to improve your running technique? Use cadence alerts to find out when you fall outside the range of your target cadence.

Predict race times - A special tool that takes into account your fitness level and training history to help you reach your race goal and see how training affects your expected finish time. Vary your training with activity profiles for track running or virtual running, pool swimming, pilates, HIIT, or breathing exercises. Run as much as you like with 2 weeks of battery life in smartwatch mode and 20 hours in GPS mode.

It's important that you get time to recover between workouts. After each training session, the built-in recovery time feature tells you how long you should rest before doing another strenuous session.

Get Full Control Over Your Health

The high-quality Forerunner 55 measures steps, intense minutes, and much, much more. See if you're having a calm, balanced, or stressful day. Relaxation reminders will even prompt you to perform a short breathing exercise. Measure your body's energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest. See when during the day you earned your intense minutes from moderate and vigorous physical activity. Monitor how you breathe throughout the day, in your sleep, and during breathing exercises. Use the Garmin Connect app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get training and nutrition education, and more.

After all, age is just a number! Seeing your metabolic age is a feature that uses chronological age, resting heart rate, and other factors to estimate if your body is younger or older than you are.

Perfect for Your Connected Life

Receive emails, texts, and alerts right on your smartwatch when paired with your compatible smartphone. Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps from Connect IQ. Easily control the music playing on your paired smartphone so you can skip tracks without having to stop. Transfer your activities to the Garmin Connect app to interact with a growing online community where people can connect and compete – and share their triumphs on social media. If you feel unsafe or if your training watch detects that an incident has occurred, assistance and incident detection features can send a message with your location to your emergency contacts.

What's Included?

- Forerunner 55
- Charging/data cable
- Documentation