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WHAT IF YOUR NEXT RACE WAS THE PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME? AND PERSONALIZED DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS HELPED YOU DO SOMETHING YOU’VE NEVER DONE? WITH THE FORERUNNER 265 SMARTWATCH, YOU’LL SEE EVERY INSIGHT LIT UP ON A COLORFUL AMOLED TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY. GET READY TO BE BETTER FOR IT.

  • TRAIN BRILLIANTLY: with an AMOLED display
  • KNOW WHERE YOU STAND: with morning report 
  • RUN. RECOVER. REPEAT: with up to 13 days of battery life in smartwatch mode
  • PLAN YOUR STRATEGY: with race adaptive training, personalized daily suggested workouts, training readiness score, and more 

WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: 

MORNING REPORT

Receive an overview of your sleep1 and training outlook as soon as you wake up — alongside HRV status and weather. You can even customize your report to show you what you want to see.


RACE ADAPTIVE TRAINING PLANS

Get ready for your next race, including marathons, with training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions. Just enter your race, and we’ll build a plan that’ll help you meet your goals.


DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS

Get workouts made for you. They adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery and take into account the races coming up in your Garmin Connect calendar.


TRAINING READINESS

From the moment you wake up, get a readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training load and more, so you can determine whether it’s a good day to go hard — or take it easy.


TRAINING STATUS

Using indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history and performance, get an easy insight into your overall effort — and whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained.


HRV STATUS

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.

 

LIGHT, BRIGHT AND MADE FOR ANY DISTANCE:

GARMIN COACH

Free adaptive 5K, 10K and half marathon training plans from expert coaches.


RECOVERY TIME

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


COURSES

Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app, or sync from your favorite third party platforms.


SLEEP COACH

Get a sleep score and personalized coaching for how much sleep you need and how you can improve. Keep track of different sleep stages and naps — and see key metrics such as HRV status to better understand your health2.


BODY BATTERY ENERGY MONITORING

See your energy levels throughout the day so you’ll know when your body is charged up and ready for activity or drained and needing to recharge with restful sleep. And get even more details and personal insights on how sleep, naps, daily activities and high stress specifically impact your energy1.

NAP DETECTION

Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and to check the recommended time and duration they should be.


RACE PREDICTOR

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


WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING

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

 

PREPARE:

WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS

This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.


WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

The watch constantly samples your heart rate to help you gauge how hard you work during activities1.


ACUTE LOAD

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


TRAINING EFFECT

See how your workouts influence your endurance, speed and power.


PERFORMANCE CONDITION

While you run, get an analysis of your pace and heart rate for a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform.

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.


HEALTH SNAPSHOT

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


STRESS TRACKING

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


PULSE OX SENSOR

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

AUDIO PROMPTS

Get alerts to know how you’re performing and even be guided through workouts.


CROSS TRAINING

Forerunner 265 is preloaded with free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts so you can switch up how you sweat.

 

CONNECT:

MUSIC

Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening.


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.


GARMIN PAY CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS

Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.


SMART NOTIFICATIONS

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


LIVETRACK

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

GARMIN CONNECT APP

See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more — in this free, zero-subscription app.


CONNECT IQ STORE

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