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Train Brilliantly

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
• Built-in gps for time, distance, pace and speed

Pace, Distance, Heart Rate

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 rate[1].

Daily Suggested Workouts

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.

Garmin Coach

Get free adaptive 5K, 10K and half-marathon training plans from expert coaches to help you take on a new challenge.

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 Garmin Firstbeat Analytics team.

Morning Report

Receive an overview of your sleep[1] 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.

Training Effect

With training effect, you can see how your workouts impact your fitness and understand the primary benefit from training runs and workouts.

Go Ahead, Sign Up For That Race

Plan: Long Battery Life

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.

Recovery Time

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.

Sleep Monitoring And Sleep Score

Understand how your body is recovering with sleep score, get a breakdown of your sleep stages, and gain detailed insights for improved sleep quality[1].

Body Battery Energy Monitoring

Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest[1]. Even get details and insights on how sleep, naps, activities and stress impact your energy.

Courses

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

Race Predictor

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

NAP Detection

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

Breathing Variations

For a closer glimpse of your health, the breathing variations feature helps you understand shifts in your breathing patterns as you sleep[2]. 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

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 night[1].

Wrist-based Running Dynamics

Get measurements of crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more to help improve your running form.

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.

Audio Prompts

Get audio updates about your performance when paired to your smartphone.

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 asleep[2].

Cross Training

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.

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.

Activity Tracking

Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned, floors climbed and more from your wrist[1].

Fitness Age

Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.

Perform: Built-in GNSS

Garmin built-in sensors connect to multiple satellite systems so you track where you run, and get accurate 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 25+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.

Track Running

Record accurate lap distances, and see your distances in metres.

PacePro Feature

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

Connect: Safety And Tracking

If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location[3]. 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 running watch when paired with your iPhone or Android smartphone.

Livetrack Feature

Friends and family can follow your real-time location[3] and view preplanned courses.

Garmin Trails

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.

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.

Control Smartphone Music

Keep your phone tucked away, and control your paired smartphone’s music directly from your watch.

What's in the Box:

• USB-C charging/data cable

Notes:

1.Activity tracking accuracy.

2.This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; Breathing Variations not available in all countries.

3.When paired with your compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking features requirements and limitations

iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Android is a trademark of Google LLC.

Engineering enhancements are ongoing and may not be reflected in the pictures, videos and specifications.

Product Features:

• Automatic daylight saving time
• GPS time sync
• Time/date
• Alarm clock
• Timer
• Stopwatch
• Sunrise/sunset times