Garmin Forerunner 45 GPS Running Watch 42mm Black

Track where you run and get accurate stats

The small-sized and compact Garmin Forerunner 45 GPS Running Watch comes with all the running-related features you need in a sleek, lightweight smartwatch that you'll want to wear all day and night.

Garmin Coach
These adaptive training plans feature guidance from expert coaches and free training plans that adapt to you and your goals. Workouts sync right to your watch.

Built-In Sports Apps
Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for cycling, treadmill running, indoor track, elliptical, cardio, yoga and more.

Wrist-Based Heart Rate
The watch constantly samples your heart rate and will alert you if it stays too high or too low while you're at rest. It also helps gauge how hard you work during activities.

Built-In GPS
Track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance, pace and intervals.

Battery Life
Run to your heart's content with up to 7 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 13 hours in GPS mode.

Stress Tracking
Find out if you're having a calm, balanced or stressful day. Relax reminders will even prompt you to do a short breathing activity.

Body Battery Energy Monitor
Track your body's energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest.

Fitness Tracking
While you’re out and about, Forerunner 45 tracks steps, intensity minutes and more.

Smart Notifications
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible smartphone.

Safety and Tracking
If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features3 send your location to emergency contacts.

Connect IQ Store
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store.

Music Controls
Easily control the music playing on your phone, so you can skip songs without missing a beat.

Syncs with Garmin Connect
Upload your activities to the Garmin Connect app to interact with a thriving online community where people on the go can connect and compete — and even share their triumphs via social media.

Garmin Forerunner 45 GPS Running Watch Features:

• Easy-to-use running watch monitors heart rate at the wrist and features GPS to track your pace, distance, intervals and more
• Works with free Garmin Coach adaptive training plans that bring expert, personalised coaching right to your wrist
• Connected features include smart notifications for incoming texts and calls, automatic uploads to our Garmin Connect online community, live tracking and controls for the music playing on your phone
• Safety and tracking features include incident detection (during select activities) and assistance, which both send your real-time location to emergency contacts
• Sports apps for running, cycling, indoor track, treadmill, elliptical, cardio, yoga and more
• Battery life: up to 7 days in smartwatch mode; 13 hours in GPS mode

Garmin Forerunner 45 GPS Running Watch Specifications:

General

• Lens Material: Chemically strengthened glass
• Strap material: Silicone
• Physical size: 42 x 42 x 11.4 mm - Fits wrists with a circumference of 129-197 mm
• Display size: 1.04" (26.3 mm) diameter
• Display resolution: 208 x 208 pixels
• Display type: Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
• Weight: Small - 32g / Large - 36g
• Battery life: Smartwatch Mode - Up to 7 days / GPS mode - Up to 13 hours
• Water rating: 5 ATM
• Colour display
• Memory/History: 200 hours of activity data

Clock Features

• Time/date
• GPS Time Sync
• Automatic daylight saving time
• Alarm clock
• Timer
• Stopwatch

Health Monitoring

• Wrist-based Heart Rate (constant, every second)
• Daily Resting Heart Rate
• Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts: Yes (high and low)
• Fitness Age: Yes (in app)
• Body Battery Energy Monitor
• All-day Stress
• Relaxation breathing timer
• Sleep: Yes (Advanced)

Sensors

• GPS
• GLONASS
• Galileo
• Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor
• Accelerometer

Daily Smart Features

• Connectivity
• Connect IQ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps): Yes (watch faces only)
• Smart Notifications
• Calendar
• Weather
• Controls smartphone music
• Find My Phone
• Find My Watch
• Smartphone compatibility: iPhone, Android
• Pairs with Garmin Connect Mobile

Safety and Tracking Features

• LiveTrack
• Live Event Sharing: Android only
• Incident Detection during select activities: Yes (smartphone required)
• Assistance: Yes (smartphone required)

Activity Tracking Features

• Step counter
• Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
• Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
• Calories burned
• Distance traveled
• Intensity minutes
• TrueUp
• Move IQ

Gym and Fitness Equipment

• Available gym activity profiles Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Yoga may be added through app

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

• HR zones
• HR alerts
• HR calories
• HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices)
• GPS speed and distance
• Customisable data pages
• Customisable activity profiles
• Auto Pause
• Interval training
• Advanced workouts
• Downloadable training plans
• Auto Lap
• Manual lap
• VO2 Max (Run)
• Audio prompts
• Touch and/or button lock
• Activity history on watch
• Physio TrueUp

Running Features

• Available run profiles: Running, Treadmill Running. Indoor Track Running may be added through app
• GPS-based distance, time and pace
• Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
• Run workouts
• Foot pod capable

Cycling Features

• Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
• Available cycling profiles: Biking. Indoor Biking may be added through app
• Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)