SHOW THE WORLD THAT YOU RUN
The Forerunner 170 is a dedicated GPS smart running watch with personalised training plans for beginners and advanced training metrics to help you reach your goals.
1.2" COLOR AMOLED TOUCHSCREEN
BATTERY LIFE UP TO 10 DAYS IN SMARTWATCH MODE
TRAINING AND RECOVERY RECOMMENDATIONS
TAILORED GARMIN TRAINER PLANS
OVER 80 SPORTS FUNCTIONS
SMART NOTIFICATIONS1 AND GARMIN PAY™2 CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
FEATURES YOU'LL LOVE
PACE, DISTANCE, HEART RATE
This handy GPS running watch offers important features to help you take your training to the next level - like GPS, pace, distance and heart rate on your wrist3.
RECOMMENDED WORKOUTS
Get tailored workouts. Daily suggestions (now including Indian Run) are updated after each run to match your performance and recovery.
GARMIN ADAPTIVE TRAINER TRAINING PLANS
Train for a race, reach a desired milestone or improve your fitness with training plans that adjust daily based on your recovery and health metrics. You can choose from plans suitable for beginners that include lower volume training and alternate running with walking, or opt for plans for intense training.
HEART RATE VARIABILITY
Get a better understanding of your overall health, training and recovery based on heart rate variability. When you sleep, the watch tracks the variation of consecutive heartbeats.
ADVANCED TRAINING FEATURES
Training readiness tells you if you're ready to run. Training Status lets you know if your workouts are productive, and Training Effect provides insight into the main benefits of your workouts.
ON-THE-GO FEATURES
Pay directly from your wrist with Garmin Pay2 contactless payments and get smart notifications from your paired phone.
ALL YOUR IMPORTANT DATA
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LONG BATTERY LIFE
With 10 days of battery life in watch mode and 20 hours of battery life in GPS mode, you'll have plenty of time between charges for sports activities and ongoing day/night health data.
MORNING REPORT
Immediately upon waking, you'll see a sleep and recovery summary, daily calendar, VST status and more.
EVENING REPORT
Before you go to bed, you can prepare for the next day by viewing your current sleep needs, scheduled workouts, weather forecast and planned events.
Regeneration Assistant
Based on health data and information about the workload you've completed, the watch will recommend how long you need to recover before your next intense workout.
SLEEP ADVISOR
The function measures and evaluates sleep duration and quality, records sleep stages and get advice to improve sleep quality3.
DETECT NAPS
Automatically track (or manually record) naps throughout the day and monitor their benefits to your body.
BODY BATTERY™ FUNCTION
Track your body's energy levels throughout the day so you can plan your activities and rest accordingly3.
ROUTE NAVIGATION
Create or search for existing routes in the Garmin Connect™ app (or on another provider's platform) and sync them directly to your watch.
ROUTE PLANNER
With the Route Planner, you can prepare for what's ahead. This feature allows you to enter split times, notes, rest plan, checkpoints and refreshment stations to keep track of everything during the race.
RESULTS FORECAST
Get an estimate of what your pace might be for a 5km or, 10km run, half marathon and marathon.
BREATH VARIATION
Gain a better understanding of your health with information about changes in breathing patterns during sleep4. These changes may be related to the environment, alcohol consumption or potential sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea.
MONITORING WOMEN'S HEALTH
Track and record menstrual cycle or pregnancy and related exercise and nutrition tips.
PREPARATION AND PLANNING
WRIST HEART RATE MONITORING
The watch continuously collects data about your heart rate and helps you assess the effort you are putting in during activities3.
WRIST RUNNING DYNAMICS
Improve your form with running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
VO2 MAX MEASUREMENT
See your current fitness level and how it changes over time. This will help you set goals and evaluate your progress.
INTENSE MOVEMENT
Keep track of the number of minutes of moderate and vigorous activity and see if you are meeting your goals.
CURRENT TRAINING LOAD
Compare your short-term training load to the optimal recommendation for improving your fitness.
PULSE OXYMETER
Monitor your blood oxygenation readings. With the option of manual control or nightly or continuous measurement4.
FAST TRAINER
You can create running workouts directly on the watch according to your desired time and intensity.
Voice alerts
Receive alerts that inform you of your current performance (when paired with your phone).
STRESS LEVEL MONITORING
Track your Stress Score readings to see how you're balancing recovery and the strain on your body.
HEALTH SNAPSHOT
Complete a two-minute activity to record important health statistics, You can share the resulting report with your doctor.
MY HABIT DIARY
Record your habits, such as caffeine and alcohol intake, and track their impact on your health in Garmin Connect.
HEALTH STATUS
Track deviations in your health data that could indicate increased stress so you know when you're deviating from your normal average.
READY WORKOUTS
Find free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga, or Pilates workouts in the Garmin Connect app. You can even create your own workouts in the app and send them to your watch.
SPORTS FEATURES
Track your daily step count, calories burned, floors climbed and more right on your wrist3.
AGE BY FITNESS
See an estimate of how fit you are relative to your age.
MOBILITY
Improve your flexibility and strength with free and downloadable mobility workouts.
PERFORMANCE FEATURES
GPS AND OTHER SATELLITE SYSTEMS
Integrated GNSS technology supports connection to various satellite systems so you can track your routes and record important data such as distance or pace.
WRIST RUNNING PERFORMANCE
Track your running power in watts on the trail. You can build more effective training based on your running power.
SPORTS ACTIVITY APPS
Take advantage of more than 80 integrated activities including cycling, open water swimming, strength training and more.
RACE STRATEGIES USING PACEPRO™
Plan your race day strategy using pace suggestions for your chosen route or distance.
RUN ON THE ROAD
Record the exact length of the circuit and track the distance in meters.
SMART FEATURES
SAFETY FEATURES
If the watch assesses that an accident has occurred, it will send a message with your current location