Garmin - Forerunner 970
Premium running and triathlon smartwatch with AMOLED touch display, integrated flashlight, improved navigation and enhanced performance and health data
For performance-oriented runners, there's Forerunner® 970 - the premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch with our brightest AMOLED display yet, durable sapphire crystal, a lightweight titanium bezel and an integrated LED flashlight. Running Economy provides information on overall energy efficiency and ground speed loss shows you how much slower you're getting (HRM 600 chest strap required; sold separately). Running Tolerance lets you know how your training habits have prepared you for current and future biomechanical stress. Multiband GPS, integrated color maps and navigation optimizations keep you on the right track during training.
Forerunner 970 with 47 mm size for wrist circumference 135 - 205 mm.
Highlights of the Garmin Forerunner 970 GPS Smartwatch
- Bright 1.4 inch AMOLED touch display
- Lightweight titanium bezel and sapphire crystal
- Integrated LED flashlight
- Up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, up to 26 hours in GPS mode
- Extended performance and health data
- Maps in color with improved navigation
- Calls from your wrist thanks to integrated speaker and microphone
- Improve your pace with Running Economy and Running Tolerance
- With personalized Garmin Coach training plans for running and triathlon
- SatIQ™ technology and multi-frequency reception
- Music on your wrist
Running Economy: measures how efficiently you run. Parameters for the calculation are speed, heart rate and the proven Running Dynamics as well as the speed loss metric (optional HRM 600 required). The lower the value, the more energy-efficient your running movement.
Running Tolerance: evaluates the biomechanical load on your body when running. Especially when running downhill, the musculoskeletal system, i.e. bones, joints, tendons and ligaments, is subjected to high stress. Running Tolerance evaluates this strain and helps you to avoid overloading.
Maps in color: Whether on city streets or trails in the forest, the Forerunner 970 offers integrated maps in color that are now even more dynamic, intuitive and easy to follow.
Adaptive Garmin Coach training plans: Prepare for your next race, train for a milestone or simply improve your fitness with adaptive or pre-built Garmin Coach running, cycling, strength or triathlon training plans. To make the workouts even more personalized, selected plans are even adjusted based on performance and health data.
Training readiness: Training readiness combines your current training load with other health data such as recovery, sleep or stress and individually classifies your readiness for the next training session.
Telephony and voice assistance: Enjoy the convenience of making and receiving calls from your wrist - or use your smartphone's voice assistant to respond to text messages and more (when paired with your compatible iPhone® or Android™ smartphone). Specific functions can even be activated offline by voice command.
Morning report: The morning report shows you a summary of your sleep and HRV status as soon as you wake up and provides you with your daily training recommendation and weather information. You can even customize the report according to your preferences.
Evening report: The evening report shows you a summary of your day before you go to bed and gives you recommendations on how long you should sleep and the planned training and weather for the next day. You can even customize the report according to your preferences.
Daily training recommendations: Get workouts tailored specifically to you based on your data. These running recommendations vary in intensity and are adjusted after each run to take performance and recovery into account.
Recovery time: Find out how long you need to recover before your next intense workout. Your last training session is crucial here.
Body Battery™Measure your body's energy reserves so you know when the best times are to be active or recover .
Sleep coach: Get a sleep score and personalized coaching on how much sleep you need. Record sleep stages and get insights to improve sleep quality.
Detection of naps: You can automatically track or save naps. Based on the data, you know how naps benefit your body, when the ideal time is and how long they should be.
HRV Status: Record your heart rate variability during sleep and get exciting insights into your health, recovery and fitness thanks to a daily and 7-day average.
Garmin ECG app: The ECG app uses sensors to record the electrical signals that control the heartbeat. It analyzes the recording to detect signs of an irregular heart rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation.
Skin temperature: Wear your smartwatch while you sleep and see how your average skin temperature changes. These changes can be attributed to recent activity, sleep climate, possible illness and more.
Women's health: Track and store information on your menstrual cycle or pregnancy and also get information on exercise and nutrition. Track your skin temperature while you sleep to get better period predictions and calculations for the days after ovulation.
Run time prediction: Get a calculation of your potential pace for a 5K, 10K, half marathon or marathon if you were to run the distance today.
Race timeprediction: The race time prediction shows you the time and pace you could run at the race if you continue training until the race day you entered.
Running Dynamics on your wrist: Your smartwatch measures important running efficiency data such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and much more.
Speed loss on ground contact: The speed loss on ground contact metric measures how much you slow down when you put your foot down. Good runners lose little speed and can quickly convert the movement back into a forward motion (optional HRM 600 required).
Heart rate measurement on the wrist: Your heart rate is recorded regularly and helps you to assess how hard you are training during activities.
Multisport workouts: Create customized pairings to prepare for your next triathlon or multisport event. Combine two or more sports and let your smartwatch guide you through your training.
Hill ScoreThe Hill Score shows you your uphill running progress based on your training history and your VO2max. In addition, a value is calculated for your ability to run up steep climbs and for your running endurance on long climbs.
Endurance value: This value shows the development of your endurance and the ability to complete longer efforts, taking into account all recorded sporting activities. Among other things, your short and long-term training loads and your VO2max value are used to measure the progress of your endurance across all sports. Measure endurance across all sports.
Acute load: Compare your recent training load with the optimal range to improve your fitness.
Load ratio: Track the short-term and medium-term load ratio. This keeps your training load within a range that promotes your health and avoids setbacks.
Performance status: Receive an analysis of your pace and heart rate while running. This gives you a real-time assessment of your current performance.
VO2Max: See your current fitness level and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate your progress and more.
Stress level measurement: See what kind of day you are having: a calm day, a balanced day or a stressful day.
Training effect: See how your training sessions affect your endurance, speed and performance.
Health Snapshot™Sensor: Complete a 2-minute session to record key health statistics and then create a report to share with your doctor.
Pulse Ox Sensor: Track your blood oxygen levels to check acclimatization at altitude or detect any breathing difficulties during sleep.
Workouts : Download free HIIT, strength training, cardio, yoga, Pilates and mobility workouts to add variety to your training.
Triathlon and multisport apps: Automatically record splits or create your own with built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, dual training and SwimRuns.
Running Power on your wrist: See how much power you're putting in on the trail or road. This allows you to regulate your effort and train even more optimally.
SatIQ-Technology and multi-frequency reception: Get high-precision track recording and optimized battery life.
PacePro™Plan your race day strategy with GPS-based pace information for a specific course or distance.
Track training: The smartwatch records accurate lap distances in meters on running tracks around the world.
ClimbProGet real-time information on the current and next climbs .
Stamina: Tracks your performance during running or cycling training and shows you the energy available to you during your physical activity to avoid premature exhaustion.
Up Ahead: See at a glance relevant stops along a preloaded route, including aid stations.
Auto Lap® by route: When following a route, the smartwatch uses this route to recognize when a kilometer has been completed. In contrast to the GPS-based Auto Lap® lap, the lap is set based on the route information.
Integrated sports apps: Use more than 30 built-in activities, including cycling, open water swimming, strength training and more.
Music on your wrist: Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Amazon Music or Deezer account to listen to music without a smartphone.
Safety and tracking: If you don't feel safe or your smartwatch has detected an accident, a message with your live position is sent to emergency contacts.
Garmin Pay™Enjoy the freedom of traveling without cash. Simply make contactless payments with your smartwatch via participating providers.
Smart Notifications: Receive emails, notifications and more directly on your smartwatch when paired with your compatible iPhone® or Android™ smartphone.
LiveTrackFriends and family can follow your real-time location and view previously planned routes .
Garmin Connect app: The Garmin Connect™ app shows you all the information about your health, fitness and activities. Update your smartwatch, get insights, join the community and more.
Connect IQ™ Store: Download display designs, data fields and apps to your paired smartwatch
Garmin Share: Share your planned routes, workouts and positions quickly and easily with other compatible Garmin products.
