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Garmin ForeRunner 55 GPS Fitness Running Watch | Whitestone
Track your time, distance pace and speed during your run or walk with built-in GPS
Get up to 2 weeks of battery life. Because less charging is always a good thing
Monitor your overall health and wellness with wrist-based heart rate1 and more
Take guesswork out of training. This smartwatch suggests runs tailored to you
High-end running features help you meet your potential. Minus the high-end price tag
Track more than just running with an array of built-in activity profiles
This easy-to-use GPS smartwatch is designed for people of all skill levels to track their stats and chase their fitness goals.
KEY FEATURES:
Track your time, distance pace and speed during your run or walk with built-in GPS
Get up to 2 weeks of battery life. Because less charging is always a good thing
Monitor your overall health and wellness with wrist-based heart rate1 and more
Take guesswork out of training. This smartwatch suggests runs tailored to you
High-end running features help you meet your potential. Minus the high-end price tag
Track more than just running with an array of built-in activity profiles
CLOCK FEATURES:
Time/date
GPS Time Sync
Automatic daylight saving time
Alarm clock
Timer
Stopwatch
Sunrise/Sunset times
CLOCK FEATURES:
Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
Daily resting heart rate
Abnormal heart rate alerts - Yes (High and low)
Respiration rate (24x7)
Fitness age
Body battery energy monitor
All-day stress tracking
Relaxation reminders
Relaxation breathing timer
Sleep - Yes (advanced)
Hydration - Yes (In Garmin connect and optional connect IQ widget)
Women's health
SENSORS:
GPS
GLONASS
GALILEO
Garmin elevatetm wrist heart rate monitor
Accelerometer
DAILY SMART FEATURES:
Connectivity - Bluetooth, ant+
Connect IQ (Downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
Smart notifications
Calendar
Weather
Controls smartphone music
Find my phone
Find my watch
Smartphone compatibility - iPhone, Android
Compatible with Garmin connect mobile
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES:
Livetrack
Live event sharing - Android only
Incident detection during select activities
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables
Assistance
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 travelled
Intensity minutes
Trueup
Move IQ
FITNESS EQUIPMENT / GYM
Available gym activity profiles
Cardio and elliptical training
Stair stepping
HIIT
Pilates
Yoga
TRAINING, PLANNING AND ANALYSIS FEATURES:
HR Zones
HR Alerts
HR Calories
Recovery time
Auto max hr
HR broadcast (Broadcasts hr data over ant+ to paired devices)
Respiration rate (During exercise) - Yoga and breathwork only
GPS speed and distance
Customisable screen(s)
Customisable activity profiles
Auto pause
Interval training
Advanced workouts
Downloadable training plans
HRM running pace and distance
Auto lap
Manual lap
Configurable lap alerts
Vo2 max (run)
Improved recovery time - Yes (limited)
Daily suggested workouts - Yes (limited)
Audio prompts
Finish time
Touch and/or button lock
Activity history on watch
Physio Trueup
RUNNING FEATURES:
Available run profiles - Running, Treadmill running, Track running, Indoor track running, Virtual running
GPS-based distance, time and pace
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
Pacepro pacing strategies
Run workouts
Race predictor
Foot pod capable
Run / walk / stand detection
OUTDOOR RECREATION:
Area calculation - Yes (Via connect IQ)
Hunt/fish calendar - Yes (Via connect IQ)
Sun and moon information - Yes (Via connect IQ)
CYCLING FEATURES:
Available cycling profiles - Biking, Indoor biking
Alerts (Triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor)
SWIMMING FEATURES:
Available swim profiles - Pool swimming
Pool swim metrics (Lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (swolf), calories)
Stroke type detection (Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)
Drill logging (Pool swim only)
Basic rest timer (Up from 0) (Pool swim only)
"Repeat on" rest timer (Pool swim only)
Auto rest (Pool swim only)
Time and distance alerts
Countdown start
Underwater wrist-based heart rate
KID ACTIVITY TRACKING FEATURES:
Toe-to-Toe Challenges App: Yes (Optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe Challenges app)
BATTERY LIFE
Run to your heart's content with up to 2 weeks of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode.
DESIGNED FOR FORM AND FUNCTION
Lightweight and comfortable, this smartwatch is the perfect fit for running and for everyday life.
SPORT-READY MATERIALS
Whether you're running a 5K or sweating it out during HIIT sessions, experience the ultimate in comfort with this sporty silicone band.
WE'VE GOT ALL THE RUNNING ESSENTIALS.
Built-in GPS
Track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance, pace and intervals.
Wrist-based heart rate
Get heart rate data1 along with alerts if your heart rate stays high while you're at rest. Even gauge how hard your heart is working during activities.
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 from the Garmin Connect app2.
Daily suggested workouts
For personalised training guidance, get daily run recommendations of varying intensities based on your training history, fitness level and recovery time.
Pacepro technology
To help you plan your race day strategy, this feature offers GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance in the Garmin Connect app. So you can tailor your efforts to what's ahead.
Finish time
Want some guidance to help you meet your goal? Select a distance for your run, and you'll be able to see a data screen that shows your estimated finish time.
Track run
When you're ready to hit the track for some speedwork, use the built-in track run activity to record accurate lap distances and see your distances in metres.
Cadence alerts
Want to improve your running form? Use the cadence alerts to know when you've gone outside your target cadence range.
Recovery advisor
Giving your body time to recover between training sessions is crucial. After each workout, the built-in recovery time feature will let you know how long to rest before another big effort.
Race predictor
This specialised tool takes into account your fitness level and training history to help you work toward your race goal and see the impact of training on your predicted finish time.
Built-in sports apps
Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for track or virtual running, pool swimming, Pilates, HIIT and even breathwork.
MORE WAYS TO TRACK HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Fitness tracking
While you're out and about, Forerunner 55 tracks steps, intensity minutes and more.
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 monitoring
Track your body's energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest.
Intensity minutes
See when during the day you earned intensity minutes from moderate and vigorous physical activity.
Fitness age
This feature uses chronological age, resting heart rate and other factors to estimate if your body is younger or older than you are. Age is just a number, after all.
Respiration tracking
See how you're breathing throughout the day, during sleep and during breathwork activities.
Women's health tracking
Use the Garmin Connect app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more.
CUSTOMISE AND CONNECT
Smart notifications
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your smartwatch when paired with your compatible smartphone.
Safety and tracking features
When your watch and phone are paired, your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or - during select outdoor activities - automatically with built-in incident detection.
Connect IQ Store
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps from the Connect IQ Store.
Music controls
Easily control the music playing on your paired smartphone, 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.