LET OTHERS KNOW YOU ARE A RUNNER

The Forerunner 170 is a GPS smartwatch designed specifically for running, with personalized training plans for beginners and advanced training metrics to help you reach your goals.

PACE, DISTANCE, HEART RATE

This easy-to-use GPS running smartwatch has the essential features to take your running to the next level — including GPS, pace, distance and wrist-based heart rate.

DAILY RECOMMENDED EXERCISES

Get the workouts made just for you. These daily recommendations, which now also include running-walking workouts, adapt to your performance and regeneration after each run.

GARMIN COACH ADAPTIVE TRAINING PLANS

Prepare for an event, reach a milestone, or improve your endurance with training plans that adapt daily to your recovery and health indicators. Choose plans for beginners with running-walking sessions and a smaller amount of training, or opt for plans with a higher load.

HRV STATUS

You can gain deeper insight into your overall health, training and recovery with the help of heart rate variability. Your watch monitors the time differences between successive heartbeats while you sleep.

ADVANCED TRAINING FUNCTIONS

Preparedness helps you determine if you are ready to run. The training status shows if you are training productively, and the training effect highlights the main benefit of your training.

FUNCTIONS ON THE ROAD

Pay from your wrist with Garmin Pay contactless payments and receive smart notifications when your watch is paired with your phone.

LONG BATTERY LIFE

Up to 10 days in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode — so you get a more complete picture of your health and training.

MORNING REPORT

When you wake up, you get an overview of your sleep, regeneration status, daily calendar, HRV status and much more.

EVENING REPORT

Get ready for tomorrow before you go to bed: you'll get reminders about your sleep needs, tomorrow's workout, weather and events.

REGENERATION TIME

Find out how long you need to recover before your next high-intensity workout based on your recent workouts.

SLEEP COACH

Get a sleep score and personalized advice on how much sleep you need. Track your sleep stages and gain insights to improve your sleep quality.

SNAP DETECTION

Automatically track or record naps to see how they're helping your body and when and how long they're best.

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY TRACKING

Track your body's energy levels throughout the day to find the best times to move and rest.

ROUTES

Create or find existing routes in the Garmin Connect™ app and third-party platforms, then sync them directly to your watch.

ROUTE PLANNER

Prepare in advance with the route planner. In this feature, you can set cut-off times, comments, rest plans, checkpoints, and refresh points to keep you on track during the race.

COMPETITION MARK

You'll get an estimate of what pace you can expect for 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon distances.

BREATHING CHANGES

Improve your understanding of your health with insights into changes in breathing patterns during sleep⁴. These changes may be related to the environment, alcohol consumption, or potential sleep disorders such as sleep apnea.

WOMEN'S HEALTH MONITORING

Track and record your menstrual cycle or pregnancy and get exercise and nutrition advice.

PULSE MEASURED AT WRIST

The watch continuously measures your heart rate day and night and helps you assess how hard you work during activities.

RUNNING DYNAMICS MEASURED AT THE WRIST

Improve your form with running metrics such as stride count, stride length, ground contact time and more.

VO2 MAX

View your current fitness level and track changes over time to set goals and measure progress.

MINUTES OF INTENSITY

Track moderate and vigorous activity minutes to help you reach your goals.

ACUTE LOAD

Compare your recent training load with your optimal range to help improve your endurance.

PULSE OX SENSOR

Monitor your blood oxygen saturation while awake and asleep.

FAST TRAINING

Create running workouts right on your watch based on desired time and intensity.

SOUND NOTIFICATIONS

You'll get alerts on how you're doing (if the watch is paired with your phone).

STRESS MONITORING

Find out if you are having a calm, balanced or stressful day.

HEALTH SNAPSHOT

Record a 2-minute session of key health data, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.

LIFESTYLE JOURNAL

Record habits—like caffeine and alcohol consumption—and see reports on how they affect your health in the Garmin Connect app.

STATE OF HEALTH

Watch it in your health data