Garmin Forerunner 265 Music GPS Watch

Train brilliantly with the Forerunner® 265 GPS running smartwatch. Its colourful AMOLED touchscreen display stands out while the morning report with HRV status gives health insights. The training readiness feature tells you when you're primed for a productive session helping you crush your goals.

The Perfect Fit

The Forerunner 265 Music GPS Watch is the perfect watch for a multitude of activities such as running, cycling swimming and more, this has a lightweight and comfortable design you'll be happy to wear it all day. Easily adjusted, the strap can be tightened to fit comfortably around your wrist reducing bounce during active movements. The face is slightly curved to be able to fit the shape of your wrist perfectly so you can enjoy all-day comfort. This comes with an AMOLED touchscreen providing you with a crystal clear display with traditional button controls making it easy to navigate.

Music Compatibility

With built-in memory especially for music, Garmin are putting the "beat" in your daily mission to beat yesterday. It's easy to transfer and then queue your favourite playlist for easy listening through Bluetooth headphones. Allowing you to leave your phone behind, because the music that helps keep you moving is right there on your wrist. You can also sync with music streaming services such as Spotify, Amazon Music and Deezer so you can listen to your favourite playlist through any workout.

Battery Life

Outlast your longest workout with battery life you can rely on, even in the middle of an iron-man triathlon or ultra-marathon. The Forerunner 265 Music GPS has a 13 days battery life when in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode. Saving power the Forerunner 265's smart mode can be activated at any time and deactivated when you no longer need it, so you can conserve battery in your downtime and burn it when you need to.

Adaptability

The perfect watch for all sports, the Forerunner 265 lets you change things up with ease thanks to the 30+ built-in activity profiles for running, cycling, swimming, triathlon, trail running, hiking, strength training and many more. For brick workouts and du/triathlon races, the auto multisport feature lets you switch sports with just one button press. The 265 is compatible with advanced workouts for virtual running, indoor cycling and even pool swimming.

GPS Features

With the Forerunner 265, you're free to go wherever your activities take you - thanks to the multi-band satellite tracking on GPS, GLONASS and Galileo coverage, which can track better in more challenging environments than GPS alone. Whether you're on or off road, the network capabilities help you track how far, fast and hard you've run. The tracking features of the 265 use advanced running dynamics to find out your stride length, vertical ratio, time balance and more with ease and feed them back to you through Garmin connect. Safety and tracking features also make it exceptionally easy to share your location with your chosen contact should you get into any difficulty. The Forerunner will send your real-time location to emergency contacts so you can be found easily should an emergency arise. Helping you in the toughest of environments Garmmin have included Multi-band GNSS with SatIQ™ technology that provides superior positioning accuracy, this also optimises the device's battery life.

Wrist-Based Heart Rate

On your wrist, Elevate wrist heart rate technology lets you monitor your heart rate without wearing a chest strap. In addition to counting steps and monitoring sleep, the watch uses heart rate to provide calories burned, information and quantify the intensity of your fitness activities. It also measures your heart rate variability to calculate a stress score that helps you assess what level of activity your body is ready for.

Advanced Sleep Monitoring

The Forerunner 265 will also monitor your sleep to keep tabs on your well-being and how much rested sleep you're getting each night. As soon as you wake up, you will receive a morning report with an overview of your sleep, recovery and training outlook alongside HRV status, training readiness and weather, helping you to plan your training for the day so you can get the most out of your workouts

Advanced Performance Analytics

Through the Forerunner 265 you can receive personalised training and recovery insights to help you prepare for future races. The Garmin 265 helps to plan your race strategy with daily suggested workouts specific to you based on the race and course that you input into the Garmin Connect™ app. Your daily suggested workouts then adapt after every session to match performance and recovery targets, helping you to hit those PB's in no time. The watch tracks your progress and provides a training readiness score that is based on sleep quality, recovery advisor, training load and HRV status to determine if you're primed to go hard and get the most out of your workout or have a lighter session and recover ready for a bigger session.

Garmin Coach

Through the Forerunner 265 you can receive training plans and customised workouts from your personalised Garmin Coach. With three coaches to choose from you'll be sure to receive the correct training regimes, plans and advice to increase your performance.

Garmin Connect

The Forerunner 265 allows you to connect with online fitness communities whether close to home or around the world. Garmin connect is an online tool for tracking, analysing and sharing all activities captured by your watch with other members of the Garmin family. After every session or activity the watch will automatically upload your data to Garmin connect so you're always sharing your progress and achievements. From your data, Garmin connect provides detailed analysis and health stats in weekly, monthly and yearly reviews. The feature also allows you to Live-Track your runs, join challenges with other members and receive insights into how you're performing. Through Garmin connect, the Forerunner 265 includes built-in smart notifications so you can always stay informed about your runs and your friends.

Push Notifications

The Forerunner 265 allows you to receive emails, texts and alert notifications right on your watch when paired with an Android™ or Apple® smartphone. Leave your cash and cards at home; GarminPay contactless payments feature, lets you pay for purchases on the go which allows you to pay for a post-workout coffee or energy bar to keep you going without needing to carry your card.