Features

• TRAINING READINESS: From the moment you wake up, get a readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training load and more, so you can determine whether it?s a good day to go hard ? or take it easy.
• FULL-COLOR MAPPING: Whether you?re running on city streets or riding densely covered trails, Forerunner 965 provides, full-color, built-in mapping to keep you on track.
• TRIATHLON AND MULTISPORT PROFILES: Switch between sports with one press by using built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, brick workouts and swimruns. Or, create your own custom multisport profiles.
• RACE WIDGET: Get ready for your next race, including marathons, with training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions based on course details, weather and performance.
• DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS: Get workouts made for you. They adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery and take into account the races coming up in your Garmin Connect? smartphone app calendar.
• TRAINING STATUS: Using indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history and performance, get an easy insight into your overall effort ? and whether you?re training productively, peaking or strained.
• MORNING REPORT: Get a customizable overview of your sleep, training outlook, HRV status, weather and more as soon as you wake up.
• COURSES WITH TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS: Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app, or sync from your favorite third party platforms and get turn-by-turn directions.
• ROUND-TRIP ROUTING: Enter how far you want to go and get suggested routes that will bring you back. Even use TrendLine? to find the best local paths.
• RECOVERY TIME: Know how long you need to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.
• SLEEP MONITORING AND SLEEP SCORE: Understand how your body?s recovering with sleep score, breakdown of your sleep stages and detailed insights for improved sleep quality.
• BODY BATTERY? ENERGY MONITORING: Track your body?s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest.
• HRV STATUS: Gain a better understanding of your overall health, recovery and training performance while you sleep.
• WOMEN?S HEALTH TRACKING: Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get exercise and nutrition education.
• GARMIN COACH: Free adaptive 5K, 10K and half marathon training plans from expert coaches.
• RACE PREDICTOR: Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half-marathon and marathon.
• WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS: This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
• WRIST-BASED HEART RATE: The watch constantly samples your heart rate to help you gauge how hard you work during activities.
• ACUTE LOAD: Compare your recent training load to the optimal range to help improve your fitness.
• LOAD RATIO: Track short-term to mid-term load ratio to keep your rate of training growth within bounds that will help you stay healthy and avoid setbacks.
• TRAINING EFFECT: See how your workouts influence your endurance, speed and power.
• PERFORMANCE CONDITION: While you run, get an analysis of your pace and heart rate for a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform.
• VO2 MAX: See your current fitness level and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.
• STRESS TRACKING: Find out if you?re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
• HEALTH SNAPSHOT: Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.
• PULSE OX SENSOR: Track your blood oxygen saturation while you?re awake or asleep, and gain awareness of how you?re adapting to altitude.
• CROSS TRAINING: Forerunner 965 is preloaded with free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts so you can switch up how you sweat.
• WRIST-BASED RUNNING POWER: See how much power you?re applying to the trail or road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.
• SATIQ? TECHNOLOGY AND MULTI-BAND GPS: Get superior positioning accuracy and optimized battery life.
• PACEPRO? FEATURE: Plan race day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
• TRACK RUNNING: Record accurate lap distances and see your distances in meters.
• CLIMBPRO: See real-time information on your current and upcoming climbs.
• REAL-TIME STAMINA: Prevent burning out and use this data to track and manage your exertion.
• UP AHEAD: Get at-a-glance awareness for points of interest along the course, such as aid stations.
• BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS: Tap in to 30+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.
• MUSIC: Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening.
• SAFETY AND TRACKING: If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, your watch will send a message with your live location.
• GARMIN PAY? CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS: Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.
• SMART NOTIFICATIONS: Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone? or Android? smartphone.
• LIVETRACK: Friends and family can follow your real-time location and view preplanned courses.
• GARMIN CONNECT: See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more ? in this free, zero-subscription app.
• CONNECT IQ?: Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.

In The Box
Forerunner 965 GPS running watch
USB-C charging/data cable
Documentation