Garmin | Forerunner 970

Optimize every run with the Forerunner® 970, the ultimate GPS running and triathlon smartwatch designed for serious athletes. Featuring a vibrant AMOLED display, durable sapphire lens, and lightweight titanium bezel, it delivers premium performance and visibility in any condition. Stay safe with the built-in LED flashlight, perfect for early morning or late-night training sessions.

Track your running economy to monitor overall energy efficiency and use step speed loss metrics (with HRM 600 monitor, sold separately) to gauge how much you slow down upon footstrike. The running tolerance feature helps you understand the impact of your runs on your body, allowing you to adjust training and avoid overloading.

Navigate confidently with multi-band GPS and full-color, built-in maps that keep you on course, whether you’re tackling a new route or pushing your limits. With up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, the Forerunner 970 is ready to go the distance. Plus, stay connected with the built-in speaker and microphone, letting you make calls directly from your wrist when paired with your smartphone.

Details:

• Garmin's brightest AMOLED touchscreen display with button controls, a lightweight titanium bezel and sapphire lens, plus a built-in LED flashlight for greater awareness in the dark during early morning or late-night runs 

• Up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 26 hours in GPS mode for a more complete picture of your training and recovery

• Understand your overall energy efficiency with running economy, and see how much you’re slowing down when your foot hits the ground with step speed loss (HRM 600 monitor required; sold separately); running tolerance helps you understand the real impact running has on your body so you can adjust your training to avoid overload and improve

• Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with Garmin Coach training plans; these running and triathlon plans are personalized to you and adapt based on your performance and recovery 

• Built-in microphone and speaker let you make and take phone calls from your wrist when your watch is paired to your smartphone — and you can even use your smartphone’s voice assistant to respond to text messages and more 

• Confidently run any route by using full-color, built-in maps and multi-band GPS; with dynamic round-trip routing, you can break off the path, and your watch will develop a new route that will get you the same mileage

• Training readiness score is based on sleep quality, recovery, training load and HRV status to determine if you’re primed to go hard and reap the rewards (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)

• ECG app can record your heart rhythm and check for signs of atrial fibrillation (not available in all countries; for people 22 years or older)

• Multisport auto-transition detects sport changes between swim, bike and run in multisport activities — so you can focus on the race and let your watch take care of recording splits 

• Get wrist-based running dynamics, including cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more, plus wrist-based running power, which gives you a continuous measurement of how much power you’re applying to the ground

• Using indicators such as HRV status, recent exercise history and VO2 max, get insight into training effectiveness with training status — and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)

• Pay on the go with Garmin Pay™ contactless payments (with a supported country and payment network); listen on the go with downloaded songs and playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music or Deezer (subscription required), and pair with your wireless headphones for phone-free listening

• Contains wrist-based heart monitoring