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The easy-to-use Forerunner 70 GPS running smartwatch has everything you need to start your running journey with features that support beginner-level runners.
1.2” COLOURFUL AMOLED TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY
UP TO 13 DAYS OF BATTERY LIFE IN SMARTWATCH MODE
ADVANCED TRAINING METRICS AND RECOVERY INSIGHTS
GARMIN COACH PERSONALIZED TRAINING PLANS
80+ BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
BUILT-IN GPS FOR TIME, DISTANCE AND PACE

This easy-to-use GPS running smartwatch has the essential features you need to take your running to the next level — including GPS, pace, distance and wrist-based heart rate1.

Get workouts made for you. These daily suggestions, now with run-walk workouts, adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery.

Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with training plans that adapt daily based on your recovery and health metrics. Choose from beginner-friendly plans with run-walk workouts and less volume, or pick plans for more intense training.

Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability1. Your watch monitors the time variations between consecutive heartbeats while you sleep.

Training readiness helps you determine if you’re primed to run. Training status lets you know if you’re training productively, and training effect provides you with insight into the primary benefit of your workouts.

Better performance starts with better rest. Improve your sleep quality with sleep score, sleep stage breakdowns, and activity and stress impact data1. And track your body’s energy levels over time to find out the best schedule for your activity and rest.
With up to 13 days in smartwatch mode and up to 23 hours in GPS mode, you’ll get a more complete picture of your health and training.
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery, daily calendar, HRV status and more as soon as you wake up.
Prepare for tomorrow before bed with a reminder of sleep need, tomorrow’s workout, weather and events.
Know how long to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.
Get a sleep score and personalised coaching for how much sleep you need. Track sleep stages, and get insights to improve sleep quality¹.
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and what their ideal time and duration should be.
Track your body’s energy levels throughout the day to find the best times for activity and rest¹.
Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect™ app and from third-party platforms, then sync them directly to your watch.
Prepare for what’s to come with course planner. This feature lets you add cut-off times, notes, rest plans, checkpoints and aid stations to keep you on track throughout the race.
Have a better understanding of your health with insights into shifts in your breathing patterns as you sleep². These shifts could be related to environment, alcohol or potential sleep disorders such as sleep apnea.
Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy, and get exercise and nutrition education.
The watch constantly samples your heart rate day and night and helps you gauge how hard you work during activities¹.
Improve your form with running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.
Compare your recent training load to the optimal range to help improve your fitness.
Create running workouts directly on your watch based on desired time and intensity level.
Get alerts to know how you’re performing (when paired with your smartphone).
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.
Log behaviours — such as caffeine and alcohol intake — and view reports on how they impact your health in the Garmin Connect app.
Look for changes in your health data that could indicate added stress to your body, so you can know when you’re trending away from your usual range.
Browse Garmin Connect for free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts. You can even build your own in the app and send to your watch.
Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned and more from your wrist¹.
Increase your flexibility and strength with free downloadable mobility workouts.
Our built-in GNSS supports multiple satellite systems, so you track where you run and record key stats, including distance and pace.
See how much power you’re applying to the trail or road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.
Tap in to 80+ built-in activities, including cycling, pool swimming, strength training and more.
Plan race-day strategy with pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
Record accurate lap distances and see your distances in meters.
If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location³. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.
Friends and family can follow your real-time location³ and view preplanned courses.
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone® or Android™ smartphone.
Use the keyboard to send quick text responses on your paired watch (Android only or through the Garmin Messenger™ app⁴) so you can keep your phone in your pocket.
See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more.
Enter your destination in Google Maps on your Android smartphone, then follow turn-by-turn directions on your wrist.
Sync up with friends by sharing saved locations, courses and workouts with other nearby compatible devices.
Get colour display options — including grey scale, red/green, green/red or blue/yellow — to assist with various forms of colour blindness. Choose from various watch faces with customisable data and colours.