Forerunner 55

See yourself as a runner. Get the GPS smartwatch that offers training guidance to help you keep improving and even lets you keep tabs on your health and wellness.

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SEE YOURSELF AS A RUNNER

This easy-to-use GPS smartwatch is designed for people of all skill levels to track their stats and chase their fitness goals.

Track your time, distance pace and speed during your run or walk with built-in GPS.

Get up to 2 weeks of battery life. Because less charging is always a good thing.

Monitor your overall health and wellness with wrist-based heart rate1 and more.

Take guesswork out of training. This smartwatch suggests runs tailored to you.

High-end running features help you meet your potential. Minus the high-end price tag.

Track more than just running with an array of built-in activity profiles.

BATTERY LIFE

Run to your heart’s content with up to 2 weeks of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode.

DESIGNED FOR FORM & FUNCTION

Lightweight and comfortable, this smartwatch is the perfect fit for running and for everyday life.

SPORT-READY MATERIALS

Whether you’re running a 5K or sweating it out during HIIT sessions, experience the ultimate in comfort with this sporty silicone band.

We’ve got all the running essentials.

Built-In GPS

Track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance, pace and intervals.

Wrist-Based Heart Rate

Get heart rate data1 along with alerts if your heart rate stays high while you’re at rest. Even gauge how hard your heart is working during activities.

Garmin Coach

These adaptive training plans feature guidance from expert coaches and free training plans that adapt to you and your goals. Workouts sync right to your watch from the Garmin Connect™ app.

Daily Suggested Workouts

Get workouts made specifically for you and based on your data. These run recommendations vary in intensity and adapt after every run to take into account performance and recovery.

PacePro™ Technology

To help you plan your race day strategy, this feature offers GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance in the Garmin Connect™ app. So you can tailor your efforts to what’s ahead.

Finish Time

Want some guidance to help you meet your goal? Select a distance for your run, and you’ll be able to see a data screen that shows your estimated finish time.

Track Run

When you’re ready to hit the track for some speedwork, use the built-in track run activity to record accurate lap distances and see your distances in metres.

Cadence Alerts

Want to improve your running form? Use the cadence alerts to know when you’ve gone outside your target cadence range.

Recovery Advisor

Giving your body time to recover between training sessions is crucial. After each workout, the built-in recovery time feature will let you know how long to rest before another big effort.

Race Predictor

This specialised tool takes into account your fitness level and training history to help you work toward your race goal and see the impact of training on your predicted finish time.

Built-In Sports Apps

Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for track or virtual running, pool swimming, Pilates, HIIT and even breathwork.

More ways to track health & wellness.

Fitness Tracking

While you’re out and about, Forerunner 55 tracks steps, intensity minutes and more1.

Stress Tracking

Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day. Relax reminders will even prompt you to do a short breathing activity.

Body Battery™ Energy Monitoring

Track your body’s energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest.

Intensity Minutes

See when during the day you earned intensity minutes from moderate and vigorous physical activity.

Fitness Age

This feature uses chronological age, resting heart rate and other factors to estimate if your body is younger or older than you are. Age is just a number, after all.

Respiration Tracking

See how you’re breathing throughout the day, during sleep and during breathwork activities.

Women’s Health Tracking

Use the Garmin Connect app2 to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more.

Customise & connect

Smart Notifications

Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your smartwatch when paired with your compatible smartphone.

Safety & Tracking Features

When your watch and phone are paired, your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or — during select outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection.

Connect IQ™ Store

Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps from the Connect IQ Store.

Music Controls

Easily control the music playing on your paired smartphone, so you can skip songs without missing a beat.

Syncs With Garmin Connect

Upload your activities to the Garmin Connect app to interact with a thriving online community where people on the go can connect and compete — and even share their triumphs via social media.

Specs

What You'll Love

Battery life (smartwatch mode) Up to 2 weeks
DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS Yes (limited)
Watch display type Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Water rating 5 ATM

General

Strap material Silicone
Lens material Chemically strengthened glass
Quick release bands Yes (20 mm, Industry standard)
Physical size 42 x 42 x 11.6 mm
Fits wrists with a circumference of 126-203 mm
Weight 37 g
Display Size 1.04″ (26.3 mm) diameter
Display Resolution 208 x 208 pixels
Colour display Yes
Battery life Smartwatch mode: Up to 2 weeks
GPS mode: Up to 20 hours
Charging method Garmin proprietary plug charger
Memory/history 32 MB

Clock Features

Time/date yes
GPS time sync Yes
Automatic daylight saving time Yes
Alarm clock Yes
Timer Yes
Stopwatch Yes
Sunrise/sunset times Yes

Health & Wellness Monitoring

Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) Yes
Daily Resting Heart Rate Yes
Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts Yes (high and low)
Respiration Rate (24x7) Yes
FITNESS AGE Yes
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR Yes
All-day stress Yes
Relaxation reminders Yes
Relaxation Breathing Timer Yes
SLEEP Yes (Advanced)
Hydration Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
Women's Health Yes

Sensors

GPS Yes
GLONASS Yes
Galileo Yes
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor Yes
Accelerometer Yes

What You'll Love

Battery life (smartwatch mode) Up to 2 weeks
DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS Yes (limited)
Watch display type Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Water rating 5 ATM

General

Strap material Silicone
Lens material Chemically strengthened glass
Quick release bands Yes (20 mm, Industry standard)
Physical size 42 x 42 x 11.6 mm
Fits wrists with a circumference of 126-203 mm
Weight 37 g
Display Size 1.04″ (26.3 mm) diameter
Display Resolution 208 x 208 pixels
Colour display Yes
Battery life Smartwatch mode: Up to 2 weeks
GPS mode: Up to 20 hours
Charging method Garmin proprietary plug charger
Memory/history 32 MB

Clock Features

Time/date yes
GPS time sync Yes
Automatic daylight saving time Yes
Alarm clock Yes
Timer Yes
Stopwatch Yes
Sunrise/sunset times Yes

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

Customisable screen(s) Yes
Downloadable training plans Yes
HR zones Yes
HR alerts Yes
HR calories Yes
Recovery time Yes
Auto max HR Yes
HR broadcast Yes
Respiration rate (during exercise) Yoga and breathwork only
GPS speed and distance Yes
Customisable activity profiles Yes
Auto Pause® Yes
Interval training Yes
Advanced workouts Yes
HRM running pace and distance Yes
Auto Lap® Yes
Manual lap Yes
Configurable lap alerts Yes
VO2 Max (Run) Yes
Audio prompts Yes
Finish time Yes
Touch and/or button lock Yes
Activity history on watch Yes
Physio TrueUp Yes

Running Features

GPS-based distance, time and pace Yes
Cadence Yes
PacePro™ Pacing Strategies Yes
Run workouts Yes
Race predictor Yes
Foot pod capable Yes
Run/Walk/Stand detection Yes

Swimming Features

Pool swim metrics Yes
Stroke type detection Yes
Drill logging Yes
Basic rest timer Yes
"Repeat on" rest timer Yes
Auto rest Yes
Time and distance alerts Yes
Countdown start Yes
Underwater wrist-based heart rate Yes

Kid Activity Tracking Features

Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)