Because of ongoing issues with my Forerunner 965, Garmin now offered me to replace it with the Fenix E - 47 mm. I have been comparing and don't seem to find a reason as to why I should refuse, can anyone advice me on this? Thanks in advance!

I got the forerunner 2 month ago and thought from all the great things people said it was going to improve my running.

I set my half marathon race in Nov as my primary race and my goal time of breaking 2 hours (I've been averaging 2:10 all year). And added my other half marathons.

Based on the community advise I decided to use the daily recommended training, and it was good the first few weeks.

But as the race is getting closer it completely letting me down. I'm a short sleeper and I adjusted the windows, but no matter what it always says my sleep is bad so it limits my training. It almost never does long runs, maybe 1 tempo run or sprint a week, and the base runs are a joke for my target (9:45 for 40 min? That'll never get me to my target). Half each week are recovery run or rest days.

Longest run it's had me do in a few weeks is a 9 miler. I have a half next weekend and it's my last before the final 5 weeks to my goal run. I was hoping to be hitting 2:03 on it, but I don't feel like my watch has prepared me at all.

I'm really bad at following running or training plans usually and the watch fixed that; I just wake up and do what it says. So just doing my own runs isn't an option and instead why I spent so much on a watch.

I feel really discouraged and disappointed that the shitty sleep tracking is just fundamentally ruining my running experience and the watches potential. Anyone have any tips/advise/fixes?

Should I just ditch the recommended workout feature and use the coaches? It seemed from reading the daily recommended with race and pace set was the answer, but now... ?

Hello, I need your help. Maybe someone has observed similar problems. Garmin Support is not responding to my messages. I have the Garmin Forerunner 255s music and since the update I have noticed that the average lap speed is incorrectly stated in the training function when running in track mode. The current speed is permanently 5-10 seconds faster. However, the average lap speed ends up being significantly slower. That wasn't the case before the update and if you're not in track mode, both paces match again. At first I thought they had probably made it more precise, because otherwise there is usually some distance missing when you don't run in track mode and you would otherwise be a little faster. But the average lap pace is definitely slower than the real one. I measured with a stopwatch and the lines on the track. The difference is really big at 5-10 seconds/km. The current pace was correct for the entire lap.

Hi all,

I have had a Forerunner 255 for about a year and a half. I got it because I was running 5Ks and half marathons since late 2022, and I was recording all my running data on a Fitbit.

I gained a bit of weight this year, and I'm currently down 15lbs on 6 weeks since I started walking long distances and conditioning to get back into running shape.

I do a mix of outdoor runs and indoor/treadmill runs, biking and using the elliptical.

I have minimal complaints with the 255, only the battery draining faster, and the treadmill runs are not recorded accurately on the 255.

My next half marathon is in April 2025. As I go deeper into my training, is there any difference in the data recordings?

How's the heart rate data with a heart rate monitor?

Are you happy with the race day data?

Would it make sense to wait for the next model release?

Just looking for additional input before I drop $600 on a watch that's not a fancy Bulova, Seiko or Citizen watch.

Thank you all.

Forerunner 965 won’t keep its WiFi connection or Bluetooth to my iPhone. Any suggestions?

Hello, Have the fr165 for a few months now, and I keep noticing that its readings are usually much less than what the gym equipment show (mainly in distance but also in speed). I have noticed this before when swimming but I thought it might be my mistake/negligible, but on the treadmill it constantly records up to -25% of the distance covered, and the speed recorded is 3-5 kmph less than what i have the machine set up at. Is this a software issue that can be fixed or is my specific watch defective?

Appreciate the help.

I recently got a FR165 Music edition for my wife, and, although I managed to transfer some MP3 to the watch via Express, on the watch, when I try to play the music, it says to download via Express.

What am I doing wrong?

I use a Fénix 7, and followed the same steps, but this seems to not be working on the 165.

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE:

• After one update, I was able to access the music I had transferred to the watch, but only one track. This update, however, made the watch, so I had to reset it.

• After the reset, another update, and the watch was back to normal. However, I could still only see one track of the transferred music. I tried deleting several tracks, leaving only one. It still showed, so I deleted that one, and transferred a different one. It also showed. So I guess this watch can only manage one track.

Hi all. Do you ever get this “Live Track not ready” warning when preparing to start a run? I have Live Track set to auto start on my runs & walks. I get this message even after my watch picks up the gps signal. What’s going on and how can I fix? Help 🤷

If I set a goal time on my race in the training program, will it notify me during the race to help me stay at target pace?

Hi there, hope it's ok that I'm posting this question in here as well as one or two other active Garmin Reddits I've come across. Promise I'm not spamming or anything, just really hoping to find answers before I exercise tomorrow morning!

Basically, as someone who is completely new to the world of Garmin, and proudly sporting a brand new (as in 24 hours old new :D) Forerunner 265s, I am wondering, how can I (or can I) track my running on the treadmill as indoor running, or as a treadmill run? In the apps and activities it offers the option of an indoor walk, and from my reading on Garmin I've come across people mentioning indoor run and treadmill run settings on their Garmins. But on mine, while it offers indoor track running and virtual running, I can't find any simple indoor run categorisation.

Is there a way for me to do it on the 265s please?

I have had a Garmin Forerunner 745 for last 3 years and it works faultlessly as my fitness tracker.

Recently I have started working at a food factory where no watches or jewellery are allowed to be worn on the hands.

Would it be possible to use a Garmin chest HRM instead and keep the 745 in my trouser pocket?

Or can a Forerunner be worn on other parts of the body?

I could get a Whoop 4.0 I suppose as these can be worn anywhere, but I do like Garmin products. Thanks

I think the current face did an update and not sure what that S shaped icon is for, the one that shows now 0.1 if anyone knows please share ! :)

Switched from Apple Watch to garmin today! Although exciting it’s really confusing for someone who’s used to Apple all their life! Apart from Dc rainmaker’s detailed video are there any links to getting started with garmin? Thank you

Recently i made a purchase of the garmin forerunner 265 on amazon and realised on Amazon US it was cheaper by about 180 SGD compared to if i were to purchase it from Amazon SG. I was wondering what the differences would be if any since i bought it internationally. I am aware that there is no warranty and i am fine with that but what i am more concerned about is probably its operating system, maps and regional differences between the two. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I am thinking of buying my first ever smartwatch, mainly for tracking heartrate, recording walks (often long-distance), and recording gym sessions. The forerunner 165 and forerunner 265s both seem to fit my requirements pretty well. However, I notice the forerunner 165 does not have indoor rowing listed as an activity. Is there a way of getting around this? e.g. recording a different activity and adding a custom tag to classify it as rowing? And can you manually type in stats from the rowing machine, so just have the watch record your heart rate during a row?

Or will there be no way of recording indoor rows unless I go for the 265s?

Thank you in advance :)

Two nights in a row which my garmin forerunner 965 is not detecting sleep, any recommendations?

Since the last Garmin update a week ago my 955 has begun some unusual reading of altitude while I'm bike riding. For about the first 1h 15m of a ride, it shows a constant altitude regardless of the actual. After that time it suddenly begins to properly record the altitude. Has anyone else experienced this problem? I've tried rebooting it in the hope that it resolves the problem but to no avail.

Hello, I have a race tomorrow and my middle (up toggle/menu) button isn't working. Is there any way I can start a Pacepro without using this button? I have already set up the Pacepro activity, I just can't get into it the usual way. Many thanks in advance!

Hi. I’m looking for very simple watch faces and I’m wondering how’s the Forerunner 265’s sleep mode watch face called.

I’d like to use that as my daily watch face but without having to put the watch in sleep mode.

Did anyone have any luck with this? I’ve looked through all the available watch faces multiple times and simply can’t find it. There’s one very similar but it’s not the same.

Thank you and good luck on your run today 💪

Just bought a new Forerunner 165 and can't seem to figure out how to show daily miles instead of weekly. It's probably an easy fix, but I can't figure out how to adjust it in the settings. Any help would be much appreciated.

I searched for similar posts before posting.

Is anyone here a hotworx member? Which workout do you add to your watch to make those calories count? Thanks!

I am currently training based on my garmins daily suggested workouts. I am 33 years old (By default people says max HR is 220 - my age 33 so, it's 187) I have recently did a hill repeats workout where my highest HR recorded is 197. So my question is what MAX HR should I enter on my garmin watch. 197 or 187 to get trained on proper HR zones.

Your answers are very important for me.

Thank you so much in advance!

I signed up for a half in Feb but when I go to select a race plan, Garmin forerunner 165 does not allow me to pick a race date after Jan 15 2025. It gives me an ideal wi Dow for the race and I cannot enter a date before or after the window.

I have turned off incident detection because it keeps falsely thinking I have crashed when I stop on my bike. But now, every time I start an activity I get a warning saying incident detection is off and I have to Dismiss the message before I can start the activity. Every Time!

It's so irritating. Annoyances like this really get under my skin. It's as bad as accepting cookies and EVERY website you go on.

How can I turn off the 'Incident detection disabled' warning without enabling incident detection?

If it's not possible, seriously the Garmin is going in the bin. It's like Garmin are saying ' We know better than you, you should have it on'. 'We will keep bugging you about it untill you cave in and turn it back on'.

Well Mr Garmin... I CHOSE to turn it off because it's a useless feature that assumes I crash every time I stop moving. Please shut up and let the device own do what the user wants.

Anyway, now I've got that off my chest, any ideas?