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  • Page 1 FORERUNNER ® Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2 © 2021 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries All rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of Garmin. Garmin reserves the right to change or improve its products and to make changes in the content of this manual without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes or improvements. Go to www.garmin.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    About the Training Calendar.... 11 Letting the Device Set Your Heart Rate PacePro Training........12 Zones..........21 Creating a PacePro Plan on Garmin Heart Rate Zone Calculations..21 Connect..........12 Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate for Sending a PacePro Plan to Your Running..........
  • Page 4 Tips for Improved Body Battery Syncing Your Data with the Garmin Data............24 Connect App........33 Using Garmin Connect on Your Smart Features......25 Computer........... 34 Pairing Your Smartphone with Your Wireless Sensors......34 Device............ 25 Tips for Existing Garmin Connect Pairing Your Wireless Sensors.....34...
  • Page 5 Specifications........48 Troubleshooting......48 Product Updates........48 Updating the Software Using the Garmin Connect App......48 Setting Up Garmin Express....48 Updating the Software Using Garmin Express..........48 Getting More Information..... 49 Activity Tracking........49 My daily step count does not appear..........

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction WARNING See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. Always consult your physician before you begin or modify any exercise program. Device Overview Select to turn the device on. Select to turn the backlight on and off.

  • Page 8: Status Icons

    Activities and Apps Your device can be used for indoor, outdoor, athletic, and fitness activities. When you start an activity, the device displays and records sensor data. You can save activities and share them with the Garmin Connect community. You can also add Connect IQ...

  • Page 9: Going For A Run

    Going for a Run The first fitness activity you record on your device can be a run, ride, or any outdoor activity. You may need to charge the device before starting the activity (Charging the Device, page 46). 1 From the watch face, select START. 2 Select an activity.

  • Page 10: Starting An Activity

    (Stopping an Activity, page 2 Select a number that corresponds with your perceived effort. NOTE: You can select to skip the self evaluation. 3 Select how you felt during the activity. You can view evaluations in the Garmin Connect app. Activities and Apps...

  • Page 11: Adding An Activity

    Adding an Activity Your device comes preloaded with a number of common indoor and outdoor activities. You can add these activities to your activity list. 1 Select START. 2 Select Add. 3 Select an activity from the list. 4 Select Yes to add the activity to your list of favorites. 5 Select a location in the activity list.

  • Page 12: Calibrating The Treadmill Distance

    Calibrating the Treadmill Distance To record more accurate distances for your treadmill runs, you can calibrate the treadmill distance after you run at least 1.5 km (1 mi.) on a treadmill. If you use different treadmills, you can manually calibrate the treadmill distance on each treadmill or after each run.

  • Page 13: Going For A Pool Swim

    Stroke Types Stroke type identification is available only for pool swimming. Your stroke type is identified at the end of a length. Stroke types appear in your swimming history and in your Garmin Connect account. Free Freestyle...

  • Page 14: Training

    Your device includes daily suggested run workouts based on your training history and fitness level. You can create and find more workouts using Garmin Connect, or select a training plan that has built-in workouts and transfer them to your device.

  • Page 15: Creating A Custom Workout On Garmin Connect

    Creating a Custom Workout on Garmin Connect Before you can create a workout on the Garmin Connect app, you must have a Garmin Connect account (Garmin Connect, page 33). 1 From the Garmin Connect app, select 2 Select Training > Workouts > Create a Workout.

  • Page 16: Interval Workouts

    Turning Daily Suggested Workout Prompts On and Off Daily suggested workouts are recommended based on your training history, VO2 max., sleep, and recovery time. 1 From the watch face, select START. 2 Select a running activity. 3 If necessary, select BACK to dismiss the workout. 4 Hold UP.

  • Page 17: Adaptive Training Plans

    About the Training Calendar The training calendar on your device is an extension of the training calendar or schedule you set up in Garmin Connect. After you have added a few workouts to the Garmin Connect calendar, you can send them to your device.

  • Page 18: Pacepro Training

    (Sending a PacePro Plan to Your Device, page 12). Sending a PacePro Plan to Your Device Before you can send a PacePro plan to your device, you must create a plan using your Garmin Connect account (Creating a PacePro Plan on Garmin Connect, page 12).

  • Page 19: Starting A Pacepro Plan

    Starting a PacePro Plan Before you can start a PacePro plan, you must send the plan from your Garmin Connect account (Sending a PacePro Plan to Your Device, page 12) to your device. 1 From the watch face, select START.

  • Page 20: Using Run And Walk Alerts

    Training Indoors Garmin recommends using indoor activities when you are training indoors or to save battery life. If you select an activity that is typically done indoors, GPS is automatically turned off. When running or walking with GPS turned off, speed, distance, and cadence are calculated using the accelerometer in the device.

  • Page 21: Clearing A Personal Record

    Your calories burned includes your base metabolism plus activity calories. The number of steps taken during the day appears on the steps widget. The step count is updated periodically. For more information about activity tracking and fitness metric accuracy, go to garmin.com/ataccuracy. Activity Tracking...

  • Page 22: Auto Goal

    Your device creates a daily step goal automatically, based on your previous activity levels. As you move during the day, the device shows your progress toward your daily goal If you choose not to use the auto goal feature, you can set a personalized step goal on your Garmin Connect account.

  • Page 23: Using Do Not Disturb Mode

    NOTE: You can set your normal sleep hours in the user settings on your Garmin Connect account. You can enable the During Sleep option in the system settings to automatically enter do not disturb mode during your...

  • Page 24: Hydration Tracking

    • See Tips for Erratic Heart Rate Data, page 19 for more information about wrist-based heart rate. • For more information about accuracy, go to garmin.com/ataccuracy. • For more information about device wear and care, go to www.garmin.com/fitandcare. Heart Rate Features...

  • Page 25: Tips For Erratic Heart Rate Data

    3 Press DOWN to view your average resting heart rate values for the last 7 days. Broadcasting Heart Rate Data to Garmin Devices You can broadcast your heart rate data from your Forerunner device and view it on paired Garmin devices. NOTE: Broadcasting heart rate data decreases battery life.

  • Page 26: Broadcasting Heart Rate Data During An Activity

    NOTE: There is no indication that the device is broadcasting your heart rate data during an activity. 4 Pair your Forerunner device with your Garmin ANT+ compatible device. NOTE: The pairing instructions differ for each Garmin compatible device. See your owner's manual. TIP: To stop broadcasting your heart rate data, stop the activity...

  • Page 27: Setting Your Heart Rate Zones

    • Run often with the wrist or chest heart rate monitor. • Try a few heart rate training plans, available from your Garmin Connect account. • View your heart rate trends and time in zones using your Garmin Connect account. Heart Rate Zone Calculations...

  • Page 28: Getting Your Vo2 Max. Estimate For Running

    On the device, your VO2 max. estimate appears as a number, description, and position on the color gauge. On your Garmin Connect account, you can view additional details about your VO2 max. estimate, including your fitness age. Your fitness age gives you an idea of how your fitness compares with a person of the same gender and different age.

  • Page 29: Recovery Time

    Recovery Time You can use your Garmin device with wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor to display how much time remains before you are fully recovered and ready for the next hard workout. NOTE: The recovery time recommendation uses your VO2 max. estimate and may seem inaccurate at first. The device requires you to complete a few activities to learn about your performance.

  • Page 30: Body Battery

    51 to 75 is high reserve energy, and 76 to 100 is very high reserve energy. You can sync your device with your Garmin Connect account to view your most up-to-date Body Battery level, long-term trends, and additional details (Tips for Improved Body Battery Data, page 24).

  • Page 31: Smart Features

    > Phone > Pair Phone to manually enter pairing mode. 4 Select an option to add your device to your Garmin Connect account: • If this is the first time you are pairing a device with the Garmin Connect app, follow the on-screen instructions.

  • Page 32: Manually Syncing Data With Garmin Connect

    Calendar: Displays upcoming meetings from your smartphone calendar. Calories: Displays your calorie information for the current day. Garmin coach: Displays scheduled workouts when you select a Garmin coach training plan in your Garmin Connect account. Heart rate: Displays your current heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) and a graph of your average resting heart rate (RHR).

  • Page 33: Viewing The Widgets

    Viewing the Widgets Your device comes preloaded with several widgets, and more are available when you pair your device with a smartphone. • From the watch face, select UP or DOWN. The device scrolls through the widget loop and displays summary data for each widget. The performance widget requires several activities with heart rate and outdoor runs with GPS.

  • Page 34: Managing Notifications

    Forerunner device. Playing Audio Prompts During Your Activity Before you can set up audio prompts, you must have a smartphone with the Garmin Connect app paired to your Forerunner device. You can set the Garmin Connect app to play motivational status announcements and training alerts on your smartphone during a run or other activity.

  • Page 35: Connect Iq Features

    Connect IQ Features You can add Connect IQ features to your watch from Garmin and other providers using the Connect IQ app. You can customize your device with watch faces, data fields, widgets, and device apps. Watch Faces: Allow you to customize the appearance of the clock.

  • Page 36: Requesting Assistance

    NOTE: Incident detection is available only for outdoor walk, run, and bike activities. When an incident is detected by your Forerunner device with GPS enabled, the Garmin Connect app can send an automated text message and email with your name and GPS location to your emergency contacts. A message appears indicating your contacts will be informed after 30 seconds have elapsed.

  • Page 37: Viewing History

    Viewing History History contains previous activities you have saved on your device. The device has a history widget for quick access to your activity data (Customizing the Widget Loop, page 41). 1 From the watch face, hold UP. 2 Select History. 3 Select This Week or Previous Weeks.

  • Page 38: Deleting Files

    If you do not know the purpose of a file, do not delete it. Your device memory contains important system files that should not be deleted. 1 Open the Garmin drive or volume. 2 If necessary, open a folder or volume.

  • Page 39: Garmin Connect

    Garmin Connect You can connect with your friends on Garmin Connect. Garmin Connect gives you the tools to track, analyze, share, and encourage each other. Record the events of your active lifestyle, including runs, walks, rides, hikes, and more. To sign up for a free account, go to www.garminconnect.com.

  • Page 40: Using Garmin Connect On Your Computer

    Garmin Express application to upload your activity data to your Garmin Connect account and to send data, such as workouts or training plans, from the Garmin Connect website to your device. You can also install device software updates and manage your Connect IQ apps.

  • Page 41: Foot Pod Calibration

    Sensors, page 34). Manual calibration is recommended if you know your calibration factor. If you have calibrated a foot pod with another Garmin product, you may know your calibration factor. 1 From the watch face, hold UP. 2 Select > Sensors & Accessories.

  • Page 42: Customizing Your Device

    Customizing Your Device Setting Up Your User Profile You can update your height, weight, birth year, gender, and maximum heart rate settings (Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page 21). The device uses this information to calculate training data. 1 From the watch face, hold UP. 2 Select >...

  • Page 43: Customizing The Data Screens

    Customizing the Data Screens You can show, hide, and change the layout and content of data screens for each activity. 1 Hold UP. 2 Select > Activities & Apps. 3 Select the activity to customize. 4 Select the activity settings. 5 Select Data Screens.
  • Page 44 Setting an Alert 1 Hold UP. 2 Select > Activities & Apps. 3 Select an activity. NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities. 4 Select the activity settings. 5 Select Alerts. 6 Select an option: • Select Add New to add a new alert for the activity. •...

  • Page 45: Auto Lap

    Auto Lap Marking Laps by Distance You can set your device to use the Auto Lap feature, which marks a lap automatically at every kilometer or mile. This feature is helpful for comparing your performance during different parts of an activity. 1 Hold UP.

  • Page 46: Enabling Auto Pause

    Enabling Self Evaluation When you save an activity, you can evaluate your perceived effort and how you felt during the activity (Evaluating an Activity, page 4). You can view your evaluation information in your Garmin Connect account. 1 Hold UP. 2 Select >...

  • Page 47: Customizing The Widget Loop

    GPS and Other Satellite Systems Using GPS and another satellite system together offers increased performance in challenging environments and faster position acquisition than using GPS only. However, using multiple systems can reduce battery life more quickly than using GPS only. Your device can use these Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).

  • Page 48: Customizing The Watch Face

    • To change the accent color, select Accent Color. Connect IQ Features You can add Connect IQ features to your watch from Garmin and other providers using the Connect IQ app. You can customize your device with watch faces, data fields, widgets, and device apps.

  • Page 49: System Settings

    Turn the Log HRV option on to record your heart rate variability during an activity. USB Mode: Sets the device to use mass storage mode or Garmin mode when connected to a computer. Reset: Allows you to reset user data and settings (Resetting All Default Settings, page 50).

  • Page 50: Changing The Backlight Settings

    Changing the Backlight Settings 1 From the watch face, hold UP. 2 Select > System > Backlight. 3 Select an option: • Select During Activity. • Select Not During Activity. 4 Select an option: • Select Keys to turn on the backlight for key presses. •...

  • Page 51: Deleting An Alarm

    Deleting an Alarm 1 From the watch face, hold UP. 2 Select Alarm Clock. 3 Select an alarm. 4 Select Delete. Starting the Countdown Timer 1 From any screen, hold LIGHT. 2 Select Timer. 3 Enter the time. 4 If necessary, select an option: •...

  • Page 52: Setting The Time Manually

    Setting the Time Manually 1 From the watch face, hold UP. 2 Select > System > Time > Set Time > Manual. 3 Select Time, and enter the time of day. Device Information Viewing Device Information You can view device information, such as the unit ID, software version, regulatory information, and license agreement.

  • Page 53: Tips For Charging The Device

    (Charging the Device, page 46). You can charge the device by plugging the USB cable into a Garmin approved AC adapter with a standard wall outlet or a USB port on your computer. Charging a fully depleted battery takes up to two hours.

  • Page 54: Specifications

    • Product registration Updating the Software Using the Garmin Connect App Before you can update your device software using the Garmin Connect app, you must have a Garmin Connect account, and you must pair the device with a compatible smartphone...

  • Page 55: Getting More Information

    26). 2 Wait while the device syncs your data. Syncing can take several minutes. NOTE: Refreshing the Garmin Connect app or the Garmin Connect application does not sync your data or update your step count. My intensity minutes are flashing When you exercise at an intensity level that qualifies toward your intensity minutes goal, the intensity minutes flash.

  • Page 56: Improving Gps Satellite Reception

    ◦ Connect your device to a computer using the USB cable and the Garmin Express application. ◦ Sync your device to the Garmin Connect app using your Bluetooth enabled smartphone. While connected to your Garmin account, the device downloads several days of satellite data, allowing it to quickly locate satellite signals.

  • Page 57: My Device Is In The Wrong Language

    • Remove your device from the Garmin Connect app and the Bluetooth settings on your smartphone to retry the pairing process. • If you bought a new smartphone, remove your device from the Garmin Connect app on the smartphone you intend to stop using.

  • Page 58: How Can I Manually Pair Ant+ Sensors

    Can I use my Bluetooth sensor with my watch? The device is compatible with some Bluetooth sensors. The first time you connect a sensor to your Garmin device, you must pair the device and sensor. After they are paired, the device connects to the sensor automatically when you start an activity and the sensor is active and within range.

  • Page 59: Appendix

    Appendix Data Fields Some data fields require ANT+ accessories to display data. Average HR: The average heart rate for the current activity. Average Pace: The average pace for the current activity. Avg. Speed: The average speed for the current activity. Cadence: Running.

  • Page 60: Vo2 Max. Standard Ratings

    VO2 Max. Standard Ratings These tables include standardized classifications for VO2 max. estimates by age and gender. Males Percentile 20–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–69 70–79 Superior 55.4 52.5 48.9 45.7 42.1 Excellent 51.1 48.3 46.4 43.4 39.5 36.7 Good 45.4 42.4 39.2 35.5...

  • Page 61: Wheel Size And Circumference

    Wheel Size and Circumference Your speed sensor automatically detects your wheel size. If necessary, you can manually enter your wheel circumference in the speed sensor settings. The tire size is marked on both sides of the tire. This is not a comprehensive list. You can also measure the circumference of your wheel or use one of the calculators available on the internet.
  • Page 62 Tire Size Wheel Circumference (mm) 27 × 1-1/4 2161 27 × 1-3/8 2169 29 x 2.1 2288 29 x 2.2 2298 29 x 2.3 2326 650 x 20C 1938 650 x 23C 1944 650 × 35A 2090 650 × 38B 2105 650 ×...

  • Page 63: Viewing E-Label Regulatory And Index

    Index Garmin Connect 8, 9, 11, 12, 25, 26, 28, 29, safety information 30 33, 48 satellite signals 49, 50 storing data 34 saving activities 3, 6, 7 accessories 34, 49, 52 Garmin Express 48 screen 44 activities 2, 4–6, 36, 41 updating software 48 settings 17, 36, 41, 43, 44, 50 custom 9, 12, 36...
  • Page 64 time 43, 45 Index...
  • Page 66 June 2021 GUID-3A791586-B59F-4B37-B9C5-5A41F8C6BE0B v1...

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