Forerunner 245 Music

Garmin

Forerunner 245 Music

12 positive 1 neutral 5 negative

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Garmin vs. Coros Training Metrics

Aside from the RHR and HRV stuff in the other comment, I really like Coros' approach to load management as well. It's super simple - based on recent training load they give you a window to try to stay within for the current week to avoid under or over training. You can also map out future workouts a

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badonis in r/Coros

February 26, 2026 11:42 PM

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New watch needed!

For me, personally as someone who moved from Tomtom > FR245 > FR955, the FR955 is great for both my road running and trail running. It's a few models behind now, but with excellent battery life, MIPS display and sharp prices due to being older I would happily pick it up again (and am thinking of pic

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muggsyd in r/trailrunning

September 10, 2025 1:29 AM

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Official Q&A for Wednesday, April 15, 2026

I bought the forerunner 245 music from garmin like 4+ years ago and now i like it a lot more for tracking speed etc but the main reason i love it is that i can leave my phone at home and still have my music. For that alone i'm going to stick to watches for sure. Running with a phone was okay-ish whe

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UpperAd5715 in r/running

April 15, 2026 9:20 PM

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Why does Garmin want to kill me?

Yes, probably that. I had FR245 back then and it also didn’t have that option. You don’t exactly need it though. If you are serious in this, you can find some maxHR and LTHR tests online, do them, calculate your heart zones and enter them on Garmin Connect manually. If you are less serious, %HRR wor

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Caayit in r/GarminFenix8

September 5, 2025 5:23 AM

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Swim watch Suggestion

I swim 3 times a week and I wear an Active 2. Do you do any non-stroke laps? Amazfit isn't able to track distance if you do any non-stroke laps. You can track the lap and edit the distance later, but during your swim you'll only be able to see your stroke laps distance. For example, if I do 8 warmup

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Few-Cheesecake7412 in r/amazfit

October 5, 2025 10:13 PM

1

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