Garmin Forerunner 265 Black (010-02810-10)

GPS running watch with smart training capabilities

• 1.3-inch color AMOLED touchscreen
• "GARMIN PAY™" contactless payments
• Evaluates your training status, shows whether the training load is sufficient or a rest day is needed; also offers additional performance tracking features
• Get free adaptive training plans from Garmin Coach, or create your own in our Garmin Connect™ online community of fitness enthusiasts
• Safety and tracking features2, such as automatic incident detection with location and notification to designated people
• Change watch faces, install additional apps and more from the Connect IQ™ store
• Battery life: Up to 13 days as a smartwatch; Up to 7 hours with GPS and music; Up to 20 hours with GPS only

You run, Forerunner 265 thinks. This GPS watch doesn’t just tell you where you’re running. It tracks your progress and gives you a complete workout summary—load, form, history, and more—so you can focus on the steps ahead.

Let the music play

If you can’t run without a great playlist, you can’t run without Forerunner 265. Sync carefully curated playlists from select music streaming services1, like Deezer and Spotify, to your watch for ad-free listening. You can even store up to 500 songs. It’s easy to transfer music from your computer, then assemble your favorite playlists for easy listening via BLUETOOTH® technology-enabled headphones (sold separately).

Advanced Performance Analysis

What’s the best training load for you? Forerunner 265 can offer personalized training and recovery with intelligent training solutions to help you better prepare for your upcoming race. It stores VO2 max data and takes into account how heat and altitude affect your performance. The higher your VO2 max, the more productive you are, which is exactly what the Performance Status metric shows. Training Status evaluates your recent training history and performance metrics to see if you’re training effectively, under- or over-training. See how your training affects your endurance, speed and power development with aerobic and anaerobic training effects. Recovery time helps you get the most out of your efforts by predicting when you’ll be ready for the next tough challenge. You can even view your overall training load, which measures your training load from the last 7 days and compares it to your optimal range for fitness and recent training history.

More ways to customize

Visit our Connect IQ store to customize your Forerunner 265 even more by downloading apps, widgets, data fields and more, all for free. New apps are added daily, and there are tons of them, like getting an Uber right from your wrist, getting the weather forecast and more.

Stay connected on your run

With Forerunner 265, you can run and stay connected. When paired with a compatible smartphone, you can receive text messages, see social media posts, emails and more. Safety and tracking features make it easy to share your location with selected contacts if you need help - manually or automatically with built-in incident detection.

Share and compete

Syncing your activities with Garmin Connect is not just about storing data. Garmin Connect is a large online community where people can connect and compete with each other, joining challenges, cheering each other on, and even sharing their victories via social media. Garmin Connect is free and available on the web or on your smartphone.

1 When used with a Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-Run™ or HRM-Tri™ straps (sold separately)
2 When paired with a compatible phone
3 Activity Assistant accuracy
4 This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in monitoring these parameters for medical purposes; learn more at Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox may not work in all countries