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The world's first GPS smartwatch celebrates its 20th year

Published Apr 5, 2023 02:22 am
Garmin celebrates 20 years of Forerunner.  It was in 2003 when Garmin launched the world’s first running smartwatch – the Forerunner 201.  For the past 20 years, the Forerunner series has been providing runners with precise data analysis - the running smartwatch tracks a runner’s precise positioning while analyzing data including distance, speed, elevation gain as well as heart rate, blood oxygen and more. Committed to expanding on Garmin’s expertise in GPS navigation technology and combining it with industry leading smart technology, Garmin has utilized Firstbeat Analytics for more than a decade before acquiring the industry-leading physiological analytics companies in the world. Developments through the years include Heart Rate Variability (HRV) sensor data to provide the most advanced analysis and metrics in the areas of stress, sleep, maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 Max), training status/load, training effectiveness, and respiration rate. These developments empowered Garmin users with the most advanced and accurate health and performance data to make more efficient and data-driven decisions during training and recovery. In conjunction with its 20th year celebration, Garmin has released their most powerful Forerunner smartwatches yet, the Forerunner 265 and 965 today.  Both smartwatches are designed for runners, by runners and are purpose-built in both form and function to help athletes better plan, prepare, perform and connect.

Forerunner 965 Series


This smartwatch is designed for marathon and triathlon enthusiasts who will benefit from features like Wrist-Based Running Dynamics, where users can access detailed metric through on-wrist running dynamics including stride length, vertical oscillation directly from the watch in real-time. In addition, the Forerunner 965 Series has the following features:
* A titanium bezel, * A 1.4-inch AMOLED display * An amazing battery life of up to 23 days on smartwatch mode - it currently holds the record for having the world’s longest battery life for a running watch with an AMOLED display. * Equipped with the Stamina and Acute Chronic Workload Ration - tracks and helps users manage their physical exertion throughout a run, to prevent “bonking” by overexerting too early in a run and to determine overall training load metrics for proper training scheduling respectively.

Forerunner 265 Series


* Features a Ground Gorilla Glass 4 lens, with an option of 1.3-inch AMOLED display * A battery life of up to 13 days or 1.1-inch AMOLED display (on the Forerunner 265S) featuring a battery life of up to 15 days. Forerunner 265 * Includes performance monitoring tools from Garmin Firstbeat Analytics like VO2 max, performance condition, training effect and more. Garmin brings people who love running together through Garmin Run Club communities that are in key cities in Asia.  The Season 3 of the Garmin Run club’s Manila leg started last February and will run until May 2023. Garmin welcomes everyone to join the run club every Monday and Thursday at 7pm held at Toby's Sports Bonifacio Global City.  The program is led by three Garmin-accredited Coaches: Precious Que, Jules Aquino, and Jasper Tanhueco. Discover new friends, experience a well-planned running program and run with the Garmin running community! Experience Garmin's most powerful smartwatches.  For more information, visit their [website](https://evident-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2qRp75BhKKxnqVG5BfBrWDnA92ig1-7d-vVzAjXqYvHRXoq9EhwEu92ygW73jTKUTzsw-3EIzYi60LYPr6L3sjBBys-Hc4JGm-KOgmzpjaceK3Inq1cvck6MCaJaetqulZtxkjqqbiUguedGqS3JD8LHAFYx3lEQfBQRh-LEhmWBwoL4) or [Facebook page](https://evident-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2uOvIdb2G2Hi2Nu-cHCv8QlGBFFSUdhjZcRhnBvc07CZZoq9EhwGU0LZHwrZBe8b-4LbKB5GbZRYvdNhtMVySB_Mo2nULmMQRxkUn2I81RUfMpAhd8y7B98Ykt5knNtMNcpI20sPxEMvmyb7Mmkzx2LR1o2sYhUVVJfYIqYLzmrkuBNVTjOLMpj5E4CW2fw-tZtmURsU).



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