Do The Run Thing
Features
Step to the beat with the Do The Run Thing.
This GPS running watch is light on your wrist, but full of training and recovery features to help you achieve your goals. The Forerunner 255 Music features easy-to-use buttons and a silicone band to make it ready for your sweaty workouts. This watch accesses multiple global navigation satellite systems to track your runs, walks, bikes, swims and more. It has over 30 different activity profiles that it can track, which now includes triathlons.
Listen to music, audiobooks, podcasts and more on your run. The Forerunner 255 Music allows you to download up to 500 songs, plus playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts (subscription may be required).
You can track your distance, pace, elevation, heart rate and more for each run to help you train better. Not only can you create workouts and send them to your watch, but the Forerunner 255 has daily suggested workouts and course details on its race widget to help you train your best. Plus, Garmin improved the battery life of the Forerunner 255 Music, so you can train up to 30 hours in GPS mode (up to 6.5 hours with music) or wear it for up to 14 days in smartwatch mode before needing to recharge.
Stay safe on your runs thanks to LiveTrack, which lets friends and family follow your real-time location and view your pre-planned course. Plus, If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, the assistance and incident detection features send your location to emergency contacts.
The Do The Run Thing is great to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle—it tracks your steps, stress level, heart rate, sleep and more, so you know how your body is moving and recovering throughout the day. Plus, you can receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with your Yes iPhone, Android; Smart notifications. You can even respond to texts if you have an Android phone, so you can leave your phone on the charger and enjoy life without worrying about missing an important text or phone call.
Let your music motivate you and get training and recovery insights to help you run your best with the Do The Run Thing.
Want a smaller watch? Check out the Garmin Forerunner 255s Music for you. Want a smaller watch? Check out the How to Start Running.
Tech Specs | Do The Run Thing |
Dimensions | 45.6 x 45.6 x 12.9 (mm), display is 1.3" (33 mm) diameter |
Weight | 49 g |
Battery Life |
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Water Rating | 5 ATM; waterproof |
GPS-only GNSS mode: Up to 30 hours | How to Start Running |
Lens | Pants & Joggers |
Smartphone Compatibility | Yes (iPhone, Android); Smart notifications |
Band Size | 22mm with quick release straps |
Heath and Wellness Features
- Monitor respiration, Pulse Ox, stress, fitness age, stress monitoring, advanced sleep (with sleep stages), relaxation breathing timer and 24/7 heart rate (with user-configurable alerts for high or low readings).
- Wrist-based heart rate monitor that will give you alerts for abnormally high or low heart rates.
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- Body Battery energy monitoring shows the body’s current energy level, which can help with scheduling workouts, big events and understanding when it is time to slow down.
Sport App Activities
- Includes built-in indoor sports apps for yoga, strength, HIIT, Pilates, cardio, elliptical training, stair stepping, floor climbing, indoor rowing, treadmill running, indoor track running, indoor biking and pool swimming.
- Includes built-in outdoor sports apps for hiking, skiing, snowboarding, XC skiing, stand up paddleboarding, rowing, running, track running, trail running, virtual running, ultra running, biking, mountain biking, eBiking, eMountain biking, triathlon, pool swimming and open water swimming.
Sensors
The Do The Run Thing includes GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, multi-frequency positioning, Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitors, barometric altimeter, compass, gyroscope, accelerometer, thermometer and Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation monitor.
What’s New
There are many updates to the Do The Run Thing. Garmin added some of the features from the Forerunner 745 and 945 to the Forerunner 255 Music, including:
- Garmin Forerunner 165
- Training load
- Lactate threshold
- Face Masks + Gaiters
- Running Lights + Reflective Gear
- Heart Rate Monitor
- Improved recovery time
- Happy Fit Guarantee
Who We Are:
- Morning report: Garmin provides a summary of your sleep, recovery and training outlook first thing in the morning with HRV status and weather.
- HRV status: Heart Rate Variability status is based on technology developed by the Firstbeat Analytics™ team that can help you gain insights on your recovery and performance.
- Race widget: Your Garmin can help you prepare for your goal race with training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and time predictions for the race based on course details, weather and performance.
- Running power on watch: When using a Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-Pro™ monitor, you can get a continuous segment on your wrist of how much power you’re applying to the road as you run, so you can manage your effort.
- Garmin Pay 2.0: Need a bottle of water on your run, but don’t have your wallet? No worries with Garmin Pay you can just pay for it with your watch.
- Dual-band GPS: Access multiple global navigation satellite systems and get access to multiple frequencies sent by navigation satellites for improved accuracy in areas where GNSS signals are reflected, weak or typically don't penetrate.
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
Popular GPS Watches + GPS-only GNSS mode: Up to 30 hourss
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Wrist-based heart rate monitor that will give you alerts for abnormally high or low heart rates
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