See yourself as a runner. Forerunner®55 is the GPS smartwatch designed for people of all skill levels–especially those new to running – to track their stats and achieve their fitness goals. With the simple press of a button, users can start their run or walk and track their time, distance, speed, pace and heart rate data right from their wrist. The Forerunner 55 also offers detailed running data, daily suggested workouts, additional built-in sports apps and more. Forerunner 55 is now available in conjunction with Global Running Day, an annual celebration of the sport of running that encourages beginners to make a life-changing commitment to running. EVERYDAY FEATURES: TRACK YOUR RUN With the simple press of a button, users can start their run or walk and track their time, distance, speed, pace and heart rate data right from their wrist. BUILT-IN GPS Easy-to-use running watch uses GPS to track how far, how fast and where you’ve run. FITNESS TRACKING All-day activity tracking counts steps, calories, sleep and more. BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS Track all the ways you move with built-in activity profiles for running, cycling, track run, virtual run, pool swim, yoga, breath work and more. WELLNESS TRACKING Tune in to your body with advanced wellness features, such as intensity minutes, fitness age, stress tracking, hydration tracking and more. WOMENS HEALTH TRACKING Use the Garmin Connect™app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education andmore. Even see and log details on your wrist. INTENSITY MINUTES See when during the day you earned intensity minutes from moderate and vigorous physical activity. FITNESS AGE This feature uses chronological age, resting heart rate and other factors to estimate if your body is younger or older than you are. Age is just a number, after all. BODY BATTERY™ Body Battery energy monitoring uses collected data to gauge your energy reserves at any moment, so you can plan your day to optimize times for activity and rest. SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features send a message with your location to emergency contacts. GARMIN CONNECT APP Garmin Connect is an online community where people can connect and compete by joining challenges, encourage each other’s successes and share triumphs via social media. Garmin Connect is free and available on your smartphone with the Garmin Connect app. BATTERY LIFE Up to 2 weeks in smart watch mode or 20 hours in GPS mode. RUNNING FEATURES: GARMIN COACH These free adaptive running training plans feature guidance from expert coaches and adapt to you and your goals. Workouts sync right to your watch. DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS Take the guesswork out of running with suggested workouts of varying intensities based on your training history, fitness leveland recovery time. PACEPRO™ Plan your race day strategy with the PacePro feature, which offers GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance in the Garmin Connect app. FINISH TIME Want some guidance to help you meet your goal? Select a distance for your run, and you’ll be able to see a data screen thatshows your estimated finish time. RECOVERY TIME Giving your body time to recover between training sessions is crucial. After each workout, the built-in recovery time will let you know how long to rest before another big effort. RACE PREDICTOR Run your best with helpful training tools, including race time predictions and finish time estimates.