The Forerunner 245 Music GPS smartwatch has the tools you need to improve your running form. The watch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, vertical oscillationand vertical ratio. Once paired with your compatible smartphone, you’ll be able to receive text messages and see social media updates, emails and more. It also tracks your stats, crunches the numbers and gets to know all about your performance, your running form, your training history and even your goals. If you can’t run without the perfect playlist, you won’t be able to run without Forerunner 245 Music. Sync your carefully crafted playlists from select music streaming services  such as Deezer and Spotify to your watch for ad-free listening. You can even store up to 500 songs right on your watch. 

Forerunner 245 Music offers personalized training and recovery insight for smarter training decisions, helping you prepare for your next race. It keeps tabs on your VO2 max and understands how heat and altitude impact your performance. And the higher your VO2 max, the higher you can expect to perform, which is exactly what is shown by the performance condition metric. Training status evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you’re training productively.