The Best Garmin Running Watches Available In Kenya
Garmin’s running watches aren’t just about running. Most will track other kinds of sports too, including cycling, pool swimming and offer a general cardio mode to cover off other activities. All the company’s fitness watches are now water resistant, too.
Put simply, the Forerunner range is huge. The more expensive the watch generally means the greater the battery life, more advanced analytics based on heart rate and the ability to store/listen to music. Here are garminkenya picks.
Garmin Forerunner 255
The successor to the Forerunner 245 now comes in 46mm case size, and there’s an all-new 255S (41mm) – so it’s more unisex, and a better fit for female runners.
Given the Forerunner 255’s lean towards those focusing on races, there’s a brilliant new Race Widget, which counts down to race day, predicts your finishing time, and supercharges the Garmin Suggested Workouts to help you get to your desired time.
There’s also a new feature called HRV Status, which monitors heart rate variability during sleep to give an indication of readiness and restedness.
And a massive new addition is support for multiband GNSS, which boosts GPS accuracy, and works a treat when running in built-up areas.
And finally, there will be Music and non-music versions – with Spotify offline syncing supported.
Of course, all the existing run tracking, VO2 Max metrics and health tracking are on board – making this a powerful running watch for those starting to obsess over their performance and improvement.
We’ve spent serious time with the Forerunner 255 and it’s an excellent all-rounder and a brilliant running partner. It’s could be on the pricey side for some runners that could benefit from its features, but comes recommended.
Garmin Forerunner 955
The Forerunner 955 is the most advanced in the Forerunner line up, and gets a host of new features.
There’s now a Solar version, so it joins the likes of the Fenix, Instinct and Enduro in boosting battery life using a Power Glass display. That means 49 hours of GPS and 20 days of smartwatch life, if you give it a few hours of daylight daily.
The new Forerunner 955 also gets touchscreen control, just like the Fenix 7.
Stamina feature also comes over from the Fenix 7, offering data on your current and maximum stamina reserves.
- Garmin Forerunner 955 vs 945 compared
There’s also the HRV recovery tool from the Forerunner 255, but an extra Training Readiness score, which apes the features of devices such as Whoop 4.0 and Oura Ring 3 by melding sleep, heart rate variability (HRV) and training load into a single score.
The Forerunner 955 also gets the running power data (with extra hardware) and multi-band GNSS. It also gets the Race Widget, alongside Pace Pro and Climb Pro tools, plus the ability to follow breadcrumb routes uploaded via GPX.
Beginner pick: Garmin Forerunner 55
The successor to Wareable favorite the Forerunner 45, the new Forerunner 55 takes the same small and comfortable running watch and adds a load more advanced features for runners, making it an even better all round running companion.
In addition to tracking core metrics like pace, time and distance – there are also metrics for cadence. What’s more, there’s also a cadence alert, which will notify you if your steps per minute land outside of your desired target.
Garmin has included support for Garmin Coach, which means you can do guided run workouts from the wrist for distances like 5k and half marathon distance.
It’s now inherited Garmin’s PacePro pacing strategies feature, which has previously needed mapping support to put it to use. While the Forerunner 55 lacks those mapping features, it is still able to make use of PacePro to help tackle races.
There’s a renewed focus on recovery, and the Forerunner 55 will advise you on how long to rest after a session. It also offers daily suggested workouts based on logged sessions, the useful race predictor and unlike the 45, has full Connect IQ Store access.
It’s a much more advanced feature set than the Forerunner 45. Although we loved the simplicity of its predecessor, there’s a lot more for runners here than before.
Garmin Forerunner 35
The Forerunner 35 has been upgraded in the shape of the Forerunner 45 and 55.
Ideal for beginners, couch to 5k-ers and those who want a little more info on their regular runs without being overwhelmed by data, it also has activity tracking, bridging the divide between an inexpensive tracker and a serious sports watch.
It packs in all the bare essentials for runners: distance, pace, time, calories, splits and an optical heart rate monitor. Plus, it also delivers smartphone notifications to your wrist.
That’s everything you need if you’re a recreational runner who just wants to keep tabs on how far and fast you’ve gone. And it even does smartwatch notifications and better-than-basic fitness tracking, including tracking resting heart rate.
So what don’t you get? There’s not a wide range of other sports – just running, swimming and biking – and the data is simple. You won’t get insights into training load, the effect of sessions or recovery. Also, things like cadence are out as well.
But, if you’re thinking about moving beyond tracking runs on your phone, this is the next step up.
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