As a dedicated Garmin fan, I’ve long sworn by the brand’s cult-status running watches, and I have competed in hundreds of different races with one on my wrist — from track events to half marathons.

The Garmin Forerunner 970 is everything you want in a running watch, and almost everything you'd need from a smartwatch. Yes, you'll pay like you're buying one of each, but it's a top-end wearable ...

Garmin’s new top-of-the-range running watch, the Forerunner 970, has landed — along with its latest heart-rate monitor, the HRM600. I’m a regular runner and tried out the pair of them over a number of ...

The Garmin Forerunner 970 is now available, and could well become Garmin’s most popular high-end watch of the year. As is the norm for the series, the Forerunner 970 combines high-end features with ...

The Garmin Forerunner 970 is now the most full-featured triathlon and ultra-endurance watch Garmin has ever made, with accuracy, battery life, and depth of metrics that set the category benchmark—at a ...

April 14, 2026 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google We may earn a commission from links on this page. In the past few years, I’ve gone from being a defiant ...

The Garmin Forerunner 970 is a high-performance smartwatch designed for athletes and fitness enthusiasts who prioritize precision, functionality, and versatility. With advanced health monitoring, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Garmin’s new running economy, running tolerance, and step speed loss metrics aren’t paywalled either. Garmin’s ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. So the 970 is a newer ...