Dedication. That’s just one trait a person embodies when they ultimately decide to train for a race, or for their own personal health.
You begin to formulate a plan to condition your body for pain on foot, maybe on wheels or in the water – and perhaps in some cases, all three.
As you get into it, certain schedules often require hours away from home, ranging anywhere between just before breakfast, to after the sun has set.
It’s obvious - you take your training seriously, so you deserve a watch that does too.
Well, with one of our latest Forerunners, we’re introducing brand new potential to the line-up – thanks to the power of LTE. Allow me to introduce you to the Forerunner 945 LTE.
As a premium, GPS running and triathlon smartwatch, the Foreunner 945 LTE maintains the diversity in training attributes you’ve come to rely on.
Among those you’ll find features like built-in sports apps, wrist-based heart rate, full color mapping, and daily suggested workouts,
as well as other modern conveniences like contactless payments using Garmin Pay, and on-board music capabilities.
And now, while you’re out conditioning, feel a bit more confident knowing you’re still connected with friends and family, all while your phone, is sitting comfortably at home.
So, what can you expect with LTE Connectivity on your wrist?
First and foremost – how about a little peace of mind knowing that even when you head out on your own you’re not necessarily all alone.
In the case of an incident, or you just feel the need to check in – the Assistance feature will send a text, e-mail, or both, to your selected emergency contacts,
including information containing your current location.
Or with the new Assistance Plus capability, send your name and location to the Garmin IERCC - a professional emergency response coordination center,
that can contact and communicate with emergency services on your behalf, if needed.
It could go without being said that part of our success comes directly from the support we have during our training.
Now, they can directly show their support – even if they don’t share the same enthusiasm we do about being up before dawn.
Spectator Messaging your loved ones can send a message directly to your watch – giving you an emotional boost as you make your way through the course.
And – we haven’t even touched on the best part yet.
Sure, reading a pop-up text on the display is great but imagine this.
You’re moving along, listening to the race day playlist you loaded to your watch, from Spotify, Amazon Music, or Deezer,
when suddenly you hear through your paired Bluetooth headphones a familiar voice say, “You’re halfway there! I’m so proud of you.”
That’s right. Spectator Messaging can be sent as a text, or audio.
So you may be saying to yourself “Okay, that’s really cool, but how will they know where I am without being there?”
Spectator Messaging is possible as an extension of the LiveTrack experience currently available in many of our wearables.
Before, you would pair your preferred Garmin smartwatch with a compatible smartphone and then begin a LiveTrack session as you began your activity.
Again, now – with the Forerunner 945 LTE you can engage LiveTrack without your phone.
Once started, an invitation is sent, via e-mail or text, to contacts of your choosing – selected earlier during setup in the Garmin Connect Mobile App.
And taking it one step further, you will have the ability of sharing updates during your activity with Live Event Sharing.
Your watch will send text messages to your fanbase with information like your current overall time, pace, estimated finish, and a convenient URL if they want to track you.
The possibilities with LTE accessable now directly from your wrist are obviously impressive – but we’re not ready to wrap things up quite yet.
Interval Training plays a vital role in virtually any program, but there’s only so much you can learn about your performance when reviewing an average that includes rest and recovery lumped together.
With Improved Intervals and Auto Interval Detection, the Forerunner 945 LTE keeps track of your fast and slow time during an interval,
then separates them for you for easy review and analysis when the workout is over.
There’s a fair amount to unpack here, so we hope to have a video in the near future that will dig deeper,
and provide a bit of a How To when it comes to these enhanced intervals – so be sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss out.
It also may be worth mentioning that you’ll see a slight size difference with this new watch,
so if you loved everything about the first Forerunner 945 but felt it looked big on your wrist, maybe this will help seal-the-deal.
If you’re a numbers person the Forerunner 945 LTE is just about 2 milimeters smaller than the original – so like I said, slight difference.
However, take comfort that battery life wasn’t impacted by being smaller.
In fact, the Forerunner 945 LTE can go for up to 12 hours when using GPS and music – providing potentially 2 more hours than the regular 945 in the same circumstances.
Whatever your motivation, when you walk out the door, your only priority should be the task at hand.
Train with the confidence, and leave your phone at home, when you’re wearing the Forerunner 945 LTE.
Thanks for stopping by to learn about the new Forerunner 945 LTE.
For more about the Forerunner series smartwatches, and what else they provide, be sure to check out those videos on this channel.
And that's it!
I’m Matt from Garmin, hoping that whether you train during day or night – we’ve helped you, beat yesterday.