Customer Reviews
GPS Smartwatch with Advanced Running Metrics
- Touchscreen GPS running watch with a high resolution color display
- Advanced running dynamics¹ include ground contact time balance, stride length and vertical ratio
- Features stress score, performance condition and lactate threshold²
- Connected features³: automatic uploads to Garmin Connect™, live tracking, audio prompts, music controls, smart notifications and social media sharing
- Download data fields, watch faces, widgets and applications from Connect IQ™
GPS Smartwatch with Advanced Running Metrics
- Touchscreen GPS running watch with a high resolution color display
- Advanced running dynamics¹ include ground contact time balance, stride length and vertical ratio
- Features stress score, performance condition and lactate threshold²
- Connected features³: automatic uploads to Garmin Connect™, live tracking, audio prompts, music controls, smart notifications and social media sharing
- Download data fields, watch faces, widgets and applications from Connect IQ™
All the Numbers to Measure a Runner
Whether you’re training for your first marathon or looking to crush a personal record, Forerunner 630 provides all the extensive data you need for training and racing. Check your form by pairing your 630 with the HRM-Run™ monitor to measure cadence, vertical oscillation and ground contact time¹. Additional running dynamics include ground contact time balance, stride length and vertical ratio.
The Proof of Your Potential
Forerunner 630 uses extended physiological metrics to help you get the most out of your workouts and feel confident with what you can accomplish when you toe the line. Once Forerunner 630 learns your lactate threshold through a guided test, you can apply it to your heart rate training when setting up zones. Overall training load, sleep, nutrition and general life stress play a role in how you will perform in a tough workout. To give you a better idea of what days you should aim for a tough workout or use as a recovery day, Forerunner 630 provides you with a stress score based off your heart rate. Performance condition is another feature that gives you an idea of how you will fare in a workout. As you run, this feature analyzes your pace, heart rate and heart rate variability to make a real-time assessment of your ability to perform.
When planning a strategy for your next race, Forerunner 630 measures your VO2 max² and can predict your race times for several distances, providing you with a time target. It also lets you know when to back off your training after a grueling workout or race with its built-in recovery advisor2
Customize Your Watch and Your Training
No two runners are the same, and neither are their goals. Set yourself up to reach yours by downloading advanced workouts and training plans to your watch from Garmin Connect. You can even customize your data fields, and download watch faces, widgets and applications all for free at Connect IQ.
It's Simple. Period.
Concise, easy-to-understand charts, graphs, maps and more let you view your activities, track progress toward goals and wirelessly upload and share relevant data directly with the online Garmin Connect network. So, you can compete with friends or family members on weekly step or running challenges — and compare your results in real time, using the LiveTrack feature. You can also use the app’s wireless connectivity links to receive current weather conditions, forecasts and smart notifications right on your compatible Garmin device.
SPECS
Physical dimensions
- 1.77" x 1.77" x 0.46" (45 x 45 x 11.7 mm)
Display size, WxH
- 1.23" (31.1 mm) diameter
Display resolution, WxH
- 215 x 180 pixels
Touchscreen
- Yes
Color display
- Yes
Battery
- Rechargeable lithium-ion
Battery life
- 16 Hours training, 4 weeks watch + AT + Notifications
Water rating
- 5 ATM
GPS-enabled
- Yes
GLONASS
- Yes
High-sensitivity receiver
- Yes
Smart notifications (displays email, text and other alerts when paired with your compatible phone)
- Yes
Vibration alert
- Yes
Music control
- Yes
Find my phone
- Yes
VIRB® control
- Yes
Watch functions
- Yes
Maps & Memory
History
- 200 hours of activity data
Running Features
Virtual Pacer™ (compares current pace to target)
- Yes
V02 max estimate
- Yes
Recovery advisor
- Yes
Race predictor
- Yes
Running dynamics
- Yes
Accelerometer (calculates distance for indoor workouts, without need for a foot pod)
- Yes
Personal records
- Yes
Cycling Features
Bike speed/cadence sensor
- Yes (optional)
Performance Features
Heart rate monitor
- Yes (Some versions)
Foot pod
- Yes (optional)
Virtual Partner® (train against a digital person)
- Yes
Virtual Racer™ (compete against other activities)
- Yes
Auto Pause® (pauses and resumes timer based on speed)
- Yes
Auto Lap® (automatically starts a new lap)
- Yes
Auto Scroll (cycles through data pages during workout)
- Yes
Advanced workouts (create custom, goal-oriented workouts)
- Yes
Pace alert (triggers alarm if you vary from preset pace)
- Yes
Time/distance alert (triggers alarm when you reach goal)
- Yes
Interval training (set up exercise and rest intervals)
- Yes
Heart rate-based calorie computation
- Yes
Calculates calories burned
- Yes
Training Effect (measures impact of an activity on your aerobic fitness)
- Yes
Customizable screen(s)
- Yes
Shock Resistant
- Yes
Activity Tracking Features
Step counter
- Yes
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
- Yes
Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
- Yes
Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep)
- Yes
Garmin Connect
Garmin Connect™ compatible (online community where you analyze, categorize and share data)
- Yes
Automatic sync (automatically transfers data to your computer)
- Yes
Additional
Connect IQ™ app support
- Yes
Physiological measurements
- Yes
