Garmin watch
GPS sports watch logging pace, heart rate and programmed workouts
A GPS watch built for training rather than for notifications. It records pace, distance, heart rate and elevation, and a session written in the phone app syncs across so the watch prompts each interval and each rest period. The range runs from entry-level Forerunners up to the Fenix and Epix lines, which add mapping, a brighter screen and the battery life that trail and ultra distances need.
Who backs it
Sorted by strength of stance
- Nick BareDoes it
Hybrid athlete · Bare Performance Nutrition founder
Garmin gets all of his runs, going by the episode he made about the gear he uses himself. GPS watches open the show and run through several chapters, including one on reading heart rate data and one on the Garmin Epix. He frames the whole list as kit that has held up across training blocks and races.
Source: The Nick Bare Podcast, episode 078: Must-Have Running Gear - Ray MakerDoes it
Sports tech reviewer · DC Rainmaker
A Garmin Fenix 8 sits in the crossover section of his 2025 list, filed there so the watch did not have to show up under all three sports. An Apple Watch Ultra 2 appears beside it. Writing up his swim kit he counts a watch, then adds maybe three watches, which is testing rather than training.
Source: dcrainmaker.com: The 2025 Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
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