This past weekend I ran a 10K while wearing both the Garmin Forerunner 970 and the Forerunner 165 Music, and while I'll be doing a full comparison soon, the experience made one thing immediately clear: Sometimes it's worth it to have a premium running watch. While both watches have excellent running features, the 970 has a few that the 165 lacks—and after putting them to use on race day, I can say that two of them in particular made a real difference.
Garmin Forerunner 970 $649.99 at Amazon $749.99 Save $100.00 Shop Now Shop Now $649.99 at Amazon $749.99 Save $100.00I love PacePro because it takes the mental math out of racing. Instead of constantly doing pace calculations in your head, you can glance at your wrist and instantly know whether you're ahead, behind, or right on target. It's like running alongside a coach who already knows the course.
Training & Planning > PacePro, select or create your course, enter your goal time, and sync it to your watch before race day. The Forerunner 165 Music also supports PacePro, so this one isn't exclusive to the 970—but it's still an undersung feature, and worth calling out.
Stay accurate with a suggested finish line reminder
If you have a course loaded on your compatible Garmin watch, the watch can detect when you've crossed the finish line and prompt you to trim your data to that point, even if you forgot to hit stop. It's one of those features that seems small until the moment you need it, and then it feels like a lifesaver for your post-race data.
Luckily, this feature works automatically once a course is active. To make sure it works, you’ll need to go to Garmin Connect app, select “Races & Events,” and double-check that your race is loaded onto your watch and ready to go before race day.
Ease your mind with "Auto Lap by Timing Gates"
Credit: Meredith Dietz"Auto Lap by Timing Gates" solves this by triggering laps based on the actual course mile or kilometer markers rather than GPS-measured distance. So when you cross mile one on the course, your watch logs a lap, regardless of how much GPS drift has accumulated. Your splits reflect the race as it's actually measured, not the slightly off version your GPS recorded.
To enable this feature, you’ll need to go to the Garmin Connect app and find your specific race under the “Races & Events” menu. You can either select an existing race by searching for the name or location, or you can create your own event. Toggle on the "Timing Gate" option, then specify whether you want to use miles or kilometers. On race day, you'll start the official race as an activity on your watch, and your watch will automatically trigger laps as you pass the predefined official course marker, in addition to showing the actual distance run. This past race wasn't too crowded, so I'm excited to put this feature to the test during a popular Brooklyn half-marathon next weekend.
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