Forerunner 965 - Recent Threads

Rallier un WP en ligne droite

3874348 — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:27:17 GMT

Bonjour à tous,

Je cherche désespérément un moyen pour que ma garmin forerunner 965 puisse me fournir une direction (directe= "à vol d'oiseau") en m'indiquant la distance. C'est une fonction que j'utilisais avec ma fénix et que j'adorais. Si quelqu'un a une solution, je serai le plus heureux.

Pierre

VO2 max mismatch on watch UI

Prateek — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:45:40 GMT

The VO2 max dashboard shows 43 on watch as well as garmin connect app (for cycling), but when I pan the chart, at tip it is showing 50 (lowest point is 47).
Why is there a discrepancy and which is the correct/more reliable number?

problemas de cronometro/horas tras actualizar v 28.05

2270138 — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:08:52 GMT

tengo problemas con mi forerunner 965, despues de la actualizacion 28.05, sincronizo la hora ya sea manual/ automaticamente y al pasar los minutos se va perdiendo la hora, es decir la hora real en mi telefono marcha bien pero la del reloj se atrasa, esto sucede tambien con el cronometro y en las actividades el cronometro tambien pierde los segundos/minutos y al cabo de unas horas existe una diferencia significativa de minutos, incluso horas

Bosch Live Data Interface

rene84828 — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:46:12 GMT

Hello!

Will the Forerunner also be able to use the data from Bosch Live Data Interface?

Request: Set training every other day for 14 days

Enduring2111 — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:52:37 GMT

I can now only set a training day Monday to Sunday, but I want to train every other day. With a 14-day choice, I can set: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Then the cycle starts again on Monday. I also want to set the days on which I want to do a long run. Can this 14-day option be added?

Unified Training Status

pnmckenna — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:01:27 GMT

is anyone else having issues with Unified Training Status?

since getting an Edge 850 i've had all kinds of weirdness going on with my training status metrics. My best guess is that Garmin has changed something with unified training status which effectively no longer supports the FR965 (probably triggered by the E850).

everything used to work nicely with my E530 but now its like the different devices are talking different languages to each other and the result is a mess.

i've had a support ticket open for 8 months now and the best they can say is "updates to improve unified training are being further reviewed on a long term basis with our engineers" so i'm trying to understand what is happening and how i might be able to get past it.

Need help fixing pool swim file

mweber01 — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:45:13 GMT

I did a pool swim today and my fit file is all messed up somehow. It's showing duplicates for my laps when I analyze the file on my computer. I've done the basic corrupt file fixing and nothing is fixing it. Any smart people out there that can help fix my file?

Is there a way to force Forerunner to recalculate Load Focus, Training status?

aka_wintermute — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:33:32 GMT

After a crash ( Progress, training status, week mileage wiped out after recording corrupted walk activity ), the device resets data on activity zones, training load, and the like. This disrupts all progress calculations, rest times, training zones, and so on.

So I'm wondering if there's a way to force the watch to recalculate this data based on the workout history it has saved?

Issue with elevation during workout

2104482 — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:04:06 GMT

I have had my Forerunner for a few months now and had no issues. But for about the last 3-4 weeks whenever I record an activity - hiking, walking, running or trail running it isn't measuring my elevation.

If there is no workout being recorded it is still measuring it correctly.

I have tried all the normal things - reset, calibration, submerged in water to check the sensor isnt blocked etc.

Anyone got any ideas please?

Is there an elliptical activity?

EricJRW — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:31:23 GMT

Subject says it all.

If the answer is no, can it be requested?

Thank you

What does orange dotted line mean on a course?

EricJRW — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:22:12 GMT

I've created many a course, but this is the first time I've had an orange dotted line on my course.

It appears in two different parts of the course, but not the entire course.

Any ideas?

Thank you

Link to actual course:

https://connect.garmin.com/app/course/482539964

Forerunner 965 issues after update

Pellettiere — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:55:22 GMT

Since the latest update my 965 has struggled to get a GPS lock. I've gone on my normal routes and during one 35 minute run it never got a signal. Then today, it was about 30 minutes into the run it for a signal. I've reset and reconnected and nothing. This only started after the update to 28.05.

The previous update had made my HR sensor unreliable. I start my run and it jumps to 150 then maybe 10-15 minutes later it's back down. On other activities it's reading maybe 60 BPM, but by other methods im easily double that.

With these two issues it's become nothing more than a stop watch ( an expensive one at that!)

Any thoughts on what to try before I do something drastic?

Forerunner 965 Activity and Heart rate tracking broken after 28.05 update

4213602 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:26:47 GMT

I got an update pushed to my Forerunner 965 this afternoon. I accepted the update like I always do and the update seemingly went through. This evening I went out for my run, started up the run tracker waited for the gps to lock and hit the start button. All my data fields read 0 (distance, pace, cadence) heart rate showed - - indicating the sensor should be on but not giving any data. Additionally the haptic vibration didn’t go off when I pressed the button.

It seems like the update messed up the sensor/peripheral driver in the watch and now the data fields aren’t getting populated correctly.

I looked on my watch’s about screen and saw that I am now on bundle 28.05, but a couple of fields were showing 0.0.0 - if it’s helpful I can reply with that info, but it feels like a bad update overwrote something and now everything is messed up…

Is there a way to reflash the full firmware/software package either through Garmin Connect or the express desktop app? I poked around for a while but couldn’t find anything

Does 28.05 fix Auto Zoom on Course navigation?

ArielBerko — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:25:33 GMT

Does 28.05 fix Auto Zoom on Course navigation?

Bug: Low HR target for Cycling Base sessions using Garming Coach (not fixed for 4+ years?)

6181278 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:00:36 GMT

Hi,

After using my Forerunner 965 for running for several years, I have recently picked up cycling. I immediately noticed there is something wrong with the Garmin Coach suggestions for cycling. The target HR is far too low for base and long run sessions, being more suitable for recovery sessions.

My running base/long runs would be targeting ~160 bpm, which is reasonable considering my zones. For running, base/long rides are targeting 130 bpm, which is recovery pace for me.

Other session types are not affected. Tempo ~180 bpm and threshold ~190 bpm, which is reasonable for me. Only base/long seems to be experiencing the issue.

I have searched for this particular issue in the Garmin forums, and I can see that is has been mentioned in several previous posts, see for example

The above posts date back 2-4 years, which means that this is an unfixed issue for more than 4 years.

Garming, this should be addressed.

TopoActive Europe 2026.11 konečně dorazila aktualizace.

4973139 — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:08:53 GMT

Konečně dorazila aktualizace.

Selecionar percurso em multidesporto Garmin 965

7740357 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:22:22 GMT

Tenho um Garmin 965 e consigo carregar track em todos os desportos. Entretanto criei um multidesporto com 3 desportos, 1-BTT, 2-Caiaque, 3-Corrida em trilha, tudo desportos ao ar livre e não consigo carregar o track.Na opção navegação não aparece a opção percursos. Podem me ajudar por favor?

Obrigado

Disabling watch optical heart rate with indexed sleep monitor

RJZACH — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:46:05 GMT

New Indexed Sleep Monitor owner. Used one night. I've previously tracked sleep with FR965 for several years.

I woke during the night and noticed my FR965 optical HR sensor lights were lit. I ignored it. A few hours later the watch sensor was still lit up, I touched the watch and it went dark.

The ISM seems to have sync'd and gathered metrics in the morning. However my nightly stress is very low (1 or 2 vs usual 8-12+) during the several hours that I suspect the FR965 was lit up. I theorize bogus values from the watch have been combined with metrics from the ISM. Body battery charged +50 to 100 after three hours. Training Readiness is 100. All abnormally high.

Is the flickering watch indeed related? Is this a solved problem for anyone? The watch was "sensor up" on my nightstand last night. I suspect the sensor turned on sometime after lights out, but I didn't check initial state. Previously I've noticed the FR965 will detect bogus heartrates when the sensor is down on my dark bed spread. Tonight's experiment will be sensor down on a white piece of paper.

I'd like avoid fiddling each day with the watch menus to disable the optical sensor. I'd appreciate any advice.

2 year old 965 will not add any new BT sensors.

badbri — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:20:29 GMT

My 965 will not add any new sensors. It repeatedly says "failed to connect" when I try this for BT sensors. I've powercycled, etc but haven't yet tried a hard reset.

This started 2 days ago when I received a new Stryd footpod to replace an older model. I connected it as a footpod just fine (over ANT+) but when I attempted to connect it as a Powermeter, it failed repeatedly. I decided not to add it as a powermeter (it works fine with Stryd without it) and forgot about it until I tried the next day to add a BT speaker (Noxgear) and it recognizes the Noxgear as a BT headphone but repeatedly gives the "failed to connect" message.

I then tried today to connect it to new Shokz Open Run headphone that I just purchased. Again, same thing - it recognizes it as nearby but "failed to connect" - when I click "retry" it just spins and spins and never connects until after 5min+ I give up and exit out.

Anyone know what is going on?

Sleep measurements are terrible REM, REM can't be 0 for a human being.

7215583 — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:17:28 GMT

Recently, since June 6, I had a big issue with my sleep score, even sleeping 5 hours the watch was measuring my REM correctly.

Then it's now 12 minutes or just 0, which it's impossible, I am using my Apple watch to match the information, ofc apple watch measures it very good, I can't understand how a machine over $500 can't do this simple task.

I requested help to customer service and the answer was pathetic, they said this is not a medical equipment and to reset my watch, but this is interfering with my whole training as it says I must sleep 9 hours all the time and change my training schedule all the time.

I truly don't know how to fix this I, reset the watch to factory and nothing, it's even worst, any Idea of what to do?

Sleep measurements are terrible REM, REM can't be 0 for a human being.

7215583 — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:13:42 GMT

Recently, since June 6, I had a big issue with my sleep score, even sleeping 5 hours the watch was measuring my REM correctly.

I truly don't know how to fix this I, reset the watch to factory and nothing, it's even worst, any Idea of what to do?

Segments - Stuck on Garmin Segments even though using Strava Live.

PatrickDalton — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:02:26 GMT

I'm using Strava Live Segments, but when I start an activity on my watch, Under the Training Menu - It still says Garmin Segments and won't show my Strava Segments. This only seems to have happened since the most recent software update. I've disconnected and reconnected my strava account, as well as restored the watch from backup. Still no luck. Anyone else experiencing this?

Garmin Coach AI feedback: race prioritization not reflected in daily workout decisions

MrsColombia — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:08:29 GMT

Please apologize for posting this to the forum, I actually would have loved to send it directly to the PM responsible for the AI Garmin Coach.

I have been training with Garmin Coach for over a year now, and I am genuinely impressed by how well it worked for me and how much I have improved as a runner. Also the fact I haven't been injured once. However, I have noticed a few shortcomings that I would like to bring to your attention using a specific real-world example.

I am a recreational runner who regularly participates in races of varying distances, from 5K events to full marathons. I enter these races into my Garmin event calendar, set goals for them, and categorize them as primary, secondary, or non-priority races. The issue arises when these races approach or take place.

For example, last weekend I had a 10K race scheduled. The event had been in my calendar for months and was initially marked as a non-priority race because my primary goal race is a marathon taking place three weeks later. Earlier that week, I changed the 10K race from non-priority to secondary, hoping Garmin Coach would adjust my training accordingly and schedule an easier day before the race. Based on previous experience, I knew that leaving it as a non-priority event would likely result in the race being ignored entirely by the training plan. Unfortunately, changing the priority did not have the desired effect. Garmin Coach still scheduled a 51-minute tempo workout the day before the race. I decided to skip that session because of the weather and because it did not feel appropriate before a race. Instead, I would have expected a short shakeout run or an easy recovery-focused session. More importantly, Garmin Coach did not appear to recognize that I was racing on the scheduled race day. It ignored the scheduled 10 K race completely and rather than accounting for the 10K race effort, it suggested also a long run for the same day.

The current behavior makes it seem as though race priority influences long-term planning, but not day-to-day training decisions as the event approaches. From a runner's perspective, this indicates that the system is not fully incorporating race events into its decision-making process. A runner cannot realistically race a 10K and complete a scheduled long run on the same day. I believe there should be a mechanism that allows users to indicate when the AI is making an inappropriate recommendation or missing important context. In addition, users should have the ability to provide meaningful reasons when skipping workouts, such as:

Illness or injury
Jet lag or travel fatigue
Severe weather conditions
Participation in an unscheduled race or event
Excessive fatigue or lack of recovery

Ideally, Garmin Coach would use this information to adapt future recommendations rather than simply recording a workout as skipped.

My overall experience with Garmin Coach has been very positive, which is exactly why I am taking the time to provide this feedback. I believe these improvements would make the coaching experience significantly more adaptive and realistic for runners who participate in multiple races throughout a season. I would be happy to provide additional examples, screenshots, or training files if this would help your product and engineering teams investigate the issue further.

28.05 Recording Nap but not sleep

Elad — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:09:49 GMT

Hi.

New issue under 28.05 my watch firstly after some loads of time recorded a nap but didn't record sleep went to sleep at 22:30 but it only start recording at 3.30am weird stuff happening.

Totally unreliable

Cadence step skips

9271804 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:20:28 GMT

Hi all,

Since updating to 28.05 (around June 7–10), I've been experiencing cadence dropouts during runs on my Forerunner 965, as if some steps weren't counted and cadence is halved while stride length is doubled (see the image below). It never happened before that. Has anyone else seen this since 28.05? Would appreciate any suggestions on how to fix it.