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Marathon Countdown

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  1. Install the face from Connect IQ (7 days free).
  2. On the watch: face settings > Buy / Unlock, scan the QR code.
  3. Pay and paste the code in the face settings.

A marathon countdown watch face for runners: the days left to your race day on a plate, a big time and four running data fields, with the race date set by you.

7-day free trial, then a one-time unlock at dialforge.dev. No subscription.

A watch face for people training for a marathon: a big time and a plate with the days left to your race, on a picture of a Roman centurion, the Colosseum and runners at sunset. It is set to the Rome marathon on 14 March 2027, and you can change the date to any race, every year.

You set the race in the Garmin Connect app on your phone (Connect IQ, face settings): pick the date in a calendar and type a short name, for example ROME. The watch menu only shows a note about it. On race day the plate says RACE DAY. For 7 days after the race it says FINISHER or your own text of up to 12 characters. After that you can set your next race, or leave it empty.

Also on the face: the weekday, date and month, a battery arc and four fields with progress bars. By default they show your weekly running distance against your goal, the marathon prediction, heart rate and calories. All five places can be changed, with more than 30 kinds of data to pick from.

Temperature comes from Garmin weather and always shows the place and the hour of the reading, for example 09:30 ROME. When the data is old, the last reading stays with a "~" instead of dashes.

Other settings: accent colour, seconds, minute marks, bottom label, date layout, battery thresholds and the always-on screen on AMOLED. On MIP screens the picture is dithered. The "Dark background" style is black with a gold ring and the outline of the Colosseum.

Works on 102 Garmin watches: fenix 5 Plus to fenix 9, epix, Enduro, MARQ, D2, Descent, Forerunner 165 to 970 and 245, 745 and 945, Venu, Venu 2 to 4, Venu X1, Venu Sq 2, vivoactive 4 to 6 and Instinct 3 AMOLED. Not made for Forerunner 55, 645 and 935. On watches with little memory (Forerunner 245, 745 and 945, fenix 6S, Descent Mk2 S, Venu Sq) the background is simpler, and the own text after the race and the next race are not available.

The face asks for location access only to calculate sunrise and sunset on the watch. It sends nothing to the internet.

Trial: the face works fully for 7 days. In the last 3 days the number of days left appears at the bottom. After that the face shows your Face ID and dialforge.dev. Buy a code for that number and enter it in the Connect IQ app, in the face settings (Unlock code).

Code not working? Write to kontakt@dialforge.dev and I will fix it or refund you.

Event names are trademarks of their owners and are used only to describe what the watch face counts down to. This face is not connected with any race organiser.

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Permissions and privacy

This product asks the watch for the permissions below. Connect IQ shows them when you install it.

  • Sensor history: Reads recent values stored by the watch (for example Body Battery, stress, heart rate, steps trend).
  • Your profile: Reads your Garmin profile on the watch (for example age, weight, heart rate zones) to calculate values for you.
  • Watch data (complications): Shows data from other watch features, such as battery or steps, on the face.
  • Location (GPS): Uses the watch location for distance, speed or sun and moon times. The location is not sent anywhere.

This product does not use the internet and sends no data to our servers.

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