Product Description
Most GPS training watches are overbuilt with large screens and heavy straps. But if you have smaller wrists, measure every gram, or just want a watch that goes subtle under any shirt — the options get "thin" fast.
The Suunto Race S delivers the full training feature set of the Suunto Race in a compact 45mm, 60-gram package — and it's one of the best-value AMOLED GPS training watches on the market.
All the Watch You Need. None of the Bulk You Don't.
Compact Size, No Feature Cuts At 45mm and just 60 grams (53g in titanium), the Race S is 28% lighter than the standard Race. It's thin enough to disappear under a cuff and light enough to forget mid-effort. What Suunto didn't cut: dual-band GPS, 32GB of offline map storage, 115+ sport modes, free offline maps, or Suunto Coach training intelligence.
An HR Sensor Built to Keep Up Suunto redesigned the optical heart rate sensor on the Race S with double the number of LEDs compared to the original Race. The result is cleaner heart rate data during high-intensity intervals, track workouts, and tempo efforts — so your zone training stays honest without defaulting to a chest strap.
Battery Life That Earns Its Keep Up to 30 hours of dual-band GPS tracking in performance mode. That's more than enough for most trail races, long training days, and back-to-back weekend efforts. Drop into Tour mode and it stretches to 120 hours. And when you do need to recharge, the Race S goes from zero to nearly full in under 40 minutes — fast enough to top off at an aid station without stopping your activity recording.
The Race S pairs that battery with a vivid 1.32-inch AMOLED display that stays readable in direct sunlight, and a digital crown for fast menu navigation without taking your gloves off. Suunto Coach monitors your HRV, sleep quality, and training load to deliver personalized feedback on when to push and when to pull back. Free offline maps with turn-by-turn navigation keep you oriented on any terrain — even deep off the grid.
When you're 80 miles into a hundred-miler, the last thing you want is a heavy watch dragging on your wrist.
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Suunto Race S FAQ's
Everything you need to know about Suunto Race S.
The Suunto Race S is Suunto's compact GPS multisport watch — 45mm case, 60 grams in steel, 53 grams in titanium — delivering the full Race feature set including dual-band GNSS, 32GB offline maps, 115+ sport modes, Suunto Coach training intelligence, and a 1.32-inch AMOLED display with digital crown.
Athletes with smaller wrists who've been forced to choose between a properly fitting watch and serious training features — until now. It's also the right call for athletes who log every gram, want a watch that disappears under a sleeve at work, or simply don't want a large case dragging on their wrist 80 miles into a hundred-miler. Feature-wise, you're not compromising anything versus the full Race.
Suunto doubled the number of LEDs in the optical heart rate sensor compared to the original Race — the direct result of athlete feedback that wrist-based HR was drifting during high-intensity efforts. For athletes running intervals, doing track workouts, or executing tempo efforts, that sensor improvement means your zone training data is actually reliable enough to act on.
30 hours in full dual-band performance mode covers most trail and ultra races for the majority of finishers — and the watch has four intelligent battery modes scaling all the way to 120 hours in Tour mode. The fast-charge capability is the other side of that equation: zero to nearly full in under 40 minutes means you can top up at an aid station, hotel, or between sessions without interrupting your activity recording.
The Race S is 28% lighter, 4mm smaller in case diameter, and $50 less expensive. What you give up: the Race has a larger 1.5-inch display, a longer 50-hour GPS battery in performance mode, sapphire glass instead of Gorilla Glass, and 100m water resistance versus 50m on the Race S. Both share the same GPS chipset, offline maps, sport modes, and Suunto Coach. For athletes who prioritize weight and size over display size and extended battery, the Race S is the smarter buy.