PACE 4

Would defn suggest the Coros ecosystem, its much more polished and seamless than garmin. Switched and haven't looked back. Maps on any watch are a gimmick since the screen is so small and pretty much always have smartphone on hand, so think the Pace4 is better than even Pace Pro.

Perhaps you can swing a Garmin 165/170 or Coros Pace 4 and still be able to hold onto your AWU. I train for and run marathons but in my experience when I try to manage with just my Garmin during a training cycle I inevitably miss the AWU’s smart watch features. And when I do any runs other than easy runs with the AWU I miss Garmin’s superior workout screens and training analysis. My solution has been to primarily wear my AWU as my main watch and use the Garmin for running workouts. I use the RunGap app to feed my Garmin runs into Apple Health and the periodic AWU runs into Garmin Connect. The same would work for Coros (which also has a nice phone app).

Was in the same boat, was looking for something I’d only wear during running. I was between Garmin 165, 265 and Coros Pace 4. After a bit of research I ended up with the coros and I’m more than happy with my decision.

I've used the p4 for swimming for 2 months now and it's never missed a metre in calculation. It's a big change for me after disappointments with garmin and Xiaomi watches 

Pace 4 is what I just picked up and done 2 ski days with it. Love it so far.