๐๐๐๐๐ฌ & ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ
If youโre like I was (before power), your race target is a goal time: โIโd love to break 1 hour for the 10kโ, or โโฆ 2 hours for a halfโ.
You may have used online calculators to put in a 5k time (or an 800m time) to see what your equivalent 10k or half time would be.
And then when you ran the event, you struggled to achieve the predicted time โฆ because it was more โhopefulโ than a prediction, based on using a single data point with data averaged across thousands of runners, many of whom are nothing like you.
๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ
Event targets when running with power are based on:
โ
your current running fitness
โ
your measured fatigue resistance (or stamina)
โ
your proven ability to convert effort into forward motion
All three (metrics) are based on your completed workouts and are individual to you.
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐?
If you use a Stryd footpod, you have access to the Stryd Race Power Calculator. The calculator will prompt you for the information needed for the calculation.
If you donโt use a Stryd footpod (or even if you do), you also have access to SuperPower Calculator for Sheets (SPCs). Steve Palladino has recorded several videos showing how to use SPCs to calculate race scenarios.
๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ‘๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ’ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ
Race power targets represent the effort you should be able to maintain for the entire event. The calculators can also provide an estimated finish time, but this is an estimation โ instead, run to effort โฆ and let the time take care of itself.
๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐’๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐?
โ Questions?
๐ Getting Started
More about the Race Calculators can be found at:
๐น Stryd: Race Power Calculator in PowerCenter
๐น SuperPower Calculator for Sheets (click to download a copy)
Steve Palladino’s videos are on YouTube