Author: from1runner2another

  • Is Running Effectiveness easy to use?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž? Running Effectiveness uses speed and power (effort) – both are measurable numbers. RE is easy to calculate. But Running Effectiveness measures how effectively you convert power into speed, and there are many things that can affect that conversion. ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ Differences in your running form at different intensities (jogging…

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    Getting Started – Power=Consistent Progress

    Byfrom1runner2another

    To celebrate the upcoming release of the Spanish version of โ€˜Getting Startedโ€™, Iโ€™m planning to update the cover of the English version too. This text (on the green background) will be on the back cover of the books (in the appropriate language) and in the book blurb on reseller websites. This week, I’m posting about…

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    Getting Started – Power=Productive Training

    Byfrom1runner2another

    To celebrate the upcoming release of the Spanish version of โ€˜Getting Startedโ€™, Iโ€™m planning to update the cover of the English version too. This text (on the green background) will be on the back cover of the books (in the appropriate language) and in the book blurb on reseller websites. This week, I’m posting about…

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    Getting Started – Power=Effort

    Byfrom1runner2another

    To celebrate the release of the Spanish version of ‘Getting Started’, I’m planning to update the cover of the English version too. The text above (on the green background) will be on the back cover of the books (in the appropriate language) and in the book blurb on reseller websites. ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ = ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ Power measures…

  • Infographic – Running Effectiveness

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ โ€ฆ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ Something different this week. My posts are usually quite short (200-300 words) and deliberately so. Bitesize, for easy consumption; each a sequence of 5 posts, building throughout the week. But this week โ€ฆ pictures! One infographic per day on the core concepts underpinning Running with Power. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฌ? Iโ€™m curious…

  • Infographic – Training Stress

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ โ€ฆ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ Something different this week. My posts are usually quite short (200-300 words) and deliberately so. Bitesize, for easy consumption; each a sequence of 5 posts, building throughout the week. But this week โ€ฆ pictures! One infographic per day on the core concepts underpinning Running with Power. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฌ? Iโ€™m curious…

  • Infographic – Power-Duration Curve

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ-๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž โ€ฆ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ Something different this week. My posts are usually quite short (200-300 words) and deliberately so. Bitesize, for easy consumption; each a sequence of 5 posts, building throughout the week. But this week โ€ฆ pictures! One infographic per day on the core concepts underpinning Running with Power. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฌ? Iโ€™m curious…

  • Infographic – Threshold Power

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ โ€ฆ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ Something different this week. My posts are usually quite short (200-300 words) and deliberately so. Bitesize, for easy consumption; each a sequence of 5 posts, building throughout the week. But this week โ€ฆ pictures! One infographic per day on the core concepts underpinning Running with Power. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฌ? Iโ€™m curious…

  • Infographic – Power=Effort

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ=๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ โ€ฆ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ Something different this week. My posts are usually quite short (200-300 words) and deliberately so. Bitesize, for easy consumption; each a sequence of 5 posts, building throughout the week. But this week โ€ฆ pictures! One infographic per day on the core concepts underpinning Running with Power. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฌ? Iโ€™m curious to…

  • What should I show on my watch?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก? This is a common question for runners new to power. Thereโ€™s no correct answer โ€“ you should set up your watch to show the metrics you want to monitor while running. But personal experience and Facebook conversations suggest many runners work through something similar to the following. ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ…

  • Max efforts are hard – is there any alternative?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐Œ๐š๐ฑ ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ โ€“ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž? This is a common experience for runners new to power. A Maximum Effort run is a run at the maximum (average) power you can maintain for a specific duration. For example, your 3-minute max is the highest average power you can maintain over a 3-minute…

  • How do I set a goal time?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    How do I set a goal time? This is a common question that runners new to power ask. You can aim for a goal time โ€“ for example, โ€œfinish the half in under 2 hoursโ€. But there are some good reasons why you shouldnโ€™t. ๐†๐จ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ Why not set a goal time?โŒ Your goal…

  • How can I run faster?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ? This is a common question that many runners ask, and not just runners using power. There are three ways that you can run faster:โœ… Improve your fitness. If youโ€™re fitter, you should be able to maintain a higher effort, which should mean a higher pace and a quicker finish time.โœ……

  • Is it only about the numbers?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ? This is a common question that runners new to power ask. Itโ€™s not only about the numbers. Training is more than actions driven by numbers. When planning, you should consider your training goals, your specifics (age, ability, injury history), supplemental training (strength, mobility, plyometrics, drills) and other exercise activities…

  • Getting Started – Next Steps

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ โ€“ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ Iโ€™ve written a book to help runners get started with Running with Power. And I wrote it with the help of a testing team, who made it into the book theyโ€™d be happy to recommend to their friends who were curious about power. But there are still thousands of runners…

  • Getting Started – What makes this book different?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ โ€“ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ? Iโ€™ve written three books that cover running with power. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ‘๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐’ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ? The key differences:โœ… It covers the Stryd footpod and wrist-based power โ€“ wrist-based power is a recent development, and one that may be more budget-friendly for many runners.โœ… A heavy focus on choosing…

  • Getting Started – Team contributions

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ โ€“ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ The book wouldnโ€™t be the book it is without contributions and feedback from the testing team โ€“ some major, some less so. ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ Here are some major changes:๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ I re-wrote Chapter 10 โ€˜Power-Durationโ€™ from the point of view of fatigue, which makes much…

  • Getting Started – The testing team

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ โ€“ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ With the goal and structure in place, I realised I was going to need help, for a few different reasons:๐Ÿ”ธ Iโ€™ve been using power since 2018, but the audience would be new to power๐Ÿ”ธ I run road races; trail runners and track athletes can also use power๐Ÿ”ธ I use…