Author: from1runner2another

  • Which other watches offer wrist-based power?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ-๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ? All sports watch brands (and the Apple Watch) offer wrist-based power, but it works better with some brands than others (using the Which Watch? criteria). Unfortunately, I havenโ€™t been able to try all brands to understand what works and what doesnโ€™t. Iโ€™ve tried COROS and…

  • Which other watches work with a Stryd?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ? Stryd works with all sports watches, but it works better with some than others (using the Which Watch? criteria). ๐‚๐Ž๐‘๐Ž๐’ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ โœ… COROS watches (except the Pace 1 and kiprun series) meet all the criteria using native watch functionality. ๐–๐š๐ก๐จ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ The Elemnt Rival…

  • Can you use a Garmin to Run with Power?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ? Yes, with some caveats based on your power meter and the Which Watch? criteria. ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฉ๐จ๐ The Stryd Zones datafield is your best choice โ€“ itโ€™s fully compatible with Garmin watches running Connect IQ 5.0.0 or later. Stryd Zones:โŒš Downloads workouts planned in…

  • Can you use an Apple Watch to Run with Power?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ? Yes, with some caveats based on your power meter and the Which Watch? criteria. ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฉ๐จ๐ Strydโ€™s Workout app is the obvious choice โ€“ itโ€™s fully compatible with the Apple Watch Ultra, SE or series 3 or later. The Stryd Workout…

  • Which Watch?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก? To Run with Power, youโ€™ll need equipment. At a minimum, you’ll need a power meter and a running watch. Or you could combine the two using a watch with wrist-based power. But which watch should you choose? Are there any that make Running with Power easier? Not easier to run, just easier to…

  • What else do you need (apart from a power meter and watch)?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ (๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก)? To get the most from a power meter, youโ€™ll need one or more applications (โ€˜appsโ€™ for short) to:๐Ÿ”น plan your training๐Ÿ”น display and record power while youโ€™re running๐Ÿ”น review completed workouts and monitor your power metrics For the best result (and to minimise…

  • Can you use a running watch to Run with Power?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ? Yes. All the major running watch manufacturers (Garmin, COROS, Wahoo, Suunto, Polar, and even Apple) include wrist-based power in their new models. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ-๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ? You may already have a watch that can provide wrist-based power, which means you donโ€™t need to buy a…

  • Can you use a Stryd footpod to Run with Power?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฉ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ? Yes. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฉ๐จ๐? Itโ€™s a power meter that works with all major sports watch brands, with Apple Watches, with mobile phones, and with some smartwatches. It provides power-based metrics, accurate speed and distance metrics (even in poor-GPS locations) and some additional metrics…

  • Do running power meters produce meaningful numbers?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ? Running power meters provide numbers showing how hard youโ€™re working when you run โ€“ your effort. ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ? No. Running power meters provide numbers that ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก your effort. ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ? No. Running power meters provide usable information ……

  • What is a Power Meter?

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ? A Power Meter provides numbers representing how hard youโ€™re working โ€“ your effort or running intensity. Running power meters use readings from multiple sensors to calculate a power number. Most recent running watches have a power meter built in. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ? Running intensity is important when training,…

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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…