๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ A few weeks ago, posts outlined reasons you might choose to use power to measure how hard youโre running. This week, posts will cover this in a little more depth, exploring the following questions:โ Why did you start running with power?โ What benefits have you experienced?โ What difficulties have you…
๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ Want to improve your finish times? You have two choices:โ Work on your fitness โ so you can run the event distance maintaining a higher effort than beforeโ Work on your form โ so you can run faster for the same effort, run at the same speed for less…
๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐-๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ Does this mean a new Personal Best (PB) at every event? No. Instead, power can identify race-day targets that you can maintain throughout the event to achieve the best result youโre capable of on the day. How? ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ The Stryd Race Calculator uses your workouts from…
๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ Your training load has two major components:๐น Your training balance โ balancing the shorter-term and longer-term effects of your training to ensure your training is productive (not too much, not too little)๐น Your training progression โ managing how you progress your training to avoid injury from adding…
๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ Which is clearer?1. โ3x 15min at 15 secs/mile slower than 10k pace with 3min easy recoveryโ2. โ3x 15min zone 3 with 3min zone 2 recovery between setsโ3. โ3x 15min at 220W – 230W with 3min recovery below 200Wโ You may think theyโre all clear, but…
๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ! Power identifies training targets, based on your fitness, that maximise training results without over-training and risking injury. Two questions:1. How does power identify your running fitness?2. How does power set training targets based on your fitness? ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ? Second-by-second as you run, power provides…
A practical, experience-based guide to Running with Power, using straightforward language and an easy-to-follow structure.
The 5-minute guide to running with power covers the basics of running with power, formatted as a series of questions and answers.
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