What

Posts that focus on concepts & definitions – the WHAT of running

  • Power Apps – point solutions

    ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ Power is still relatively new for runners. And while there are some apps that cover most of the important metrics, you may find that you need additional apps to plug the gaps. Here are a few apps that can fill those gaps. ๐”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ-๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ Apple Health doesnโ€™t provide…

  • Power Apps – Intervals.icu

    ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ.๐ข๐œ๐ฎ Intervals.icu analyses your rides, runs, swims and other activities (with and without power). It provides basic and advanced analytics and planning in an easy-to-use web interface with support for desktops, phones, and tablets. Intervals.icu is free to use, with additional features should you choose to subscribe. It can calculate and display…

  • Power Apps – WKO

    ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐–๐Š๐Ž The WKO app is an analysis and charting tool that runs under MS Windows or on a Mac and provides a wide range of charts and graphs of your power data. It can calculate and display all the most important metrics โ€ฆ and then some. ๐–๐Š๐Ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ โœ… Threshold Power. WKO…

  • Power Apps – Stryd PowerCenter / Mobile

    ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ / ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ž The Stryd PowerCenter / Mobile apps are available to anyone using a Stryd footpod (most features are free, some need a subscription). They calculate and display some (but not all) of the most important metrics. ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ In the following, the term โ€˜Strydโ€™ includes Stryd PowerCenter and Stryd…

  • Choosing Power Apps

    ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ Power is a complete system using effort as its fundamental metric. Power uses your second-by-second effort from completed workouts to calculate metrics that build a detailed picture of your running capabilities. Imagine you run 3 times per week for around an hour each time. Thatโ€™s 60 pieces of data per minute, 3600…

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

    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?

    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?

    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?

    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?

    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,…