What

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

  • 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…

  • Races and Events – The event

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ Power can help you perform your personal best on the day. How? By:โšก identifying a single target you can maintain throughout the eventโšก helping you ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก go out too fastโšก reducing anxiety associated with trying to achieve a goal time ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ Before the event, power race calculators use…

  • Races and Events – Ready, set, go!

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ, ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ, ๐ ๐จ! Youโ€™ve trained, youโ€™ve tapered, and the event is just about here. Using power, whatโ€™s important?โŒš Your watch setup, so that you donโ€™t get distracted during the event๐Ÿชซ Your equipment, so that itโ€™s fully chargedโšก Your warm-up, so that youโ€™re primed for the event ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ Iโ€™ve arrived at…

  • Races and Events – Tapering

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐“๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  Tapering aims to achieve a controlled reduction in your training so that your body has time to recover from training fatigue without losing too much fitness. It aims to deliver you to the start line with maximum fitness and ‘on fresh legs’. Itโ€™s a balance. Start the taper too soon,…

  • Races and Events – Race Targets

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ž ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ If youโ€™re like I was (before power), your race target is a goal time: โ€œIโ€™d love to break 1 hour for the 10kโ€, or โ€œโ€ฆ 2 hours for a halfโ€. You may have used online calculators to put in a 5k time (or an 800m time) to see what…

  • Races and Events – with Power

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ Races & Events are a little different when Running with Power. The next few posts will dig into the detail, but in summary (and as a taster):โšก Your race-day power target is based on your fitness and capabilitiesโšก Tapering uses power-based metrics to determine when and how to taperโšก…

  • Getting Started

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ Power is a complete system using effort as its fundamental metric. So how do you get started? ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ (๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ) At a minimum you’ll need a power meter, but there are a few other choices you’ll need to make and the options are not independent. Making a choice in one area almost…

  • Racing your personal best

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ A truth: power isnโ€™t a guarantee that youโ€™ll run a Personal Best (PB) at every race. So what does ‘racing your personal best’ mean? ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ Itโ€™s a system of metrics based on you as you are right now โ€“ your ability, your current fitness, your current form. Your power…

  • Maximising your training

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐Œ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  Your training begins with a goal. Your goal should translate into a plan for the workouts youโ€™ll run, including target intensities and durations for each. And then while executing your plan, you should:๐Ÿ”น monitor your fitness โ€“ to confirm improvements๐Ÿ”น monitor your training load โ€“ to ensure you maximise training benefits and…

  • There’s magic in the numbers

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ โšก Second-by-second as you run, power provides numbers representing your effort. Whyโ€™s that important? Once you can measure your effort, you can answer all sorts of questions. Hereโ€™s a sample โ€ฆ โ€ฆ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฆ ๐ˆ? Your Threshold Power is a key measure of your current running fitness. Itโ€™s used…

  • Power is a complete system

    Byfrom1runner2another

    ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ Itโ€™s a system built on your individual capabilities. And it has five fundamental concepts that work together to enable you to run your personal best. ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ = ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ Power represents your effort, so you can see how hard you’re working while running and how that changes as you run (whether…