𝐈𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞?
It depends…
Running power provides numbers that 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 your effort.
By doing this, power solves issues associated with other measures of intensity:
🔸 Heart Rate (HR) ‘lags’ when you change effort levels, and it can ‘drift’ on longer runs.
🔸 Pace is affected by hilly or windy conditions, and it’s very easy to choose a goal time not based on your current fitness – leading to training injuries and bonking / hitting the wall.
🔸 Perceived effort can take years to develop – a luxury most runners don’t have.
That said, there are a few things that are different about running with power:
🔹 It’s individual – your targets are based on completed workouts.
🔹 It includes maximum effort runs – to track your current fitness.
🔹 You’ll need apps – to calculate consolidated metrics.
🔹 It’s new, the concepts and supporting apps are not always easy to work with.
𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫?
Like any new approach, there are some things that are better and some that take some getting used to.
But after using power since 2018, I think it’s the most effective way to train and race.
𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?
Is power better than pace or HR?
