𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 & 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 – 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫
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):
⚡ Your race-day power target is based on your fitness and capabilities
⚡ Tapering uses power-based metrics to determine when and how to taper
⚡ On the day, your target is your target for the entire event (no adjustments needed)
⚡ You won’t be able to (or need to) run with pacers
⚡ You’ll run to power, to achieve your personal best on the day
This is quite different than:
❌ looking up a hopeful goal time from a table compiled using data from thousands of runners (many of whom are nothing like you)
❌ tapering for a period and approach determined using general guidelines
❌ wearing a wrist band telling you your pace (per mile or kilometre) based on whether the section is uphill, downhill or flat
❌ going out too fast and suffering the consequences later in the event
❌ trying to keep up with pacers to achieve your hopeful goal time
It takes a little getting used to.
Especially the part about running to a power target rather than a (hopeful) goal time.
But this effort-based approach has been proven hundreds of times and has produced many unexpected personal bests.
𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?
