How can I estimate my finish time?

How can I estimate my finish time?

There are three primary uses for Running Effectiveness:

1. To improve your form
2. To improve your fatigue resistance
3. To identify targets for your upcoming race

How can Running Effectiveness identify the optimum power target for your upcoming event?

Race Calculators

Depending on your choice of power meter and supporting apps, there are two different race calculators you can use to identify your optimum power target:

🔹 If you use a Stryd footpod and the Stryd ecosystem, you can use the web-based Stryd Race Calculator

🔹 If you use wrist-based power, you can use the ‘Generate Race Power Scenarios’ feature in SuperPower Calculator (for Google Sheets).

How do they work?

Whichever calculator you use, they work similarly, using (at a minimum):

• Your race-day running fitness – your Threshold Power on race-day
• Your fatigue resistance – one of two different metrics, depending on whether you’re running a shorter, higher-intensity race or a longer, lower-intensity race
• Your running effectiveness – your estimated finish time depends on how effectively you convert power into speed

These metrics are calculated from your completed workouts.

Which means that your training plan should include specific workout segments supporting the race-day calculations.

And it means that Running with Power personalises your race-day target, based on your capabilities, instead of calculating your target using averages from thousands of other runners (who are not you).

For more information on how to use Running Effectiveness, see Understanding ‘Running Effectiveness’ and its uses (Palladino)

More about the Race Calculators can be found at:

🔹 Stryd: Race Calculator in PowerCenter

🔹 SuperPower Calculator for Sheets (click to download a copy)