๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ
A few weeks ago, posts outlined reasons you might choose to use power to measure how hard youโre running.
This week, posts will cover this in a little more depth, exploring the following questions:
โ Why did you start running with power?
โ What benefits have you experienced?
โ What difficulties have you experienced?
โ What advice would you give to someone not yet Running with Power?
The posts will summarise the top themes from feedback received when asking runners these questions โ feedback from two annual surveys, and feedback gathered while researching two of my books (โWhyโ and โGetting Startedโ).
Here are my answers to those questions.
๐๐ก๐ฒ?
I wanted to break sub-4 for the marathon and found training using pace or heart rate difficult in several ways. Power (training using effort) just made sense to me โฆ plus, I like working with data and metrics.
๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ?
Thereโs magic in the numbers โ as a runner using power, I can: measure (and track) my fitness; set precise workout targets; monitor my training load; set achievable race-day targets.
As a coach, power makes it possible to set workout goals that I know will be usable whatever route my runners choose to take (hilly or not). And the insights that are possible using power data make fine-tuning (or course-correcting) so much easier.
๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ?
It was expensive โ I bought a running watch and a Stryd footpod. And it was difficult to use, although the Stryd PowerCenter these days is light years ahead of where it was when I first started.
While it is now possible to buy a running watch with a power meter inside, itโs complex to calculate power metrics โ hopefully thatโll change in the next few years.
๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐?
Go for it. Based on using power since 2018, I firmly believe Running with Power is the most effective way to train.
๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐’๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐?
โ Questions?
๐ Getting Started