𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬
Does this mean a new Personal Best (PB) at every event?
No.
Instead, power can identify race-day targets that you can maintain throughout the event to achieve the best result you’re capable of on the day.
How?
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫
The Stryd Race Calculator uses your workouts from the last 90 days, your Auto-CP (Threshold Power) and (optionally) information about the event course and the expected environmental conditions to produce a best-case target power and an estimate of your finish time.
𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 (𝐒𝐏𝐂)
Using your Threshold Power, Running Effectiveness (how well you convert effort into forward motion), a fatigue resistance measure specific to your race distance, and (optionally) the expected environmental conditions, SPC provides race power target scenarios, the equivalent percentage of your Threshold Power and estimates of your finish time.
𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭
Power-based targets are a little different than you may be used to.
They’re based on you, not on population averages – 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 current fitness, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 fatigue resistance, and 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ability to convert power to speed.
They’re a power (or effort) target, not a hopeful goal time – to quote Steve Palladino “your time is determined by the power you 𝑐𝑎𝑛 run, not by the power you ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 to run.”
𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?
Power provides personal best race-day targets
