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Is power just for elite runners?

𝐈𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬?

No.

In fact, non-elites may benefit more from power than elite runners.

Why?

Running power provides numbers that represent your effort – how hard you’re working when you’re running.

Elite runners have usually spent years training and competing.

Which means they’ve developed a very good feel for how hard they’re working when they run, and how long they can maintain race-winning efforts.

They have a well-developed 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 feel for their effort.

Power provides an 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 measurement of effort that, while useful for elite runners wanting to fine-tune their running, may not provide an enormous benefit.

𝐒𝐨, 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬?

⚡ Any runner can use power, but non-elite runners may get the biggest benefits.

Benefits like:
✅ maintaining a consistent effort over hills or in windy conditions
✅ using the instant feedback from power for precise interval training
✅ minimising injury risk by monitoring accumulated training load from completed workouts
✅ assessing whether drills or form adjustments are improving their ability to convert effort into speed
✅ using power to train your feel for when you’re running too hard or too easy

As one runner commented, “I honestly think it helps weaker/slower/newer runners even more than experienced fast runners. It’s like having a coach in a pod!”

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?

❓ Questions?
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𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫=𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭
⏩ What is power?
⏩ Does Power measure effort?
⏩ Is Power better than Pace, or HR?
⏩ Is Power just for elite runners?
⏩ How do I start Running with Power?

Is Power better than Pace or Heart Rate?

𝐈𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞?

It depends…

Running power provides second-by-second numbers that 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 your effort – your running intensity.

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 that isn’t based on your current fitness – leading to training injuries and bonking or ‘hitting the wall’.
🔸 Perceived effort can take years to develop – a luxury most recreational 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 what you can do right now.
🔹 It includes maximum effort runs – to track your current fitness.
🔹 You’ll need apps – to calculate consolidated metrics.
🔹 It’s new, and the concepts and supporting apps aren’t always easy to use.

𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫?

Like any new approach, there are some things that take some getting used to.

However …

⚡ After running and coaching with power since 2018, I think it’s the most effective way to train and race.

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?

❓ Questions?
📗 Get Started

𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫=𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭
⏩ What is power?
⏩ Does Power measure effort?
⏩ Is Power better than Pace, or HR?
⏩ Is Power just for elite runners?
⏩ How do I start Running with Power?

Concepts Physiology Running with Power

Does running power really measure your effort?

𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭?

No.

Running power provides numbers that 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 your effort.

𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 – 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐢𝐭?

No, as long as the numbers are repeatable and valid:
Repeatable? The same effort under the same conditions gives the same result.
Valid? The numbers correlate (align) with an existing ‘gold standard’.

The Stryd footpod has been independently validated (at least 10 times). It produces repeatable numbers that are highly correlated with oxygen consumption – a gold standard for measuring exercise energy consumption (effort).

Wrist-based power built into the latest running watches has not been independently validated (that I’m aware of). However, I ran my own (N=1) study during 2024/2025 comparing wrist-based power from Garmin, Coros and Apple to Stryd and found they produce repeatable numbers that, for most recreational runners, are correlated to the Stryd footpod.

𝐒𝐨 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬?

Far from it.

Running power numbers CAN be used as a measure of how hard you’re working when you run.

And once you can measure your effort, that’s when the real magic begins.

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?

❓ Questions?
📗 Get Started

𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫=𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭
⏩ What is power?
⏩ Does Power measure effort?
⏩ Is Power better than Pace, or HR?
⏩ Is Power just for elite runners?
⏩ How do I start Running with Power?

Concepts Equipment & Apps Physiology Running with Power

What is Power?

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫?

Power is a relatively new metric for runners.

It’s not running with a powerful stride or looking powerful when you run.

Instead, power is just another name for ‘effort’ – at least, that’s the simplest way I’ve found to describe it.

Second-by-second as you run, power provides numbers representing your effort.

Run harder, and the numbers increase; run easier, and they decrease … whether you’re running on the flat, over hills, or on a windy day.

Power shows how hard you’re working.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭?

If you can already feel your effort when you run, why use power?

Because power provides numbers … and there’s magic in the numbers.

Once you can measure your effort, all sorts of things become possible – you can:
assess your running fitness (and re-assess it) at any point in your training plan.
ensure your training stays productive by setting self-adjusting workout targets based on your improving fitness, rather than on a hopeful goal time.
reduce your risk of injury by using completed workouts to manage your training load.
personalise your race-day targets to achieve the best result you’re capable of on the day.

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬?

Your training and racing are 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑.

They’re based on 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 fitness and capabilities.

The enable you to achieve your 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡.

There really is magic in those numbers

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?

❓ Questions?
📗 Get Started

𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫=𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭
⏩ What is power?
⏩ Does Power measure effort?
⏩ Is Power better than Pace, or HR?
⏩ Is Power just for elite runners?
⏩ How do I start Running with Power?

Concepts Physiology Running with Power

Getting Started – Power=Best Performance

Graphic showing proposed back cover content for the Getting Started book

To celebrate the upcoming release of the Spanish version of ‘Getting Started’, I’m planning to update the cover of the English version too. This text (on the green background) will be on the back cover of the books (in the appropriate language) and in the book blurb on reseller websites.

This week, I’m posting about each of the ‘Power =’ items 🙂

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 = 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

Power enables your best race-day performance, based on your fitness, your capabilities and your race-day readiness.

It’s a complete, end-to-end system where all of the parts fit together ‘just right’.

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 = 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭

Power measures how hard you’re working when you run, providing numbers that, second-by-second, measure your effort.

And once you can measure your effort, all sorts of things become possible.

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 = 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠

With a few maximum effort runs (no lab testing needed), you can identify your Threshold Power, an important representation of your current running fitness.

Power uses your Threshold Power to set your training targets, so that you train to match your current fitness, and as your fitness improves, your workout targets adjust to match.

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 = 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

Power calculates a Stress Score for each completed workout, based on the workout’s duration and intensities, combining these scores to provide metrics you can use to maintain a productive training balance, to add load safely, and to target the right mix of training intensities.

Which means you can maximise your training results, minimise your risk of over-training and injury, and make consistent, uninterrupted progress toward your upcoming event.

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 = 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬

Power uses your completed workouts and your individual metrics to calculate a target power range you should be able to maintain for the entire event.

The target represents the best you can achieve on the day, based on your fitness, your capabilities and your race-day readiness.

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 = 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭

For many runners, Running with Power has resulted in new Personal Bests (PBs) … myself included.

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?

❓ Questions?
📖 Getting Started

⏪ Getting Started – Power=Achievable Goals

Getting Started – Power=Best Performance

Concepts Racing Running with Power

Getting Started – Power=Achievable Goals

To celebrate the upcoming release of the Spanish version of ‘Getting Started’, I’m planning to update the cover of the English version too. This text (on the green background) will be on the back cover of the books (in the appropriate language) and in the book blurb on reseller websites.

This week, I’m posting about each of the ‘Power =’ items 🙂

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 = 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬

If you’re like I was (before power), you focus on goal times: “I’d love to break 1 hour for the 10k”, or “… 2 hours for a half”.

You may have used online calculators to put in a recent 5k or 10k time to check if your goal was realistic. Or you may have run specific workouts to confirm you could achieve your target time – Yasso 800s for example.

And then when you ran the event, you struggled to achieve your goal time … because it was more ‘hopeful’ than a prediction, based on running shorter distances then comparing the result against data averaged across thousands of runners, many of whom are nothing like you.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to use your completed workouts to set your event targets?

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬

When running with power, event targets are based on:
✅ your current running fitness (or Threshold)
✅ your measured fatigue resistance / stamina (which may differ depending on whether it’s a 5k or a marathon)
✅ your proven ability to convert effort into forward motion (your Running Effectiveness)

All these metrics are based on your completed workouts and are individual to you.

And when used to calculate race targets, the result is a power number (or range) you should be able to maintain for the entire event.

𝐍𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 ‘𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥’ 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬

There are a few key differences though:
⚡ The targets are power targets. They’re not a goal time. This takes a little getting used to.
🏃🏼‍♂️ The targets apply to the entire event: To the start (so you don’t go out too fast); To the hills (so you can run them without ‘over-cooking’ yourself); To the finish (so you can finish strong).
⏱️ The calculators can provide an estimated finish time, but this is an estimation. Instead, run to power targets … and let the time take care of itself.

𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬?

Power targets represent the best you can achieve on the day, based on your fitness, your capabilities and your race-day readiness.

And for many runners, they’ve resulted in new Personal Bests (PBs) … myself included.

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?

❓ Questions?
📖 Getting Started

⏪ Getting Started – Power=Consistent Progress

Getting Started – Power=Achievable Goals

Getting Started – Power=Best Performance ⏩

Concepts Racing Running with Power

Getting Started – Power=Consistent Progress

To celebrate the upcoming release of the Spanish version of ‘Getting Started’, I’m planning to update the cover of the English version too. This text (on the green background) will be on the back cover of the books (in the appropriate language) and in the book blurb on reseller websites.

This week, I’m posting about each of the ‘Power =’ items 🙂

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 = 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

Power identifies training targets, based on your fitness, that maximise training results while minimising over-training and risking injury, enabling consistent, uninterrupted progress toward your target event.

This raises two questions:

How does power maximise training results?
How does power minimise over-training and risking injury?

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬?

Power enables more precise training targets, using targets relative to your Threshold Power (your current fitness) and that are often just a narrow range of a few percentage points of your Threshold Power.

Which means:
✅ power targets are easier to achieve than pace or HR targets – just ‘run to the numbers’
✅ you’re more likely to target the specific adaptations needed for your goal race
✅ as your fitness improves, your targets automatically adjust to match your increased capability

In other words, Power = Productive Training.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫-𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲?

Power calculates a Training Load Score for each completed workout, based on the workout’s duration and range of intensities.

These scores can be combined (using research-backed maths) to provide a number of metrics used to monitor your Training Load – the cumulative impact of your training on your body.

The three most important are:
✅ a Training Load Balance, indicating the current balance between shorter-term and longer-term training impacts, so your training can maintain a productive balance between the two
✅ a Ramp Rate, indicating how quickly your training is adding load, so that you can add load safely
✅ a Training Intensity Distribution, showing how much time you’re spending at different intensities, to target the right mix of training for your upcoming event

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

By maintaining a productive balance, adding load safely and precisely targeting the right mix of intensities, you can:
⚡ maximise your training results, and,
⚡ minimise your risk of over-training and injury.

Which means consistent, uninterrupted progress toward your upcoming event.

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?

❓ Questions?
📖 Getting Started

⏪ Getting Started – Power=Productive Training

Getting Started – Power=Consistent Progress

Getting Started – Power=Achievable Goals ⏩

Concepts Running with Power Training

Getting Started – Power=Productive Training

To celebrate the upcoming release of the Spanish version of ‘Getting Started’, I’m planning to update the cover of the English version too. This text (on the green background) will be on the back cover of the books (in the appropriate language) and in the book blurb on reseller websites.

This week, I’m posting about each of the ‘Power =’ items 🙂

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 = 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠

Power identifies training targets, based on your fitness, that maximise training results while minimising over-training and risking injury.

Which raises two questions:

How does power identify your running fitness?
How does power set training targets based on your fitness?

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬?

Second-by-second as you run, power provides numbers representing your effort.

With a few maximum effort runs (no lab testing needed), you can identify your Threshold Power.

Threshold Power is an important representation of your current running fitness.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬?

Power uses your Threshold Power as an anchor, positioned at 100% on a scale from 60-65% (no longer walking) up through 200% (short sprints) and beyond.

For example, you might use the following training targets:
🔹 80% or less for an easy run
🔹 94-96% for 10-20 minute intervals at half-marathon power
🔹 102-105% for 3-minute VO2max intervals

And if (when) your fitness improves and your Threshold Power increases, your workout targets adjust to match the new anchor, matching your increased fitness.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫? 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐕𝐎𝟐𝐦𝐚𝐱?

VO2max is a measure of your body’s maximum aerobic capacity. Threshold Power is the highest intensity you can maintain without rapidly fatiguing and needing to slow down or stop.

Think of VO2max as ‘the size of your engine’, and Threshold Power as ‘your highest cruising speed’. A bigger VO2max means you could go further and faster, but it doesn’t mean you’ll use that capacity effectively; a higher cruising speed means you can travel faster for a sustained period of time.

Both are important, but of the two, threshold power is more actionable, and a more direct and practical predictor of endurance performance.

𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬?

No.

Training is much more than actions driven by numbers. But training should also be underpinned by quantitative data – and power can provide those numbers.

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?

❓ Questions?
📖 Getting Started

⏪ Getting Started – Power=Effort

Getting Started – Power=Productive Training

Getting Started – Power=Consistent Progress ⏩

Concepts Running with Power Training

Getting Started – Power=Effort

To celebrate the release of the Spanish version of ‘Getting Started’, I’m planning to update the cover of the English version too. The text above (on the green background) will be on the back cover of the books (in the appropriate language) and in the book blurb on reseller websites.

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 = 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭

Power measures how hard you’re running – it’s a measure of intensity, like pace, heart rate (HR), or perceived effort.

But it’s measuring something different from pace, which measures how fast you’re running, or HR, which measures how hard your heart is working.

It’s most like perceived effort.

⚡ Power measures how hard you’re working when you run – your effort.

𝐒𝐨 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠?

Yes.

But it’s not “just another way”.
❌ Unlike HR, power numbers don’t ‘lag’ when you run harder or run easier; they don’t ‘drift’ so that you end up almost walking to “stay in Zone 2” on a long run; and there’s no maximum that limits the numbers.
❌ Unlike pace, you don’t need to ‘grade adjust’ when running hills; and there’s no temptation to aim for a ‘hopeful goal time’ that you may or may not be able to achieve.
❌ Unlike perceived effort, you’re working with numbers rather than ‘feelings’; and you can work with those numbers from day 1, rather than spending years to develop your feel.

⚡ Power provides numbers that, second-by-second, measure your effort.

𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭?

No.

It’s using lots of different sensors to calculate numbers that represent your effort.

But as long as those numbers are repeatable and valid …
✅ repeatable: same effort + same conditions = same power
✅ valid: they produce similar results as a ‘gold standard’ like oxygen consumption

… they represent your effort.

⚡ Power makes your effort measurable.

And once you can measure your effort, all sorts of things become possible.

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?

❓ Questions?
📖 Getting Started

Getting Started – Power=Effort

Getting Started – Power=Productive Training ⏩

Concepts Running with Power

Infographic – Running Effectiveness

𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 … 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜

Something different this week.

My posts are usually quite short (200-300 words) and deliberately so.

Bitesize, for easy consumption; each a sequence of 5 posts, building throughout the week.

But this week … pictures!

One infographic per day on the core concepts underpinning Running with Power.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬?

I’m curious to see what AI can create from some handwritten posts.

Curious to discover how it presents the concepts.

Curious to see what it includes (and what it leaves out).

Curious to consider what the infographic says about the way I’ve written the content.

𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤

I’ll post an infographic generated by NotebookLM using the phrase “Please generate an infographic using the selected source” … and for days 2 through 5 I add “in the same style as the previous infographic.”

I’ll also include the URL for the source used for the infographic.

And I’d love to hear from you!

What do you think? Does the picture capture the concept? Does it help with understanding? Is it confusing? Could it be improved?

Today’s URL: https://startrunningwithpower.substack.com/p/how-effective-are-you-at-converting

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓?

❓ Questions?
📖 Getting Started

⏪ Infographic – Training Stress

Infographic – Running Effectiveness

Concepts Running with Power

Category: What

Is power just for elite runners?

Is Power better than Pace or Heart Rate?

Does running power really measure your effort?

What is Power?

Getting Started – Power=Best Performance

Getting Started – Power=Achievable Goals

Getting Started – Power=Consistent Progress

Getting Started – Power=Productive Training

Getting Started – Power=Effort

Infographic – Running Effectiveness

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