Is this the FUTURE of running? 

I'm actually a PhD student and my dissertation and research focus is running power! I'd love to talk to you a little more to hear about your ideas about the practicality and actual future of running power! Your video was actually pretty accurate and well done!

Jonne! You're fast becoming the best running creator on RU-vid in my opinion. Love your videos man. Keep going!

i have had my stryd pod for about 6 months now, and am very happy with it. recently did a half marathon and was expertly paced to a personal best with absolutely nothing left in the tank at the finish line.

One thing that is missing in this video is that Garmin has implemented running power in their fenix and forerunner watches as well (so no footpod is needed, only a garmin HRM which most people will use anyways). Would have been interesting to compare the results between Stryd and Garmin.

The editing on this video was super fun! Keep it up!

I haven't used running power, but what excites me more about these footpods is the promise of accurate pace. Even in decent conditions GPS watches can be off by like 20s per km and they take a good while to detect changes in pace.

Great breakdown, I've never looked at power myself as a metric for measuring running but I can increasingly see it popping up on people's Strava. It'll be interesting to see if it takes off.

Had a Stryd pod for about 6 years now. It definitely helps with proper structured training and pacing over longer distances. Also, it’s really good for giving accurate pace and distance in spotty GPS areas

Training with power is such a gamechanger, at least it was for me in cycling

The Garmin chest strap I have also includes a sensor like this. It's really cool data to look over and adds a lot of detail compared to the watch alone without the strap! Would love to see how this thing helps you improve your form over time! I have reduced my average oscillation about 1cm this month, GCT is balanced, cadence and stride length are slowly creeping up. I believe, and I could be wrong, that tiny little improvements like this will add up for you over the next few months of use!

it´s amazing how much i can learn with your videos dude, keep up the good work! :)

Incredible video as always! Definitely the best running content creator! 🤩🤩🤩 Please keep the video coming!

Great video! It was informative, and you have a great sense of humor. Keep it up!!

Been using Stryd for few years now. I feel like it is very accurate device on right conditions. Examble i use it mostly for treadmill running on Zwift. If i do steady 1h run without changing the actual speed on the treadmill it can actually see the difference vs cold "engine" of a treadmill vs warmed up. And the automatic ability to measure you're running zones can be helpful.

Great video as always! You summarise the use of power meters really well. Love the unbiased opinion.

Stryd definitely improved my running so yes. It's a powerful tool. ps. Power output also changes with headwinds and the powermeter can tell that. Running with pace efforts against the wind always result with more effort. Power stays the same. It's easier to stay in the right zone. Great vid!

Running power makes it easier to gauge the intensity. If you run by numbers a lot it just makes the training easier, you just focus on power zone and not worry about heat or slope affecting other metrics. Love the idea and use it in my training.

I ran with it for the past 2 years. Not even close to using its full potential as I'm a beginner and did a lot of zone 2 but at the same time I could rely on their training plans and it gave me good estimates and confidence of what I'm capable of on race day.

I used Stryd for 2 years and I can tell you using a HR strap is much better measurement for effort.

Super well done, kudos from Berlin!

super interesting, thanks for the vid

Great video! 👍🏽 Thanks for the detailed info, awesome footage and interesting edits🍁 It’s a joy to watch all your videos!

Interesting & we’ll done video. Much appreciated. I like your work 👍🏽Cheers from Taiwan 🇹🇼

Very entertaining, cheers 👍

I've used a running power+ all those other stats device that looks like that but it's clipped on the back of my shorts at the center of the lower back. I think it's a Coros device. Quite happy with the data it provides. It has really told me some things about my running that helps.

Love the editing style of this video! btw: started running with you as inspiration and finished my first marathon in summer. :)

Love the video! Your video editing gets better every video!

fantastisk video! den här kommer å förändra sporten!

Always loved your content, but seein those peregrines (they are saucony peregrines, right?) on your feet makes me love it even more.

Just heard about these on That Triathlon Life podcast! So glad you made this!

Have had one for about a year and it’s really improved my running and is an excellent training tool would really recommend the sturdy pod

As a novice runner I used a Stryd for training for a marathon in 2021. All my training was power based using a Stryd plan. It gave me a structure and a means of accurately being able to target a power for the marathon effort. I was able to hit the target power and was close to the predicted time. A great tool if training for something specific, but less useful for a casual runner

Big fan of using power, especially for longer interval efforts and controlling easy runs. It's not as easy to stick to the numbers as it is on the bike though. Also, I'd love my bike watts numbers to equal my running power numbers 😁

I’ve owned it since the first one came out, I owned the air version when it came out. I noticed a correlation between my power zones on the Stryd and my Joe Friel lactate threshold zones. It’s good for training, sucks for racing. Until running power becomes consistent like cycling power it’s just another tool in the box but not the tool to do away with all other tools. I will say this, it’s better than heart rate training any day of the week.

Coros (not a sponsor) is moving away from power to 'effort pace' which is supposed to include temperature, elevation, etc. Great video, very informative and wonderful style.

Have been using a stryd Pod for years and it helps a lot to do threshold work when Not on a Track or its really windy/)

Thanx! Just saved me a lot of money on power meter foot pods! 💪🤩

I do you Garmin's running power, now native in the Forerunner 955 so I ca use structured trainings. With the HRM-pro strap I get the running dynamics that I use to see how I'm doing with my running technique/efficiency. I find the Running power useful, specially with structured training sessions to focus Aerobe-base, Muscle Endurance or Anaerobe. Specially since it can be very windy here in The Netherlands

I use Stryd mostly for more consistent/accurate distance/pace since it doesn't rely on GPS which is terrible in my area. That said, I do find power useful sometimes, particularly when there is wind or a hill I can better judge how much to slow down to avoid gassing myself by the time I get to the top. If I keep my power flat, that helps avoid spiking my HR into burn-out-and-crash territory to early in a run. Will be interesting to see if wrist based power can beat foot pods, or if insoles can beat both.

I use the guesstimate running power field on garmin. I think having a consistent set of data works as well as having precise data. Theoretically you could always get one of those portable VO2Max masks and run with that occasionally to "sync" up your power data with your threshold as a reference.

Big fan of my stryd footpod but not really for it main purpose of power, more as a v precise way to record my runs. Top Video always ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I've bought a Garmin Running Dynamics pod which is very similar to the Stryd but is worn on the waistband. What it does add is the balance between the feet which I currently find more helpful than running power, because it shows me that on some days my right foot seems to do significantly more work than my left. The most interesting metric I have so far is however that the faster I go, the "better" my stride gets, meaning, I have much higher vertical movement when I'm slow vs. when I run more quickly.

Started using it a month ago, I think my training is smarter, more accurate and spot on what I really need (training program).

Such a well put together video! I’m not sold on running power either as a great metric. Certainly some interesting data tho

Amazing

Coming from a cycling background, I always tried to formulate in my head how power could be integrated into run training and I figured it would at least be attempted at some point in the near future. Pretty awesome that it's finally coming to market, even if it's finicky in its early development.

I use power for interval sessions as the response if more instant - but stick to HR for steady/long sessions

Not sure about the gadget, but you did a great effort in making this video. Nice one 👏

I used power when I was wearing a Coros watch a couple of years ago. Those watches have an algorithm integrated that estimates running power without a pod or other additional gadget. Imho using running power is not worthwhile for most people as it is another metric that will prevent you from listening to your body instead of relying on data. Maybe elite runners will benefit from it, but the casual TRAIL runner is better off with going by perceived effort :) Anyways, informative vid!

My power meter has been a great tool to focus my training successfully. Power also gives you numbers to help you compare to see where you are and where you can go, and help to focus your training for increased performance. All one need to do is read what cycling has done with power training.

One more great video

Funnily enough I have looked at stryd over the weekend and contemplated buying one but I could not really see the point. It is nice to have one more metric to play with but in the end, if you have a good training plan and know your body pace and heart rate is enough. But we´ll see what the future brings

I like power meters. I had bad right hip bursitis and Garmin HRM- Run waist shows it when I was running. Outbalance was left 47%, right foot 53%. Now hip is ok and almost 50-50 leg balance(depends road gradients too). And with basic running you can find easier sweet spot like 5min/km and lowest heartbeat, right stride gait and other measures too in that speed. It won't tell you now you are on your sweet spot(most economic running). Afterwards only you can analyze. Would be nice to look my Garmin 645 and see it when running!?

Garmin has had this for a long time with the Running Pod. Seamlessly works with Garmin watches.

Most sports watches (Garmin, Coros, Apple Watch, etc) record wrist-based power now. Specific graphed comparisons of Stryd with many of these other watches are on Yoiutube channels like DesFit, Chasing The Summit, and The Run Testers. The findings: the wrist power meters are exceptional and on par with Stryd. The future of Stryd as a company is questionable. The future of power in running is undeniable,

I have used Stryd for about 2 years. I now just use the power for hills or wind, but generally run to pace. I have the Stryd footpod as pace on my watch, with GPS for average lap pace (1km laps). Stryd is crap on the treadmill. It gets so lost - I run way harder on the treadmill than the road if I run to power.

I've been running with Stryd power for a couple years and find the power data useful in a similar way as power on the bike. I'm wondering, however, if Stryd is going to be outdone by wrist-based running power. It's unclear if Stryd has an edge over its competitors here.

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Great to see you running again! I'm currently out with an injury (IT band issue) but hope to be back in 2 weeks ish - I think Coros has an "Effort adjusted pace" which is a kind of hybrid between pace and power (in that it takes into account effort of hills/elevation etc) maybe that's the future? I think pods could be good for discovering running imbalances? E.g. left/right because I think this would be the only reason I get one, if my running keeps improving. Great vid =] Maybe switch the music for some liquid drum & bass? ;)

I have been using my galaxy watch active 2 to improve my running economy. It is crazy how much I was oscillating now that I am aware of it

Shmiley Fashe, Shmiley Fashe. I love your accent.

Did my final year project on such technology. Unfortunately, Stryd didn't respond to my efforts to get more info on their product for my research

I always run with the Stryd. The new one reacts faster to changes than the previous version. If you always run on a track, then it is no better than pace as a metric. But otherwise, it is much more useful for measuring effort, since HR drifts and can be inconsistent depending on the circumstances and even breathing isn't reliable (in my judgment) for estimating effort. On trails where you have to walk because of the grade, the Stryd is not so useful as you can be struggling but the power might be low. I don't know yet if the new version has improved this (I haven't had it long enough to run in the mountains). The Critical Power you get isn't useful until you've collected enough data at different effort levels and durations. And then it is a remarkable predictor of finishing times for road marathons (possibly for shorter distances but I haven't tried those yet)

My heart-rate belt measure power when I run but I do not really use it as I mainly run in the City on flat roads. Hence, heart-rate and pace make more sense.

I used running power for a few runs with my Garmin heart rate strap (HRM Pro). However, I found that it was actually detrimental to my running, as constantly having to look at power data on my watch negatively impacted my running form Currently, I think power is way more useful for cycling compared to running

what gear do you use?! The video quality looks great!

The power thing seemed cool but honestly I have used my Stryd because its simply much more accurate than GPS often right out of the box (I had to make a small calibration however). So it excels the most where GPS is at it worst: trail runs, track runs, indoors and around tall buildings where GPS goes wild. However its just as good or better than GPS in standard situations as well. Also the stryd is much more responsive to speed changes than GPS is to see your current pacing. You'll notice if you do an interval workout on your Garmin that if you dont start running before the interval starts you will have a delay in the speed from when it catches up. This is minimized with the pod. Anyways I lost my pod and ordered the latest one. Interesting to see how it performs.

I have an Apple Watch 7 and with updated WatchOS 9, it has added new running metrics like ground contact time, vertical oscillation, cadence, stride length aaaannnnndd running power. However I dont use all those measurements and use solely pace, HR, and distance.

Your videos are crazy good. What software do you edit with ?

I used the polar stride on my foot until it fell off and I never found it again.

I'd honestly recommend stryd to anyone. It's helped me out with speed tremendously

Of the 3 hill graphs clearly HR is the most accurate measure to effort. Foot pod is pointless when you have vertical oss, ground contact , stride length & rate with normal GPS.

This reminds me of the Nike+ sensor you wore under the sole of your shoe

What action cam/ stick did you use to show the full body running shots? @7:50

Thoughts on Grade Adjusted Pace as a metric? I find quite helpful for hill runs. I mostly use HR and GAP for guaging intensity on the trails. Had a foot pod when they first came out (back in Suunto Ambit 2 days) and found it pretty unhelpful for anything other than road runs.

Darn ! i thought this was a new knee cap for me

I have those shoes, Saucony Peregine 11. Yours are far more worn than mine. I don't get out as much as you do. How many miles do you have in them?

I've been running with Stryd for just over 5 years now, and bought the Stryd Wind in April this year, just few months short of the launch of the newest Stryd (grrr!). I've got it because I wanted accurate real-time pacing for interval work (gps is too slow to react). I've tried to calibrate it multiple times, I even bought a measuring wheel to measure several courses. I've found that the accuracy really depends on the shoes, the surface and the pace. On a 5K course, I've got +/- 20m accuracy between runs with the same shoes and similar pace, but when I was doing slower aerobic pace or faster running with carbon shoes, then I've got distance overestimated by 110m and even more. I've come to the conclusion that it can't be accurate regardless of other factors. I don't use auto calibration, because that just varies the calibration factor from time to time based on GPS, so it's always inaccurate on average. Now I just look at the power data when doing intervals (on flat or rolling terraing), maintaining intensity on hill training, and pacing during races or time trials based on estimated CP.

The future of running, is running

Coros has something similar for the last couple of years. But I assume it works with Coros watches though.

How it compares to the metrics provided by garmin, suunto, apple? Footpods were a thing back in the day :) are they coming back :)))

I use power metrics on my Polar V2 watch to estimate fitness progress running hills. My assumption is that the better I get at running hills, the lower the power metric will be (over time) when I run hills. Is this a faulty assumption? Thanks, great video!

POWER

They recently updated the apple watch like a month ago to show power, ground contact time, and many other new features. Are these accurate at all?

Couple years behind, but good vid.

This reminds me of a video on youtube titled "Running 18 mph at different sizes". I wanted to figure out their power in watts. I'm pretty sure the big guy is using more watts despite the girl moving her feet quicker. There's a 5 foot tall girl moving her legs quickly at about 270 bpm, and there's a 6'5" guy moving his legs at about 210 bpm. He weighs about 100 kg, and she weighs about 50 kg. I just wonder how I'm supposed to figure out their power.

I can see this on the peloton ( power)

Power measured doing anything slow and controlled will be inaccurate. The critical power supplies a metric that we can track and modify our progress in fitness. The accuracy with VO2 is AMAZING! I think you just talked me into getting one...

Similar devices are embedded in some of the under armour running shoes. Non removable, no need to charge connects to phone and or watch. Results upload right to the app when done. Auto tracking also if you don't want any watches or phones on your run/training.

The only real value of it IMHP is that it provides a much better current pace which GPS watches due quite badly at and allows you to achieve the desired finish time But you can also just use the watches cadence feature which its quite good or a Garmin pace pro plan and achieve a good result

Haven't used it, it's not refined enough to provide outsize benefit for me. I tend to only incorporate the learnings when they are conclusive, and generally try not to overthink. I think the science of mostly easy, sometimes hard, hills for ageing athletes, benefits of doubles (even cross training) are are quite settled. However, I tend to consider heart rate monitoring as a bit of a pandoras box of problems (the body doesn't have zones and individual physiology varies so much) that I only run with a dedicated HR monitor strap now and again to track general progress with building aerobic base. I think for most athletes such granular data hinders rather than helps overall enjoyment of the sport, unless you're a pro where marginal gains matter, I think trying to min-max in running is a sure fire way to miss the true joy of just doing it. That's just me though, and I respect the numbers nerds all the same!

Nope never used one before. Could also be interesting with swimming? 🏊🏼‍♂️ How is your Ice Swimming training going so far? 💪🏻

I've got one and to be honest, I don't find it that useful. Still find pace combined with heart rate more intuitive. Maybe for trail running it would be better?

Funny to see watts for running when I usually associate it with cycling

how about the 4x4x48 challenge @The Unlazy Way ? ;)

Lets keep running simple and cycling complicated 👌🏼

Garmin HR gives all these metrics long time ago already

Yaaayy, first one in the comments C: I really love your content, so keep up the good work!

Actually even heartrate monitor is not needed for a good training, if you have already some experience in running. Going easy - you know it by feel. Go hard - you know it by feel. Only reason to look at the heartrate is the race when you are looking for a sweet sport so you can endure the whole distance optimally.

Sfx definitely improved in this video! About the gadget, idk looks more like a unnecessary gadget to me :/