Welcome STRYD to our family
Since Endurance Nation quite literally wrote the book on biking with power, it makes perfect sense that we partner with the company leading the way in running with power. After looking through their competitors and months of discussion with the company STRYD - we are extremely excited about this partnership.
We will need YOU to be apart of this growth - this is where the team will show the world that we lead the way in innovation. We are starting our partnership with 20% off until January 31 --- after that we will go to 10% I have mapped out 2 more times throughout the year where we will have 20% off but I urge you not to wait for those times as they are more for incoming new athletes than ones currently on the team not wanting to pull the trigger just yet.
We are going to have forum breakdowns, ways to add this to your training, special webinars with the company and so much more that is exclusive to Endurance Nation athletes. There will be MUCH more to come on this but I wanted to go ahead and get this information out to you before we break for the Holidays.
Grab yourself a STRYD (it will arrive in January) so that we can start collecting data and changing the way runners train.
CODE: endurancenation at store.stryd.com
If you have questions, ask them here or PM me --- as always -- Thank you for supporting our sponsors, this one is going to be FUN!
Comments
http://www.imtalk.me/blog/2016/9/12/imtalk-episode-533-jim-vance.html
I'm intrigued...but not 100% on the bus yet, gonna be looking for the teams thoughts.
@Robin-thanks for the link. That was the deal maker for me. I'm 100% that this will help me be more consistent throughout my runs and that's worth invaluable for me.
Looking so forward to getting it!
There was no paperwork with the Stryde and the website instructions weren't very intuitive. Until I found this
How to install
How to use
https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-calibrate-a-garmin-foot-pod
Can't wait to get started with it, although it won't ship until after X-mas.
I'm most interested in learning how to use the device effectively. I have all this data I really don't know what to do with and I don't trust it enough to give up running by pace.
I'd love more race reports showing power data and how to make decisions as you're running based upon that data.
There are metrics other than power that it kicks out. I'd like to understand those better, see how they affect performance and learn how to correct problems using the feedback the watch and data are giving,
Best practices with data workflow. How to set up the watch. How do read the Power Center data. What's important, what's just interesting. How to monitor trends in data and how to make sense of them all.
Lots more thoughts, but that should get it started!
Thanks!
X3.
I've been running with it and collecting data, but I haven't the slightest clue as to how I should use it to train, let alone race.
I'm a huge data geek so I love the idea of having more/different/better data to train smarter but I don't know how to apply at this point.
Sounds like a "Running with Stryde for Dummies" is in order. This dummy will be in the front of the line
FYI
DC Rainmaker's take on it ( from August 2016)
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/08...er-v2.html
In addition to power, one other thing that I really like about this product, is that I can get advanced running metrics without having to wear the Garmin chest strap any longer.
I'd already switched to the Forerunner 735XT, so that I could use optical, wrist based HR and ditch the strap. I think I have a permanent mark on my chest from from wearing an HR strap for years. Also, on the run, the strap would tend to chafe or would sometimes slip during longer training sessions.
Power has become such an easily understood metric for total workload and interval output on the bike. I'm hoping that run power may actually change the way that I approach run training instead of just distance and pace.
While Training Peaks & WKO will now give you a run TSS, I find that today, the only run metrics that I actually pay attention to are mileage and pace. Hope this changes. So I've ordered one using the EN discount.
I haven't received it yet. But I did have a couple of questions about setup that I've asked Stryd support about. There are two data field apps Stryd IQ and Stryd Power on the Garmin Connect IQ Store. I wasn't sure which one to use. Stryd support has been really outstanding so far. They advised to use the Stryd IQ data field.
Thank Mariah! I'm excited to receive mine.... Happy Birthday to me!