Stryd Team

Measuring Results with Bobby McGee

> The group was on average six seconds faster in the second test than the first. The moment of truth arrived this week when we measured results of study participants as they ran their second 200-meter and 2k halfway through the study. This was a test performed at the midpoint

Amplify Running Performance with Coach Yoseph

> My best solutions and innovations come while running Coach and blog author Yaniv Yoseph [http://longthedistance.com/] kicked off his coaching career mid-2002 while completing his degree in physical education. He uses Stryd as a pure data field that amplifies performance without correlation to environmental issues such as weather,

Pacing to the Finish: Jason West's Quest for the Olympics

A lot of people think you’re joking when you say you want to be a professional triathlete. That’s how many people reacted when I announced my decision to go pro. It probably seemed even more ridiculous considering my lack of experience in racing. My background in wrestling hardly

Master Your Running Form with Coach Zambrano

> The road is a good listener. I do my best thinking when I run. Peaks Coaching Group coach Rachel “Ruby” Zambrano [http://www.peakscoachinggroup.com/rachel-zambrano] has always been a runner. After taking a running hiatus to start a career as a firefighter and a family, she returned to

Running to Conquer Life with Kev Redford

> “I appreciate every step of every run” Life threw me a major curveball after I left the army. In 2013, I received a grim diagnosis. I had stage four stomach cancer, and the outlook wasn’t good. Three months of chemotherapy, surgery to remove my stomach and lymph nodes,

Master Hill Repeats with Bobby McGee

The main set of the this week’s workout was 6 x 30 second hill repeats. Short hill repeats allow the body to put more force on the muscle and effectively target the potassium pump in training. By working the potassium pump you increase its ability to push potassium back

Reach Top 10K Performance with Coach Bobby McGee

The Stryd team is excited to partner up with Olympic running coach Bobby McGee to conduct a study on how participants using McGee's training plan with Stryd devices improve their 10K race times over 12 weeks. Last week was our first study session, and in it we took

Run with POWER Guided by Matt Fitzgerald's New Training Plans!

As a runner, you’re always looking to improve. Perhaps your goal is to run a marathon, or to set a new personal record in the 10K you run every year. Often, improper training is a daunting obstacle preventing the realization of your running goals. Thankfully, that obstacle needn’t

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Newly Unveiled Polar V800 Firmware Fully Compatible with Stryd!

The wait is over. Run mode on the Polar V800 now displays Power, Pace, Distance and Cadence data from Stryd! Ready to put these new features to the test? First, acquaint your Stryd and V800. Pairing your Stryd with the V800 1. Select ‘Settings’ >> ‘General settings’ >>

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Stryd PowerRace - Your New Running PR

PowerRace - Your New PR Performance is priority on race day, you'll test your body and mind against the course and the competition to find your new Personal Record. The idea of discovering your new PR motivated us to create the supreme racing tool- PowerRace. Your Personal Record

Beat the Pace Game. Run with Power to Experience a Breakthrough.

What happens when you face the biggest hill you've seen? You make the challenging decision to charge up full force. You peek at the power display after the first minute. "340 watts...345 watts" You just unlocked the key to your breakthrough. Your breathing is steady.

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Power Up and Attack the Downhill!

Think back to the last time you took advantage of a downhill section of your run. The rush of freedom and speed you felt when opening up your stride and blasting away felt limitless. The magic of downhill running comes with a reprieve from the battle with gravity we fight

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Stryd Trends: See Your Progress

Blood, sweat and tears -- that is what it’s all about. That’s why you put in the work every day. The prizes and accolades are nice, but it's also about the process.  That daily grind.  Everyday you sweat.  Sometimes you bleed. Occasionally, you even cry (just

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IMPROVE with Stryd

Runners are continually evolving. With every step of training we influence our performance. The intensity and duration of our runs determine the type of runner that we become. Stryd's IMPROVE Training tools in PowerCenter [http://www.stryd.com/powercenter] identify your core running characteristics and track your training

Training Peaks Run with Power Workout Export to Garmin Watch

The following article was republished with permission from Peaks Coaching Group [http://www.peakscoachinggroup.com/]. Written by PCG Elite Coach and Stryder, Rachel Zambrano [http://www.peakscoachinggroup.com/rachel-zambrano], This tutorial will take you step by step in creating a run workout with power targets, exporting the file, then importing

STRYD Power Averaging

Better Pacing With Stryd What is one of the major keys to training with Stryd? Consistency. It is important to keep a consistent power on race day to run your best race. You know what power you need to aim for on race day. The challenge is: how do I

Stryd is Most Accurate Device Tested by fellrnr!

Great news to report! fellrnr of http://www.fellrnr.com (a widely trusted source on evaluating running technology accuracy) ranked Stryd as the most accurate distance reporting device that they have tested to date. See the full report and supporting data here [http://fellrnr.com/wiki/GPS_Accuracy]. Stryd is

Mysterious Treadmill Pace?

You may have noticed that running on a treadmill feels differently when compared to running outdoors. Understanding the root cause of this difference, it turns out, may actually help improve our run training. We've tested Stryd on multiple runners and across multiple treadmills, and after all our data

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Running Stress Score

After each day’s workout, we all wonder — how was my workout today? Have I done enough? Did I push too hard? Indeed, consistent training with the correct load and variety spurs the best physiological improvement; the secret sauce to how top runners build fitness quickly, to run faster. This

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A look back at Kona 2016 : Alessandro Degasperi

We'll be watching the NBC broadcast of the 2016 Ironman World Championship on Saturday at 2:30ET. When you do, be sure to be on the look out for Bib number 35, Alessandro Degasperi. On a day when five athletes ran their marathon under 2 hours and 50

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Stryding to the Summit: Lionel Sanders sets the Ironman World Record

Lionel Sanders broke the Ironman World Record at Ironman Arizona in a time of 7:44:29, merely 5 weeks after his worst race of the year. His data [https://www.stryd.com/powercenter/run/6314764691046400] from Stryd [http://www.stryd.com] provides unique insights into his historic day. Photo

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Watts That Won: Believe in Power

Stryder Akhil Viz graciously lends his experience Running With Power to the Stryd Blog. As a triathlete, running is a major component of my training. I got hooked on to triathlon towards the end of 2011 when I did my first Sprint triathlon and immediately decided I would race in

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Run Faster with STRYD: Part Five

Supplemental Training With the recent release of our new Stryd power meter [store.stryd.com], we are more excited than ever about the possibilities of helping people run faster. Our recently released white paper (download it here) [https://storage.googleapis.com/stryd_static_assets/RE_white_paper.pdf] discusses running

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Run Faster with STRYD: Part Four

Run Training With the recent release of our new Stryd power meter [http://store.stryd.com], we are more excited than ever about the possibilities of helping people run faster. Our recently released white paper (download it here) [https://storage.googleapis.com/stryd_static_assets/RE_white_paper.pdf] discusses

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Run Faster with STRYD: Part Three

With the recent release of our new Stryd power meter [http://store.stryd.com], we are more excited than ever about the possibilities of helping people run faster. Not only does Stryd measure how hard you are running, but it also measures how effectively you are running. In our recently