PowerCenter The trick fast runners use to consistently defy father time with "youthful" performances Aging is not all that big of an impediment to your goals as a runner. If you look at results at just about any race, you will find runners of all ages running
PowerCenter What kind of runner will you be a year from now? A runner's secret weapon is long term thinking. Long term thinking is necessary because running fitness is built about as slow and as gradual as any kind of fitness you can build up.
PowerCenter If you want to run but don't know what workout to do, Stryd will help When you have an unexpected urge to run on a rest day, what workout do you choose to do? Often, the go-to pick is an easy run. This is a great choice as
PowerCenter Fear the runner who has practiced one skill 10,000 times "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." - Bruce Lee Here is an old quote
PowerCenter Give us 3 runs and we'll show you how hard you can push your next workout Many runners believe that their primary challenge to getting faster is not working hard enough. They have been conditioned to blame their work ethic for their failures and decide to double down their
PowerCenter Solving the problem of pride vs bravado with the Power Duration Chart Here is a tough question to answer that involves a choice of personal pride vs bravado. What would you rather have? Option #1: Better Time You just had an admittedly mediocre performance on
PowerCenter Why is nobody talking about the new Running Stress Balance feature? When we released the Running Stress Balance chart to our iOS app last year, we were a bit skeptical that it even worked. Why? We usually hear Stryders singing from the rooftop about
PowerCenter Obeying the immutable law of stress with Running Stress Balance Have you ever felt like you are pushing your training too hard but you run anyway because your training plan demands it? Don't you hate it when you finish a run and regret
PowerCenter It is time to brush up on your running history The next time you are perplexed by how you possibly achieved an unexpectedly great race result or suffered from an unanticipated setback, you will immediately be able think through your training history to
PowerCenter Are you dreading today's run? Here is how to take the edge off... I nearly always schedule my runs for the afternoon after 4PM. It has been a habit of mine for years. This can lead to two things: 1) A day full of excitement as
PowerCenter Preventing sneaky stress accumulation There is an innocent mistake I see runners making that nearly doubles how stressful their easy runs are. It is important to avoid mistake this if you are doing any kind of structured
Newsletter Distance or duration? Here is a funny thing about running: Some of the best training plans are prescribed nearly entirely in terms of duration. But, we only race according to distances. (i.e. Hardly anyone does
Feature Release Robust runners are built with the "My Training" chart To run a faster endurance race, you need to become more robust to stress. The best endurance runners can finely tune their robustness to stress at a very specific running duration and running
Feature Release Here are the features we took from the old PowerCenter and improved in the new PowerCenter The new PowerCenter introduces a lot of great new features, like the Running Stress Balance history and a faster, in-depth analysis view. However, we did not want to pull the plug on all
Feature Release Update your profile to see how your metrics stack up The new Training Distribution feature in the new PowerCenter compares your Fitness, Muscle Power, Stamina, and Endurance against similar Stryders, grouped by age, gender, and race goal. In order to accurately compare you
Feature Release Introducing the new PowerCenter - New Stryd Power Analysis Platform The new PowerCenter lets you extract more insight out of your pre-existing running power data in as few clicks as possible. You are going to love this update because you will be: -