dado0583 wrote:
mamilner26 wrote:
I am interested in this product, however I will wait to see what others have to say before purchasing.I've got some via the coaches package. Some feedback:
- The devices I gave out to some people I coach don't get used properly. They are not techy and didn't get excited about the data like I hoped they would so the other points relate to my experiences. I think when power is supported by watches while in run mode, it will be more easily digestible.
- I've been recording data since August and find it interesting looking at the power data. Most of the time I train via heart rate or pace and don't feel like I NEED power. Given you can't cover as much ground on foot as by bike it normally means I'm running on the same terrain most of the time so I can compare overall training progress using pace @ heart rate.
- My run test (4x1 mile all out effort) is on a flat path with little risk of injury with another person so I can do it outside. I wouldn't feel comfortable about doing a bike test outside as I would be more susceptible to riding into the back of a car or something.
- I actually found then when I was running on sand the Stryd did seem to incorporate the terrain (i.e. watts on sand were worth less than watts on asphalt). I didn't do any specific testing to prove, it was just my perception so may be wrong.
- I have a run test I did the other week and wish I had the power data to look into it (it was recording but the power was incorrect due to a firmware bug). I ran 4 miles (with a recovery) at exactly the same average heart rate but the times were very different (one I ran 5:28 and another at 5:57). This seemed like a huge difference and felt like power would have given me a chance to try and digest it. The bug is fixed now, so hoping to understand a bit more about pacing from the power data in future.
I agree with this completely. I would consider myself as quite techie, but running in bike mode (even with pace added via the Stryd Garmin ConnectIQ app on 920XT) just becomes a pain for managing data. I have swim, bike, run workouts scheduled in training peaks. I have my devices download to Garmin connect and then automatically pushed to Training Peaks. All Runs come up as Bike workouts in both GC and TP. I need to go into TP delete the Stryd run, manually change the GC file from bike to run, download the corrected GC file to my desktop, and then upload the corrected file to TP. Unfortunately, just changing TP file from bike to run doesn't fix all issues that are created by having a run file incorrectly loaded as a bike file.
By worth less, do you mean that a run at the same power is slower?