I didn't get the zwift runpod because it was great, I got it because it was cheap.
It's also pretty easy to run tests on the treadmill.
I set it at a certain speed, and try different things - assuming that the treadmill stays consistent.
I normally run 12 km/h
My barefoot shoes measure 0.3-0.8 km/h faster than my brooks ghosts
Putting the pod on my toe vs ankle side of the shoe is 1.5-1.8km/h faster
I have no idea how accurate the treadmill or footpod are, so I don't really know which if the fastest numbers are accurate or not.
So I think this is more Hack.
The next ones are more on the bending the rules side.
Just like how if you pedal harder with the left pedal of the single sided power makes your numbers look great, I found that running "slow" with the non foot pod leg and "fast" with the footpod leg made my speed faster. This however felt weird and when I went faster I couldn't keep this lopsided run stride up for long.
Part way through the run I noticed that the treadmill was up, so I then decided to point it downhill, and went faster again.
When people do zwift running events, are they adjusting the incline to match what zwift says you are running across?
Does everyone just keep the treadmill set at 0% incline the whole time?
Or am I the only one who was not running downhill all day on zwift until today?
What are your thougths?
It's also pretty easy to run tests on the treadmill.
I set it at a certain speed, and try different things - assuming that the treadmill stays consistent.
I normally run 12 km/h
My barefoot shoes measure 0.3-0.8 km/h faster than my brooks ghosts
Putting the pod on my toe vs ankle side of the shoe is 1.5-1.8km/h faster
I have no idea how accurate the treadmill or footpod are, so I don't really know which if the fastest numbers are accurate or not.
So I think this is more Hack.
The next ones are more on the bending the rules side.
Just like how if you pedal harder with the left pedal of the single sided power makes your numbers look great, I found that running "slow" with the non foot pod leg and "fast" with the footpod leg made my speed faster. This however felt weird and when I went faster I couldn't keep this lopsided run stride up for long.
Part way through the run I noticed that the treadmill was up, so I then decided to point it downhill, and went faster again.
When people do zwift running events, are they adjusting the incline to match what zwift says you are running across?
Does everyone just keep the treadmill set at 0% incline the whole time?
Or am I the only one who was not running downhill all day on zwift until today?
What are your thougths?