Setting Personal Records Again

Without being able to keep an eye on my average pace and by relying solely on my goal power zone, I did: - a personal record on my half marathon by nearly a minute; my old PR was 4 years ago. - 26'54" Parkrun: my second fastest to date and third fastest 5k overall. Again, my previous fastest times were 4-5 years ago. All my best times had been achieved immediately before I got pregnant. After that I had to quit running due to physical reasons and I didn't resume running seriously until this past spring.

Confidence to Trust in Myself

I couldn’t be happier. Stryd predicted I would finish in 1:29:40, which I thought was too ambitious. I managed to finish it in 1:29:55. I improved my PR by 8 minutes! 14K into the race, I thought that I would not be able to hold the pace. But I did — and I literally finished the run on the last bit of energy I had left. This really gave me the confidence to trust in myself and trust my Stryd. And, I might add, during the power-based training plan, I had a higher weekly volume than ever before, but I never felt overtrained or something. Really spot on. Kudos to this product.

Knowing how hard to push

There are so many variables in trail ultramarathons. Knowing where I'm at & exactly how hard I can push, removes a big chunk of the guesswork & stress. Power helps me pace & train like no other metric can & my running continues to improve because of it.

Back to back PRs

I am 4 for 4! 4 racing distance PRs using Stryd (5K, 10K, 13.1 and 26.2) in the last 2 months. BQed today and PRed by 10mins in my marathon. Followed my race watts consistently and had strong legs throughout. So happy I bought STRYD!

41 minute PR

I just completed the 88km Comrades Ultra using Stryd. Stryd was absolutely critical to holding back in the first half of the race so I could conserve energy for the second half. The result? 41 minutes faster than 2017. I set PRs on all the segments in the second half. Thanks, Stryd.

4 weeks of training, really impressed

Result of a 4-week Stryd HM training plan. Really impressed, especially as I was quite dubious at all the easy running.

Faster with more energy

To my utter surprise, I did not only finish the 18K with tons of energy left (well...a good amount of energy), but I found out that my pace was more than 10s per km faster than I had achieved on the same route in the past. I honestly could not believe this! Not only was the route trickier than I usually would have chosen for an 18K run, but it turned out that I was much faster than usual yet I had more energy left! Running with power took all the mental effort out of my training as I did not have to gauge how fast to go uphill. I just ran, enjoyed the environment, stopped thinking, and I was faster. I am really liking this!

Amazingly Accurate

Sometimes I can’t believe how accurate Stryd can be. I went out today with the intention of a 10 mile moderate run by feel—not really paying attention to metrics, but was feeling strong early on and the weather was nice, so I pivoted to see if I could beat my half marathon PR since I’ve been training. Still continued to run mostly by feel until the last 2-3 miles or so where it was pretty much all out to maintain pace/output.. so overall a solid trial effort. Knocked 5 mins off my Half time. Now here’s the most interesting part.. avg’d 270W for a finish time of 1:39:11. Out of curiosity, I pulled up race calc in Stryd... suggested 269W with a finish time of 1:39:24. 13 seconds variance! It’s amazing how accurate Stryd is I absolutely love it.

Ready in Seconds

I’ve been doing the workouts on my Apple Watch and I love how easy it is to just open my Stryd app, sync my workout, and go!