Endurance Innovation

Steve Palladino and Running with Power

Episode Summary

Running coach Steve Palladino speaks with Andrew and Michael about the role of running power meters in run training and racing.

Episode Notes

• 1:15 meet Steve Palladino
• 5:30 how do run power meters work and the Stryd power meter
• 14:00 why measuring running power is so very complicated
• 17:30 reliability vs accuracy
• 20:30 improving elastic energy return and Stryd’s Leg Spring Stiffness (LSS) metric
• 25:45 why is power better than pace?
• 32:30 effects of running surfaces and running shoes on power and running effectiveness (RE)
• 36:45 how important is that LSS metric?
• 39:30 can Stryd identify foot strike patterns?
• 40:30 can Stryd help pick the fastest shoe?
• 43:45 running aerodynamics and the new Stryd Gen 3 sensor
• 56:45 comparing running power targets between open run races and triathlon run legs
• 1:03:15 David Noseworthy’s question about Nathan Killam’s descending position

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Steve's article library

Adjusting power for triathlon run legs

Steve on That Triathlon Show

Palladino Power Project on Facebook

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