Stryd Pod - A Power Meter For Running

I've ran thousands of miles with my Stryd Pod and collected a lot of data! My biggest reason to start running with a Stryd Pod was to be able to train and race with power (watts). To be honest, I still primarily use heart rate and pace to focus my training sessions, but I'm always aware of my power and certainly use the power metric post workout to analyze the data. Also, I use my Stryd Pod as a power meter, but it also provides a massive amount of additional metrics (most of which I doubt would be relevant to the average runner). As a one time purchase of the hardware (the pod itself), I think it's likely worth the purchase, which is good, because if it was a ongoing monthly fee, I'm not sure I would justify it.

[@JamesBarnesIV]

Curious, is there some evidence / a theory why running at a constant power would lead to optimal times (I guess it seems plausible, i just was curious if that's true)

[@Esudao]

How does it measure the power actually? I can also whip up some empirical formula and claim that it is accurate.

[@RunningWithDusty]

Taken from the stryd website - Stryd tracks your foot through three dimensional space and records the accelerations, impacts, and forces that are being applied.

[@GTE_Channel]

It doesn't measure, it calculates.

[@alexanderholthoer8972]

...did you perform the actual tests or did you rely on just auto estimation?. If you did not do the 2-3min+ 8-15min and >20min maximal runs, your competition estimates will not be anywhere close to accurate...

[@filoniz]

Its because you hit gravity hole.

[@alancox8978]

All this information is on garmin watches , so no need to purchase the street pod

[@RunningWithDusty]

I'm not convinced the watch power metrics are as accurate.

[@mnyheim11]

Good review! A newer Garmin watch combined with a HRM-Pro provides decent non-wrist based power

[@GTE_Channel]

The Garmin power calculation is based on a different principle so not the same and not comparable.

[@filoniz]

This is good for threadmill run