How to Use Power Meters to Improve Your Performance- Jim Vance
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
We all know about power meters for cycling, but now there are power meters for running too. Today, Jim Vance the author of "Run with Power," will explain what power meters are and how they can be used in training.
Or, if you are new to running and are interested in how to obtain goals, Jim will speak about how a power meter can help you.
Some of the topics that you'll hear about include:
- Jim's background as a [...]
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| 0:00.0 | the more you have to embrace technology. You can't waste training days. |
| 0:04.0 | You've got to know when you can recover and what enough recovery is. You've got to know |
| 0:09.1 | you know how many workouts you can do, whether not you need to do do ten intervals or |
| 0:15.1 | eight intervals those types of things that becomes key. |
| 0:18.6 | Welcome to the runners connect run to the Runners Connect Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:30.0 | So together we can train us smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:35.6 | Now here's your host, Tina Muir. |
| 0:38.8 | Hello, this is Tina Muir. Thank you for joining me for the latest episode of the |
| 0:47.2 | Ran to the Top Podcast brought to you by Relors Connect. net. So last week we talked to |
| 0:52.1 | Ed Whitlock who is the 85 year old Masters runner who is |
| 0:55.7 | destroying all kinds of world records week after week including a 150 half |
| 1:01.8 | marathon this past April and a 638 in the 1500 just a few weeks ago. |
| 1:07.9 | So I know most of you listening love your stats. |
| 1:11.0 | You love analyzing the data post-run and you love to see how you're actually |
| 1:15.0 | improving over time. Even if you're physically unable to run a PR as your body is slowing |
| 1:21.2 | down, it's always great to see how we are progressing and how we move through a season. |
| 1:26.0 | But what if I told you that there's a new runner-gadget in town, one that could change the running world forever? |
| 1:32.0 | My guest today believes this is a |
| 1:33.8 | gadget that will make every world record there is full. Power meters. Yep, like |
| 1:40.8 | the cyclists use. Well now there are power meters for running and they are |
| 1:45.2 | revolutionizing the way the top-level runners are looking at their training. |
| 1:49.1 | Many of the Rio athletes actually use them to build up during their training to the big event. |
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