Stryd
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I’m much the same - I actually originally purchased a stryd to use as a footpad when the milestone pods stopped being supported. I run a lot of canal routes which in summer with the tree cover have some really bad spots for gps. According to the average gps trace I swim more than run and I run through people’s houses rather than round a gentle curve of the canal path!
However I did then start using power as another metric and have found it hugely useful so I use it for steady runs (easy, tempo & long) on more undulating terrain and also for most of my races. I’d use it more if TrainAsOne could generate power-based workouts but I’m too lazy to copy them and convert them when they sync to my watch so smoothly as pace-based workouts.
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@FunkyLarma Hey! how did it go with Suunto and Stryd? did you get what you where looking for?
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I recently had so much trouble with Stryd and accuracy that I ditched the pod. The service is so bad that they are blocking people in their forums. Changing shoes definitely will need a new calibration factor. And their you have the problem: No way to manually enter a calibration factor in the Suunto Ecosystem. Especially when changing shoes: no way. The only chance is to use the Stryd + App. Which has its own hiccups.
I cannot recommend the pod and the company at all -
@RightNow You can’t manually add a calibration factor but you can get the watch to calibrate from GPS. If you go to the stryd pairing settings you can select ‘calibrate from GPS’ then go for a run somewhere you know you will get a solid gps lock. I’ve never felt a need to calibrate my 2nd gen stryd so I’ve not tried it myself but the theory is sound. Just remember to untick the option afterwards if you regularly run where gps isn’t solid.
Although I use my stryd on every run I do note that my Race S is perfectly capable of providing a power value. My use of the stryd is for pace rather than power because it’s much more reactive and responsive than using GPS for pace. As such, calibration isn’t quite so important to me. I also run a lot along canals where there’s a lot of tree cover and even the best gps track can end up jumping from one side of the canal to the other which can throw pacing so a footpod is just more consistent. For races I generally download the GPX files and use snap to route navigation for more accurate distance and ETA.
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@far-blue That procedure does only work in case you are always wearing the same shoes. I need different calibration factors for every shoes. So annoying. Result: Ditched the stupid inaccurate and expensive pod. The power value from Suunto is good enough.
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@RightNow I am only using stryd on the treadmill, to give me a better approximation of the pace and distance. Stryd is usualy about 10-15s slower per km as the treadmill (gets better with higher speeds).
Suunto is extremely bad when it comes to treadmill speed. I can do an exact same run on the treadmill (lets say 5:00 per km) and if the last outside run was a faster run (4:30 per km) them the treadmill run will be around 4:40-4:45. If i do the last run before treadmill at slow speed (5:30 per km) the 5:00 run on the treadmill will be in the ballpark of 5:40.
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@Ketoohs That would be one use case. But a very expensive one. Inwill type in the distance from the treadmill. That’s it. Way more cheap
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@RightNow It is an expensive use case. But I bought it and don’t want to sell it for peanuts. So have to make the best of it.
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@RightNow It’s not very ‘helpful’ to badmouth something if it doesn’t work for you. I get it you’re frustrated at it, but using Stryd and their training program I was able to shave 1h from my PB Marathon time, so I am quite pleased with how it works and the insights you get.
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@EzioAuditore I think it is helpful to tell the people about my experience with the stryd pod and especially the company.
Btw: My main point was the missing calibration factor possibility, what makes it very complicated to use that pod anyway. That is a huge problem because you will always fail in that case when changing shoes. -
@RightNow Yes sure everyone one is entitled to expressing their concerns. I have only positive feedback for them since I too have contacted them couple of times and they were always helpful. I do not know though how can ‘distance calibration’ be affected by the shoes. The calibration is applied to it via the GPS (when using Stryd with Garmin or Apple at least). The shoes affect all other metrics but dont think that 1km is different if you run it with one or other pair. It will always be 1 km.
