Suunto Plus sprints

A Former User

@Brad_Olwin okay, so it makes sense for walking between splits because the pace is so variable, but for those workouts when you’re going from let’s say 7:30 to 5:00/mile the detection on the watch is so much more variable, but good to know that it has some utility.

Egika

@zrumlow my average running speed is 4:30 per km.
When I start going at 4:10 the S+ Sprint picks up this speed change almost instantly.

Can’t complain about it at all - and don’t know if a less variable base speed helps the algo…?

A Former User

@Egika this workout from a couple of weeks ago was meant to be 0.5 mile w/u and then 1 mile at 5k pace and 1 mile recovery. I wanted to try the feature. Needless to say I gave up on this after it kept splitting after changing from 5:30 pace to 6:00 pace. If I’m not mistaken this is at 25% changes in pace so at 5:30 that’s a change from 5:30 to 6:50, which could be caused by hitting a turn, having to slow down for a car, going up a steep hill. This 25% change is pretty appreciable at slower speeds but the faster you go, the less wiggle room you get.

Brad_Olwin

@zrumlow I realize you may not want to purchase a Stryd but it would solve the issue that you have. I agree the pace can be an issue and is for me on uphill intervals as it simply does not work. The Stryd works perfectly if SuuntoPlus Sprint is set on power.

A Former User

@Brad_Olwin obviously I’m not going to buy a power meter for the purposes of a singular feature. I certainly understand the utility of Power Meters, but I am more of a pace and feel runner. I don’t think a power meter is going to significantly change my training that much.

Frixos Demetriades

@Brad_Olwin that what was I thought, however when I have tried Sprints with Stryd my results weren’t as expected. Sometimes sprints were interrupted while I was running so this resulted in more sprint counts.

I have posted on https://forum.suunto.com/topic/5087/software-update-2-12-30-staged-release-for-s3-s5-s9/45 some days ago, if you wanna have a look on it.

It worth mentioning that I have only tried SuntooPlus Sprint with pace (but from stryd), I have never used a power meter before so I didn’t have any idea of my power zones. Next time I will try sprints with power.

isazi

@Frixos-Demetriades I tried it with power, but on flat I had better results with pace to be honest. Power was much lower to go up and down, and sometimes I had a lap (sprint) without wanting it.