Stryd
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Hi
I ran a 10km race today and got 10.30km on my Suunto Vertical with Stryd paired as a footpod and auto-calibration turned off. No one else near me had that extra distance (maybe just a few metres) and it put my pace out thinking I was going faster than I was!My Stryd has seemed accurate since I paired it with my new Vertical watch a month of so ago. But I ran the software update yesterday and just before the race started when I went to exercise mode my watch went blank like it was dead. I pressed buttons frantically and it came on again. I did a short warm up with watch/stryd and then the race.
Do you think the distance/calibration could have been thrown by the update? I checked and auto-calibrate was off. Also I had the ghost runner app on - could that have changed anything?
I have now repaired the Stryd and turned auto-calibrate off - should this fix the issue?
Thanks
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@loopylou72 I am not using Stryd for accurate distance anymore. Dual frequency gps is accurate enough for nearly all situations now. Stryd is even worse in most situations because it’s highly dependent on the shoes I am using. When I am switching from my fast shoes to trail shoes or different kind of shoes I need different calibration factors. How annoying is that? That’s why I am back to the roots: Distance from my watch.
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@loopylou72 I have the Suunto Race, Fênix 7 solar and forerunner 955 I use stryd with Garmin with stryd only for power, with Suunto I don’t even use stryd,the power numbers are almost the same with same height and weight.the only problem using stryd with Suunto is when you pair Stryd,pace and distance came from Stryd,and everyone knows how Stryd is inaccurate without calibration factor for every single pair of shoes and even pace.
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@tiago yes. That’s true. But isn’t it true that you can still use stryd when paired as a PowerPod? Then only power is used.
Is it right or wrong?
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@RightNow interesting it is different for different shoes! I did have ‘fast’ shoes on. I usually have trail shoes on. ‘Dual GPS’ - this is on the new Vertical?
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@tiago but pace and distance is only from Stryd is auto-calibration is off?
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@tiago I did not realise the Vertical had native power - so if I unpair the footpod/Stryd the watch will record power? I will try with both tomorrow and compare.
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@loopylou72 Vertical Supports Power. Yes. As always. The power values are different on every watch. But it’s accurate enough for me. Especially because the vertical has a very good gps.
Autocalibration is off. My Stryd is varying between a factor of 1.1 and 1.5! depending on the shoes.
My question was : if you are paring the Stryd foot pod as a power pod and not foot pod. It will only use the Stryd power value. Right? Then you can continue to use the power value from Stryd.
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@RightNow OK I will run tomorrow with the Vertical GPS and power and connect the Stryd to my Suunto Peak as a foot pod with auto-calibration off and compare!
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@loopylou72 make sure that the weight matches your Stryd pod weight
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Someone has news about Stryd SuuntoPlus app ?
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@RightNow didn’t try. I hask on stryd Facebook page if its possible only receive power from Stryd when connected with Suunto as Gus replied when paired with Suunto, distance and pace is from Stryd
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@loopylou72 in Suunto i don’t use stryd, because I don’t want to have to calibrate every single run,cause i have multiple pairs of shoes and each one have a different calibration factor. I use stryd only with Garmin because it allows use stryd only as a source of power, distance and pace came from Garmin. And what i found with the race,and i assume with the vertical is the same, they have great gps readings but Suunto is more reliable in instant pace and in pace changes is much more responsive than my forerunner 955 and Fênix 7. Kudos to Suunto, this is a great watch
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@tiago This is true. I don‘t miss Stryd with the Suunto because fusedSpeed is working great for me. Stable pace when no changes and fast enough reaction during my intervals. That’s not true at all when using my garmin
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So I was waiting to buy Stryd at BF, but now I don’t know if I should pull the trigger?
I would mostly use it for a better pace when on treadmill as this is bothering me a lot. The new solution when you can edit the distance at the end of the workout is probably fine for steady state running but should not work ok for intervals…
But if I buy it I would also like to use it on the road.
I use 4 or 5 different shoes.
Advice appreciated… thanks
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@Ketoohs there are a lot of other metrics Styrd provides that make it worth it if you are going to use it. If you are going to train with power zones and use the app and Power dashboard, programs for training etc. I have bever heard this about calibration and shoes. I have used Stryd for quite a few years and the only issues I have had with distance have been when I had auto-calibrate on. I am not sure what happened yesterday to get 300m extra in a 10km race! I also like it in the treadmill especially with Zwift.
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@RightNow weight of what?
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I’ve not used stryd much with Suunto as I’m new to Suunto (testing out the waters with a 5 peak). However, I have been using stryd with my phone and iSmoothRun for 3 years and base a lot of my training on power. Regarding distance from stryd I’ve always found it very good - it’s certainly more accurate than gps in summer on tree covered canal path routes, and in races the differences to the km markers are usually due to me taking a ‘racing line’ round corners. I’ve never attempted to re-calibrate between shoes but have noticed I need to drop target power ranges about 10w for sessions or races when running trails compared to road - could be the shoes, could be the surface, could be a bit of both. I do note that the latest stryd pod supports “profiles” so you can specify the kind of session you are doing and, I assume, the shoe you are wearing and it can adjust its algorithm automatically.
Stryd does offer a lot more than just power, pace and distance. I’ve not made huge use of the more advanced metrics and the Running Stress Balance scores are basically the same idea as the TP TSB so no gain there but the critical power curve, the race power predictions in the app and the website based course analysis and predictor calculator (which do require the subscription) are very useful both for mapping pace-based workouts to power and for planning a race. I’ve not used the stryd training plans but they also look decent (although I don’t think they sync to Suunto).
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@loopylou72 I think @RightNow is referring to the fact that your Suunto and your Stryd both need to know your current weight in order to calculate accurately.
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@far-blue thanks for your reply
