Stryd adds PACE >> POWER Conversion to workouts.

Stryd has just added a great new feature to automatically convert planned pace to power when you import workouts and plans from TrainingPeaks (TP) and Final Surge (FS). This makes working with plans a whole lot easier for devotees of running power.

Power-based Training for Greater Precision

, as you might expect from the name, is the automatic conversion tool that transforms traditional pace-based workouts into power-based sessions, aligning them with Stryd’s ecosystem. Power delivers several benefits:

• Consistent Effort Across Conditions: Power targets adjust for hills, wind, and other environmental factors.
• Integration with Two Key Training Ecosystems: The feature works with TrainingPeaks and Final Surge.
• Personalised Power Targets: Stryd’s algorithm tailors power targets to your unique running profile.
• Real-Time Adaptation: Power metrics support real-time adjustment to pace without knowing how your pace should change as the conditions change.

How to Get Started

The feature is now available for all Stryd users.

Create a pace workout on today’s TP or FS calendar, then check SETTINGS on the Stryd app. FS/TP need to be connected to your app; once connected, you can manually sync them. Simple, the workouts should now be on your Stryd calendar.

How the Conversion Works

Stryd already has your pace history as well as your power history. It correlates the two. However, it is not a straightforward correlation, and I assume it re-bases and normalises your actual pace to be the equivalent of a ‘flat’ pace in neutral environmental conditions. There may be further adjustments and correlations at different intensities, perhaps accounting for biomechanical changes in your form. Anyway, it’s more complicated than you might think if done correctly.

Stryd’s system already handles power ‘correctly’ when you execute the workout.

Take Out

This is a long-overdue move by Stryd.

Stryd has always seemed reticent to embrace the co-existence of power and pace, understandably wanting us to buy into its power metric fully. Fair enough. However, the reality of runners on the ground is that we sometimes wish to use pace.