• Running Power Experts Hans van Dijk and Ron van Megen

  • May 29 2022
  • Length: 50 mins
  • Podcast

Running Power Experts Hans van Dijk and Ron van Megen

  • Summary

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    • 2:00 meet life-long runner and retired professor of engineering Hans van Dijk
    • 5:00 meet (also a) lifelong runner and engineer Ron van Megen
    • 9:00 where does all that work that we do as runners go?
      • Overcoming running resistance (influenced by running efficiency)
      • Overcoming aerodynamic drag
      • Overcoming changes in elevation
    • 11:30 running efficiency / energy cost of running (ECOR)
      • Potentially large interindividual differences: up to 20%!
      • Minimized through training
    • 13:15 aerodynamic drag
      • Average runner CdA is 0.24 in free air and 0.20 while drafting
      • Eliud Kipchoge was down to 0.16 during his Breaking 2 attempt
    • 18:15 changes in elevation
      • Running efficiency improves when running uphill and worsens when running downhill
    • 20:30 factors that influence running efficiency / ECOR
      • Global, multi-year training load: more training tends to reduce ECOR
      • Experiment with: cadene, arm carriage, shoes, etc., to find minimal ECOR
      • Reduce weight 
    • 31:30 factors that affect aerodynamic drag
      • Runner speed
      • Drafting
    • 34:00 Hans and Ron’s models of run performance
    • 39:00 using the stryd power meter to calculate running efficiency

    Learn more about Hans and Ron and browse their books at their website.

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