Post-ride you’ll get the summary on the summary screen for these metrics. (To get to that menu, go like you’re going to start a sport, then go down into the sport options and you’ll see a toggle for ‘Suunto Plus’, at which point you can toggle on one of the three data sets I outlined above, or the previously added ‘Strava Relative Effort’ feature.)Īnd then it adds a full data page to your workout profile (i.e. That means that you toggle on/off that feature in a menu: Instead, they’re part of this special area of the watch called Suunto Plus. The Suunto Plus bit means that these aren’t ‘normal’ data fields like any other fields on your Suunto watch. They’ve got a nifty little site that explains all these metrics in more detail here, all of which are part of the Suunto Plus thingamajig. Still, when I travel I definitely appreciate it! Now living in Amsterdam, that metric is 100% useless to me, given most runs have exactly zero elevation gain (or loss). This does require a power meter though, so keep that in mind.įrom a running standpoint the one I personally find most useful is Normalized Graded Pace, which is super helpful on a hilly course with lots of ups and downs to get a quick gut-check of how that effort might have looked on a flat course. In addition to all this, Suunto added BeiDou satellite support too (a Chinese constellation of satellites that’s gaining popularity in sports tech devices).įor me personally, I use Normalized Power on every ride as a quick glanceable way to see how intensity of the ride is comparing to others in the back of my brain. Heart Rate metrics: Heart Rate Training Stress Score (hrTSS) Running metrics: Intensity Factor (IF), Running Training Stress Score (rTSS), and Normalized Graded Pace (NGP) Specifically this includes three sets of new common TrainingPeaks metrics:Ĭycling with a power meter: Normalized Power (NP), Training Stress Score (TSS), and Intensity Factor (IF) Last weekend Suunto added TrainingPeaks metrics to their Suunto 9 and Suunto 5 series watches. So hang tight for another non-major but notable post this evening. Oh, and I’ve got one more tidbit of sports tech news for later. Despite one thinking this would be a quieter period for me, it turns out the software world has decided to make up for it! Thus, it’s actually busier than I expected. In any case, these are some stories from the past week that I haven’t quite had the time to dive into in more depth, but are definitely worthwhile mentioning somewhere. Funny yes, but actually quite functional. I’ve had a specific idea for one for a few years now, but frankly it’s not really an April Fools joke if I can pull it off (and build it). Fear not, no April Fools joke posts from me.
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