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Stryd: Heck yeah, we’re from Boulder

A power button to improve efficiency of a runner ramps up

Tamara Chuang of The Denver Post.
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Stryd’s power meter clips onto a shoe to measure stuff typically only measured in a lab — performance, technique, muscle strength and nine other metrics.

If running 10 percent more efficiently could help you shave 30 seconds off your next 5K run, would you? That’s the goal of a . The company created a power meter that attaches to a shoe and measures 12 key metrics, including running technique, training intensity, muscle strength, external running environment, etc. The end result is one number, the power number. The power number gives runners a better sense of what to strive for and how to recycle one’s energy between strides. Custom training programs can improve strength and good form and ultimately, you’ll speed up. It may sound like a gimmick but Stryd is based on research and trials of engineering and computer professors from University of Colorado and the University of Michigan. And its latest users? Olympians like , who is now .
Headquarters: 5353 Manhattan Circle, Suite 205 in Boulder
Founded: 2015
Founders: Robert Dick, CEO; Li Shang, President
Employees:8
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