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Hans van Dijk

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon! Have a peek at our page and show us some love.2:00 meet life-long runner and retired professor of engineering Hans van Dijk5:00 meet (also a) lifelong runner and engineer Ron van Megen9:00 where does all that work that we do as runners go?Overcoming running resistance (influenced by running efficiency)Overcoming aerodynamic dragOvercoming changes in elevation11:30 running efficiency / energy cost of running (ECOR)Potentially large interindividual differences: up to 20%!Minimized through training13:15 aerodynamic dragAverage runner CdA is 0.24 in free air and 0.20 while draftingEliud Kipchoge was down to 0.16 during his Breaking 2 attempt18:15 changes in elevationRunning efficiency improves when running uphill and worsens when running downhill20:30 factors that influence running efficiency / ECORGlobal, multi-year training load: more training tends to reduce ECORExperiment with: cadene, arm carriage, shoes, etc., to find minimal ECORReduce weight 31:30 factors that affect aerodynamic dragRunner speedDrafting34:00 Hans and Ron’s models of run performance39:00 using the stryd power meter to calculate running efficiencyLearn more about Hans and Ron and browse their books at their website.

<p>Endurance Innovation is<a href="https://www.patreon.com/enduranceinnovation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> now on Patreon</a>! Have a peek at our page and show us some love.</p><ul><li>2:00 meet life-long runner and retired professor of engineering Hans van Dijk</li><li>5:00 meet (also a) lifelong runner and engineer Ron van Megen</li><li>9:00 where does all that work that we do as runners go?<ul><li>Overcoming running resistance (influenced by running efficiency)</li><li>Overcoming aerodynamic drag</li><li>Overcoming changes in elevation</li></ul></li><li>11:30 running efficiency / energy cost of running (ECOR)<ul><li>Potentially large interindividual differences: up to 20%!</li><li>Minimized through training</li></ul></li><li>13:15 aerodynamic drag<ul><li>Average runner CdA is 0.24 in free air and 0.20 while drafting</li><li>Eliud Kipchoge was down to 0.16 during his Breaking 2 attempt</li></ul></li><li>18:15 changes in elevation<ul><li>Running efficiency improves when running uphill and worsens when running downhill</li></ul></li><li>20:30 factors that influence running efficiency / ECOR<ul><li>Global, multi-year training load: more training tends to reduce ECOR</li><li>Experiment with: cadene, arm carriage, shoes, etc., to find minimal ECOR</li><li>Reduce weight </li></ul></li><li>31:30 factors that affect aerodynamic drag<ul><li>Runner speed</li><li>Drafting</li></ul></li><li>34:00 Hans and Ron’s models of run performance</li><li>39:00 using the stryd power meter to calculate running efficiency</li></ul><p>Learn more about Hans and Ron and browse their books at their <a href="https://hetgeheimvanhardlopen.nl/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>.</p>