Christophe Roosen
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Christophe Roosen
@chroosen
Pondering & wondering. Hoping to never really grow up. Fair bit of running too: coach & co-founder of the @trenara_app, co-host The Running Crew podcast.
Tongeren Katılım Ağustos 2009
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@chroosen Check github.com/jemarnold/data…
There's a .png and .svg in the /figures folder. I dug up the real VTs so they are no longer wonky (I mean, they're still wonky, but now they're gold-standard wonky at least)
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Pick a threshold, whichever one you want!
Getting a number is cheap. Knowing what the number means and what to do with it is far more valuable
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@jem_arnold Thanks! I will. Already cited the paper. If there’s any chance to get access to the original file, it would make the publisher very happy 😄
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@chroosen Thanks! I am. Feel free to use it. Please just attribute it to my name and cite the data from: doi.org/10.3389/fspor.…
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@veysJ Ik zag je 'vind-ik-leuk' op LinkedIn, en moest meteen aan deze post denken. Vanaf nu écht Belgisch :)
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Dit wordt toch stilaan een echt Belgisch succesverhaal, in een wereld met 28472838 loop-apps is er een die er boven uit begint te steken. Je kan zelfs zeggen dat deze unieke app de (halve)marathon democratiseert voor velen.
Christophe Roosen@chroosen
Inspired by others: it's time to raise my X game. I'll share the journey of how I made a profession out of my passion. How it started with, as an 11 yo, getting an elbow to my face during a school XC run, to now providing training plans to thousands of runners via our app.
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@brady_h A more robust body can take a higher (running) load. I own a running app that offers a personalized strength plan. Our data shows that runners who do strength training perform better (closer to target) and accumulate a higher training load. Causation=/=correlation ofc, but still.
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Strength training is incredibly important for runners.
But it doesn’t prevent injuries. And a lack of strength training isn’t why most runners get injured.
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Most runners skip leg day and that’s exactly why they get injured. Here’s a simple leg workout built for runners (including video's) 🧵
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@tomcoppens_ And because of that, I'm not keen on runfluencers. I'm keen on runners.
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@tomcoppens_ Men indeed bigger. They set (over-)ambitious goals, while women tend to follow our predictions more.
Regarding influencers: we're too small to have a bunch of 'm 😂
To become an ambassador, we need to be sure that you're really following our plans. The app is my baby.
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How many Runna influencers actually ran their goal time?
Can’t imagine this is great publicity
If so many influencers that push Runna running programs fail to get their goal time
That doesn’t give me much confidence in their programs
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@stevemagness I just spend 2 weeks walking 6 hours a day in Switzerland on various hikes. I came home and on my first run my VO2max absolutely tanked. I appear to have detrained quite a bit during my active vacation
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I'm waiting for the health influencer who brings back long walks...
I've got the sales pitch ready...
Do you know what the man who won the most Olympic medals in track & field history said was key to his training? Long Walks.
You too can become a champion with 3+ hour walks!
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@vahebagdasar @grok Thanks, will check! But it currently converts 5,x% of our users…
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on a 13-hour flight—comment your paywalls below, and i will share one tip to double your revenue and print more money 👇
p.s. retweet this post, and @grok will randomly choose 2 people to receive free paywall from me.
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@Siron93 When is one ‘dominating’? Biggest in the space doesn’t mean dominating. Subscription rate of about 0,7%, so poor conversion.
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@SteAssent @Bootador Haha, still a list of literally 100 things I want to do, nothing is without flaws.
Again, I'm a run club member (for 27 years) and a personal coach. Different people, different solutions.
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Physios are so horny about this.
One of my mates is a physio and haas a group chat with lots of other physios.
Their nickname for Runna is RunnasKnee, cause of the amount of injuries they see from People using it.
Strava@Strava
Big news: Strava is acquiring Runna 🏃♀️ If you’re training for a 5K, 10K, half marathon or marathon, Runna’s got you – and Strava’s got your back. This is just the beginning. Join Team Runna on Strava: strava.app.link/Team-Runna-Club
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@SteAssent @Bootador Not best, but that these amateurs find an easier solution to their running questions on platforms like ours, compared to the more rigid structures of clubs or the tariffs from personal coaches.
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@SteAssent @Bootador Being a club coach, the issues are real.
Anyway: foot voting makes it clear as well.
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@SteAssent @Bootador True, problem is most local run clubs:
- can't accommodate hundreds or even thousands of runners in their area
- can't scale because of the lack of certified coaches
- would need to shift certified coaches working with young talents to amateurs, which is a loss at core.
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@SteAssent @Bootador Not pointing at you, but others who claim to be a coach in their bio.
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@SteAssent @Bootador And yes, I'm a personal coach myself. Coached an Olympian, who placed 19th at the Worlds.
I read a lot of tweets on Strava x Runna from coaches. They don't seem to understand that our sport is democratized, and thus behave elitist.
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@SteAssent @Bootador There are few apps that are adaptive and take RPE into account. Ours does (Trenara). I've answered more than 60k helpdesk messages. We do speak to you.
Not all runners have access to 1-on-1 coaching. Apps offer great value for those runners.
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@TimVandevelde00 We lijken nu zo een tweederangs college/university team
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@TimVandevelde00 Heb altijd gehoopt op iets anders dan Vermarc voor de niet-competitiekledij, maar nu valt de competitiekledij tegen 😅
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Deze belgische singletjes zijn echt spuuglelijk en onherkenbaar.. 🥲
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