title: Times to exhaustion at 100% of velocity at VO2max and modelling of the time-limit/velocity relationship in elite long-distance runners.
abstract: The aim of this study was to measure running times to exhaustion (Tlim) on a treadmill at 100% of the minimum velocity which elicits VO2max (vVO2max in 38 elite male long-distance runners (VO2max = 71.4 +/- 5.5 ml.kg-1.min-1 and vVO2max = 21.8 +/- 1.2 km.h-1). The lactate threshold (LT) was defined as a starting point of accelerated lactate accumulation around 4 mM and was expressed in %VO2max. Tlim value was negatively correlated with vVO2max (r = -0.362, p < 0.05) and VO2max (r = -0.347, p < 0.05) but positively with LT (% vVO2max) (r = 0.378, p < 0.05). These data demonstrate that running time to exhaustion at vVO2max in a homogeneous group of elite male long-distance runners was inversely related to vVO2max and experimentally illustrates the model of Monod and Scherrer regarding the time limit-velocity relationship adapted from local exercise for running by Hughson et al. (1984).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire S.T.A.P.S. Université Paris XII, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Billat
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Renoux
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinoteau
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Koralsztein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015308:Anaerobic Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology*; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology*; D012420:Running / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D019344:Lactic Acid