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Published Online First: 29 November 2007. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2007.040725
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2008;42:172-174
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The key to top-level endurance running performance: a unique example

Alejandro Lucia1, Jesús Oliván1, Jerónimo Bravo2, Marta Gonzalez-Freire1, Carl Foster3

1 Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2 Eritrean Track and Field Federation, Eritrea
3 University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, LaCrosse, WI, USA

Correspondence to:
Alejandro Lucia, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; alejandro.lucia@uem.es

Accepted 8 November 2007

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Endurance running performance depends on a complex interplay of factors, including: (1) a high maximal oxygen uptake (VO2MAX); (2) the ability to sustain a high percentage of VO2MAX for long periods of time (fractional utilisation of VO2MAX); and (3) the ability to move efficiently (ie, "cost of running" or "running economy").1 2 Although VO2MAX and fractional utilisation of VO2MAX have been extensively studied as determinants of running performance, by comparison, running economy has been relatively ignored in the scientific literature, though it may be the critical factor determining endurance running performance.1 Differences amongst elite athletes in a variety of endurance sporting events other than running (particularly road cycling) have also been shown to be highly related to differences in economy (or efficiency).3 The physiological index of endurance performance that improved most in seven-time winner of the Tour de France . . . [Full text of this article]


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