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- Published on: 11 October 2022
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- Published on: 11 October 2022The end-spurt does not require a subconscious intelligent system, just our conscious brainShow More
Dear Editor
I agree with Professor Tim Noakes that the presence of an end-spurt cannot be explained by either the traditional peripheral fatigue model, or the more recent negative feedback model proposed by Amann and Dempsey [1, 4]. However, I think that the presence of an end-spurt is also at odds with Noakes’ central governor model.
In fact, a subconscious intelligent system capable of regulating in anti...
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None declared. - Published on: 11 October 2022The interpretation of mile world-record split timesShow More
Dear Editor,
In the recent article published online (18th April, 2008) Noakes et al. (2008) present some interesting data detailing lap-times recorded en- route to world record performances in the one mile run. These data show that, on average, the times for the second and third laps were significantly slower than those for the first and last lap. Subsequently, Noakes et al. (2008) interpret these data as being sup...
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