Comments on: My VO2max Test Results: Running to Exhaustion! https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html Running Shoes, Gear Reviews, and Posts on the Science of the Sport Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 By: Eric johnson https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html#comment-649955601 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=241#comment-649955601 My buddy and I did a couple about 10 yrs ago when we were in around 34 min 10k shape. Mine was 65 and his was 55. He had a 31min 10k PR a few years prior. Interesting relationship between VO2 and economy. He must have been more efficient than me obviously.

]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html#comment-650836245 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=241#comment-650836245 In reply to StephenB.

I tend to do similar, Daniels when training in season, easy in off season, though I don’t tend to pull out my HRM as much as I should.

]]> By: joe https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html#comment-650617622 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=241#comment-650617622 Some research like this has already been done and published at ACSM. Check the 2012 abstracts. Be interesting to compare results

]]> By: Adam https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html#comment-658120497 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=241#comment-658120497 Pete, I was wondering if you will apply the test results to your training? Is this just interesting data or will you modify your running paces based on the test results?

]]> By: Robert Osfield https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html#comment-650127928 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=241#comment-650127928 Hi Pete, Well done on the 5k result BTW ;-)

I am curious about the how the VO2Max results in the lab compare to the VO2Max estimates one can get from race performance – so I plugged your 18:53 5k time into the online calculator (based on Daniels formulas I believe) at http://www.brianmac.co.uk/vo2r… and got 53.26, which is higher than your 50.5 in the lab.

Might this suggest a better running economy than the Daniels formula assume? Or perhaps the lab test just didn’t get the most out of you.

I am also curious why the VO2Max peaks at HR of 171 and then tails off as your HR goes higher, is this normal for this type of test? Does this suggest your breathing/muscle activation had maxed out but your HR still had some reserve left to go?

I also wonder if training in the with the gear on and at such high intensity would change ones response when doing the VO2Max test, not from getting fitter but just used to doing the test so getting better at it.

]]> By: Sean https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html#comment-650326585 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=241#comment-650326585 Can we ask what pace you maintained throughout the test? I’d like to try this at home — without all the fancy gear!

]]> By: AndrewB https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html#comment-650345300 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=241#comment-650345300 I did a Max Vo2 test on a bike a few years ago – it is so freaking hard. I just about blacked out afterwords, and the skinny little freak who did the test told me “you did a good test.” 62.8 vo2 max @ 192 lbs….

]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html#comment-658418292 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=241#comment-658418292 In reply to Adam.

No, probably won’t much affect my training, especially since in my follow up visit I exceeded my supposed VO2max during a 19:35 5k on an indoor track…

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]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html#comment-650843786 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=241#comment-650843786 In reply to Sean.

I don’t even know, I think something between 7:30-8:00/mile maybe

]]> By: StephenB https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html#comment-650796693 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=241#comment-650796693 There’s the whole interval between 6:00 and 9:00 where the heart rate and RER aren’t making much sense.

]]> By: StephenB https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html#comment-650805417 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=241#comment-650805417 Maffetone talks about the RER vs heart rate curve, with emphasis on finding out where the inflection point lies along it (the point where the slope changes abruptly). He argues that this is the effort level at which to do base training. For you, it looks like it’s about 135-140 bpm, reasonably close to the simple 180-age formula he came up with. Although he does recommend a longer warm up than you were given and (I’d imagine) a slower build up too. I’ve been doing Maffetone in the off season and Jack Daniels in the racing season.

]]> By: cody r. https://runblogger.com/2012/09/my-vo2max-test-results-running-to.html#comment-649964972 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=241#comment-649964972 looking for male participants anytime soon >.>

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