Have a look at the above chart. The 60.2 would be about me at this stage, my Garmin gave me another point, now I'm 60, on my VO2 Max after my run today March 3rd. I heard of another way to measure from some Danish fellow who reckons if you simply take your Maximum Heart rate and divide it by your Resting Heart Rate and times (X) it by 15 you'll get pretty close to your Vo2 Max. For me, doing that calculation it brings me to 64.5 which I'd be happy to take. How does that calculation work for you? Does it get anywhere near what you think your potential after training is?
Hi Scott,
ReplyDeleteIn his book ' de Castella on Running ' Rob compares his VO 2 max body fat percentage with an Olympic 400m hurdler a champion 100m runner and Cliff Young a then 62 year old ultra runner.
I will send you details later if you are interested.
You raise lots of points in your blog.....more later....gotta run now. :-)
Have you been reading 1:59 by Phil maffetone ?
ReplyDeleteNo I haven't but I notice you've been running your latest runs pretty slow a la Maffetone. It's hard to run so slow isn't it but I credit the slow Maffetone work I did with getting me fit for running again. I was carrying injuries into races for the last 2 years, at least. So What about "1:59"?
ReplyDeleteYup, March is MAF month for me. I'm commited to staying under 135 for all my workouts. That and trying to avoid the flats. Running slow is certainly a challenge. I only mentioned 1:59 because of your comment about the "plucked chicken" look. The quote is in the chapter I just finished.
ReplyDeleteAll the best with it Keith. Actually I got that Lydiard quote from a transcript of a lecture he gave in 1990 in Osaka. It's a great read. Here is the link to one online copy of it. http://richwoodstrack.com/rhs_team_area/distance/lydiard_lecture.html
ReplyDeleteHey Scott. You need to check out runningforfitness.org/faq/vo2-max. This page has a nice overview and choice little sections including a table of notable athletes and their VO2 max scores. You're tracking nicely young man. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteHey Mark! I do use that site often. A great resource. You race this Sunday right? You've also done that "Mountain to Surf" race before, haven't you? I think I remember reading about it on your blog. Are you ready for it?
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it'll be my 10th full marathon. Between you and me I'm quietly confident of murdering my PB. Forecast for Saturday looks awful though but no excuses. I'm not getting any younger after all. Your point about registering for races in Japan 6 months out is timely. We'll be back for good at the end of the year.
ReplyDeleteInteresting Scott. You're right about VO2max being genetic. Yours will improve as you get down to your best healthy racing weight, as it's related to weight - that's the only way you can improve it.
ReplyDeleteRunning economy and the actual training you've done are more important than a high VO2max number. Tadese is one of the highest yet he's a hopeless marathoner. Derek Clayton was very low (mid 70s I think) yet ran 2:08.
On the chart, mine using that calculation, is about 48 and I'd probably run 22:30 for 5k but no hope of a 3:35 marathon as my long run is about 10k. BTW, if you want to lose weight, cycle a lot - I'm finding it hard to keep weight on. Have gone from 75 to 71 since I took up cycling.
Scott, a rant against VO2Max: http://www.scienceofrunning.com/2015/03/a-brief-rant-against-vo2max-and-vvo2max.html
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