Performance diagnosis and training monitoring of human athletes in track & field running disciplines

Abstract

Physiological running-specific performance ability is to a great extent determined by metabolic performance. During a running race of 1000 m (top time about 2:15 min) the average speed of male top elite athletes can be expected to be at about 7.58 m/s (27.27 km/h), during a 1500 m race (top time about 3:26 min) about 7.28 m/s (26.21 km/h), a heart rate (HR) of about 190-200 beats/min, a maximal relative oxygen uptake (VO2max) around 76-78 ml/min/kg body weight (BW), a maximal post exercise blood lactate (LA) of about 16-12 mmol/l in the arterial blood after longer distances (1000 m, 1,500 m, 5,000 m) and of about 16-25 mmol/l after short and high intensive distances (100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m) and a blood pH value between 7.0 and 6.85, representing the limit value of physiologically tolerable acidosis.