Abstract
In the past many attempts have been made to predict marathon performance from laboratory data (2, 3, 4, 5, 6). According to Costill (1) a successful marathoner has a high aerobic capacity and derives most energy without anaerobiosis. There is general agreement on the importance of aerobic capacity, and some investigations resulted in excellent predictions by using maximum oxygen uptake (3, 6, 9). Others favoured the anaerobic threshold at 4 mmol/l lactate (8, 14), the maximal speed on the treadmill (12) or a high degree of running economy (11).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
COSTILL D.L.: Physiology of marathon running. Jama 221: 1024–1029, 1972.
COSTILL D.L., Branam G., Eddy D., Sparks K.: Determinants of marathon running success. Int. Z. angew. Physiol. 29: 249–254, 1971.
DAVIBS C.T.M., Thompson M.W.: Aerobic performance of female marathon and male ultramarathon athletes. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 41: 233–245, 1979.
DOTAN R., Rotstein A., Dlin R., Inbar O., Kofman H., Kaplansky Y.: Relationships of marathon running to physiological, anthropometric and training indices. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 51: 281–293, 1983.
FÖHRENBACH R., Mader A., Hollmann W.: Determination of endurance capacity and prediction of exercise intensities for training and competition in marathon runners. Int. J. Sports Med. 8: 11–18, 1987.
HAGEN R.D., Smith M.G., Gettman L.R.: Marathon performance in relation to maximal aerobic power and training indices. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 13: 185–189, 1981.
KOMI P.V., Ito A., Sjödin B., Wallenstein R., Karlsson J.: Muscle metabolism, lactate breaking point, and biomechanical features of endurance running. Int. J. Sports Med. 2: 148–153, 1981.
LEHMANN M., Berg A., Kapp R., Wessinghage T., Keul J.: Correlations between laboratory testing and distance running performance in marathoners of similar performance ability. Int. J. Sports Med. 4: 226–230, 1983.
MAUGHAN R.J., Leiper J.B.: Aerobic capacity and fractional utilisation of aerobic capactiy in elite and non-elite male and female marathon runners. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 52: 80–87 (1983).
POLLOCK M.L.: Submaximal and maximal working capacity of elite distance runners. Part I. Cardiorespiratory aspects. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci 301: 310–322, 1977.
DI PRAMPERO P.E., Atchou G., Brückner J.-C., Moia C: The energetics of endurance running. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 55: 259–266, 1986.
SCRIMGEOUR A.G., Noakes T.D., Adams B., Myburgh K.: The influence of weekly training distance on fractional utilisation of maximum aerobic capacity in marathon und ultramarathon runners. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 55: 202–209, 1986.
SIMON G., Berg A., Dickhuth H.-H., Simon-Alt A., Keul J.: Bestimmung der anaeroben Schwelle in Abhängigkeit vom Alter und von der Leistungsfähigkeit. Dtsch. Z. Sportmed. 32: 7–14, 1981.
SJÖDIN B., Jacobs I.: Onset of blood lactate accumulation and marathon running performance. Int. J. Sports Med. 2: 23–26, 1981.
SVEDENHAG J., Sjödin B.: Maximal and submaximal oxygen uptakes and blood lactate levels in elite male middle- and long-distance runners. Int. J. Sports Med. 5: 255–261, 1984.
TANAKA K., Matsuura Y.: Marathon performance anaerobic threshold, and onset of blood lactate accumulation. J. Appl. Physiol. 57: 640–643, 1984.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1991 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Heitkamp, HC., Scheib, K., Schmid, K. (1991). Treadmill Performance, Anaerobic Threshold and Marathon Running Speed. In: Bachl, N., Graham, T.E., Löllgen, H. (eds) Advances in Ergometry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76442-4_33
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76442-4_33
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-53684-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-76442-4
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive