VO2 max data from world class runners

Shorter 71.3

Pre 84.4

Nick Rose 79.0

Gary Tuttle 82.7

Mike Manley 76.1

Kardong 77.4

Kenny Moore 74.2

Galloway 73.0 (Should have been higher but he kept taking walking breaks in the middle of the test)

Who is "Mike Manley?"

Thanks for the info, but I am not looking for a single number, but rather somthing that looks like this... A continuous stream of data with multiple variables. Something that usually needs to be in Excel or ascii format, etc.

t Rf VT VE VO2 VCO2

hh:mm:ss b/min l l/min ml/min ml/min

00:00:01 20.4778157 0.772375878 15.81657089 458.2372021 414.3619608

00:00:03 21.89781022 0.738705596 16.17603494 447.1629964 411.7513492

00:00:05 22.04261572 0.767274321 16.912733 473.2550356 435.6825244

00:00:08 22.49718785 0.784619618 17.65173493 490.4720165 455.4122818

00:00:10 22.90076336 0.808086784 18.50580422 503.0217181 480.4515968

00:00:13 24.19354839 0.812168031 19.64922655 523.3518308 507.8225863

00:00:15 24.97918401 0.827472705 20.66959296 557.8919091 540.1723544

00:00:19 22.91825821 0.79890398 18.3094877 429.3377748 473.18876

00:00:22 21.56721783 0.819310212 17.67024181 441.5085324 476.904487

Pre's VO2 max is probably exagerated like his running has always been.

Matt carpenter was tested and he had a VO2 max of 90.2 , Thats pretty crazy !!

contact jack.daniels@nau.edu (after August 15)

not a runner, bike i read miguel indurain tested at like 94.

Thanks so much, Dr. Daniels. I will be sure to be in touch with you after August 15th. I have tested guys in the 14:30's on up range and it would be great to see some data from the best in the world, as I know you have tested them. Thanks again!

Fat Boy wrote:

Pre's VO2 max is probably exagerated like his running has always been.

The fellows who measured it and published the results are pretty solid researchers.

hector100m wrote:

Matt carpenter was tested and he had a VO2 max of 90.2 , Thats pretty crazy !!

I have it on good authority that the metabolic cart used was way off, that it was always reading high.

at a running camp this past week i watched andy biladeau(FR at Virginia) hit 75

the great VO2 myth where everyone and their mom puts too much emphasis on that #. I gotta ask, if it really is a max then how come only like 20-30% show the so called VO2 plateau phenomenon? Hmm could it be something else stops the athletes before they hit that so called max.

Andy actually hit 77 and he was in the middle of a big week of training. He didnt even know he was getting tested until an hour before. The guys an animal! If he stays healthy he should have a great year!

The book Lore of Running has a list of VO2 maxes of world-class runners. I don't have the book in front of me, but I'd recommend owning it if you don't already have it.

I would like to say that the V02max doesn't mean that much, it does some but not as much as people make it out to be.

Having said that most people will probably say- you're just saying that because yours isn't that high (which is true- 67).

List of some V02maxs and what they were able to accomplish with their max O2 consumption values:

John Ngugi 85 5x World CC champ

Derek Clayton 69.7 2:08:34 WR (1969 WR, lasted 12 years)

Peter Snell 72 mile WR

Gary Tuttle 82.7 2:17 marathon

Steve Prefontaine 84.4 3:54 mile

Willie Mtolo 70.3 2:08:15 marathon

TLOR lists Craig Virgin as 90, and explains that VO2 has nothing to do with running efficiency.

Derek Clayton, with his 69, was a monster of efficiency.

79.4 ml/kg, 5.2L absolute value: 15:43 5k PR.

Vo2max means ti ti...very little.

Alan

landis at 18 was 90, armstrong's best was about 85

bikers wrote:

landis at 18 was 90, armstrong's best was about 85

amstrong's number fluctuate between 73-85 during the 7 winning tours. the numbers are from the OTC at lake placid.