Nice article and clip. Thanks for posting that. All the best to Matt.
His Vo2max is NOT 90.2. I am very familiar with the lab and the lab director says that machine constantly read high.
Yeah, he sounds legit though - VO2 accuracy or not...
What I'm wondering is how does he afford the BMW SUV in his driveway (shown in the video)...
That's more amazing to me at least...
luv2run wrote:
His Vo2max is NOT 90.2. I am very familiar with the lab and the lab director says that machine constantly read high.
This is true. His Vo2max is actually 90.15.
wow, that guy is inspiring.
Anybody know his PR in a garden variety marathon?
2:17 or 2:18 I think.
Skinny Bastard wrote:
wow, that guy is inspiring.
Anybody know his PR in a garden variety marathon?
It was approximately 2:19:50, give or take a few seconds, at the 1992 Houston marathon.
Well, 90 ml/kg is within the realm if they use an increasing incline protocol. This is what he's trained to do. Astrand also commented on this issue in his classic text. Anyway, the bottom line is it helps to be built like a jockey, especially when heading uphill.
Several factors make the traditional ml/kg approach a bit dubious, not that I expect things will change anytime soon. For anyone interested in this topic they can read into allometrics and other scaling issues in endurance performance.
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