Omg insane lactate levels!!

Go run 400m, your lactate seems promising

I don't think it's realistic to have such a high lactate after 8km.
If you run in 34.26 you should have a threshold at 3.35 I think.
Having a lactate of 15 while running only 5" faster than the threshold is not possible. It also depends on how tired you were after the last repeat, but I have many doubts that this is correct.

I have the same confusion. I once did a vo2 max test and my lactate levels at the end of the test was 13.xx. The guy doing the test said that 8 is already very high so I was surprised I blew past 8 by that much even though I wasn't very fast, pretty much just a hobby jogger.

Then when I come to this forum, I see people running so much faster than me yet saying things like values above 6 is like all out sprinting. Have I been running the wrong events all the while?

Lactat tolerance much like alcohol tolerance seems to be individual - with (much like everything else) some outliers in both directions.

Over here in Scandinavia late season European 5000 meter breakthrough man (13.01.70) with a middle distance background have spoken at least once about being able to push his lactate into the 20s on final reps and how it has taken time to control that as not to go to hard to early in training.

Congrats on your potential - now work on learning how to control and use it. :-)

Lost the name in edit - should be Andreas Almgren.

Your lactate levels depend on aerobic development and body phenotype.

I go from resting lactate to about 10 mmol/l after 1 all-out 100m sprint. I can bring lactate up to about 17 mmol/l before I get shaky and need to stop. This is after 4 all-out sprints with 6-7 minutes rest between the sprints.

These values could be right.

Did you buy the hi and lo control solution to test your meter?

I did not. But I got lactate pro 2 second-hand from a dear friend who said it was fine.

My brother also tried it at treshold pace for him and the lactate was perfect between 2.5 and 3.1

thank u soo much. It makes me so happy to hear that.

yes I m probably that kind of runner with high lactate tolerance. Next week I ll do a lactate test and I ll see. My fav eventi is steeplechase by the way

The lactate test I did in 2018 was very precise, I m sure I can run at least up to 18 mmol/l

Maybe it was a bit humid, or I was more in shape when I ran the 10k

I ran 400 m in 1.02 when I was 16 and I was already a middle distance runner

You’re a sprinter phenotype then. Those reps are too fast and your threshold is way lower than you think.

Id try to develop a new lactate curve since you have the meter in hand.

I' ll do a test next week if the weather is good

You still are a middle distance runner. You always will be. Stick to 400, 800 and 1500/mile.

Are you lactating?

Was reading through this thread. Why does having a high lactate number indicate sprint or mid d potential? Genuinely asking. .

Fast-twitch fibers generate more lactate with lower clearance.