SlowFatMaster wrote:
I know this thread is old.
I was looking over some Renato stuff. He wrote that 5 days before the Athens Olympic marathon, Baldini did the test with the repeat 2000s as fast as 5:50 with lactate 2.3, then did a 1200 in 3:12 with lactate 9.8 and of course won the marathon.
I don't know if balance still posts here. balance was saying (third paragraph) that a marathoner should have a max lactate of only 5 on the 600 meter sprint test. I'm guessing Baldini could get at least 9.8 and maybe higher on the 600 if he made 9.8 in a 1200.
Comments?
Hi SlowFatMaster,
I am still around. I happened to come across this old thread again and see your question about Baldin's high lactate reading in the 1200. Wow! this thread is old.
My thought on the matter is that his anaerobic capacity was too high at that point, and that maybe the reason he was able to perform so well in the marathon 5 days later is because that training session was basically a high volume aerobic power workout. That type type of training session would be the kind of thing someone would want to do if your anaerobic capacity was higher than desired. It would lower the anaerobic capacity and shift the lactate curve. Was it by luck or design that the sessions was performed that close to the marathon? That is how I interpret it anyway.