Where does this line of thinking come from? This is aerobic performance? Muscular efficiency? Adaptation to incremental increase in training load?
Where does this line of thinking come from? This is aerobic performance? Muscular efficiency? Adaptation to incremental increase in training load?
what are you referencing?
statistics.
It seems like I've seen numerous reference to new runners having 7-years to reach their potential, or it takes 7-years to peak in aerobic fitness.
Most recently in the "Can I qualify for Boston Thread":
You will keep improving for at least 6-8 years after you started running, so at least 4-6 more years of getting faster if you train consistently and keep pushing your limits.