Anyone see Sports Science this morning on Sportscenter? They tested the reaction time and the Vo2 max of NASCAR driver Carl Edwards.
They reported his max as 65.7. While they incorrectly reported this was on par with "elite marathoners", it's still incredibly impressive for someone whose profession seemingly demands little aerobic threshold.
What is impressive about it.
It indicates the aerobic threshold of a 2:32 marathoner according to the chart I have in the Daniels' Running book.
He is the driver I would guess to be the highest since he is big into fitness and rides bikes a lot. Even the crew members workout a lot, I have many friends who are on different teams and the ones that go over the wall on pit stops basically workout all week. I have said this before on here, racing is harder than it looks. I race cars and go karts(no they are not your typical p$ssy go karts) they get up to 100mph on dirt tracks. Both the go karts and cars kick my butt. I promise you it is harder than it looks.
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