Vo2 max test results

thanks worth nothing... mate I know who I am but you are still wallowing in your security issues i assume. If you need help with your running let me know. Maybe you can run with one of my females she has been running 2 years and has run 16:23 for 5k. Probably a little fast for you. Please offer your advice to Katie as I must know nothing. My bullshit just resulted in a 17y junior male running 3:54 for 1500m off 40k (25 miles per week) a week this past March. Sorry Katie for replying to the idiot, unfortunately I was just trying to offer a little guidance. In the USA there is such a small pocket of private coaches I know it is hard to get good advice. My training works for juniors, adults, triathletes, anyone trying to get fit. Your VO2 isn't your limiter as much as your aerobic threshold. You need to raise that. Good luck!

HardLoper wrote:

I didn't say read LetsRun threads because a newbie runner cannot distinguish between smart and idiotic comments. All books will at least agree on the basics which the OP doesn't even understand yet.

No...not all books agree on the basics. Elite running coaches don't always agree on the basics. College coaches don't agree on the basics. H.S. running coaches don't agree on the basics. And even the Masters/Seniors on the Grand Master's training thread don't always agree on the basics. Again, go look at the "Kwemoi's training" thread, i.e., Canova vs. "calculo." They're arguing ad nuseam over some of the basic principles. I don't think they even agree to disagree 😁.

And btw, if I understand the OP correctly, she says she's familiar with, and trains under the Jack Daniels' VDOT system...so I think she knows more than you're giving her credit for.

Don't worry about Vo2Max. Correlation does not equal causation.

Alan

Hi Katie,

Your VO2 Ma will change a little with training but no more than a max of around 15%. Most likely less because you are already training.

Other factors are going to make you faster so I wouldn't worry much about it.

note that vo2max and vdot are not actually interchangeable, though they do relate somewhat

you'll learn far more about yourself and potential by running a 5K race after some decent training and plugging those numbers into vdot

but even vdot has weaknesses, unreliable for comparing shorter distance potential to long distance potential, my realworld 5K vdot is in the 40s but my HM vdot is in the 50s

Katie JR wrote:

I see. I guess I'm just a bit confused as to what this value means really.

It means you are capable of moving at max 46.5 milliliters of oxygen per minute per kilogram of body mass. As for the times you can expect, I would say it will generally place an upper limit on it. For instance if it takes 60 ml/kg/min to run X pace, you are never going to run that pace (at least not for any appreciable length of time). It does a decent job of setting the upper limit. It is sort of like a car engine. A 4 Cyclinder 1.5 L engine will top out at some speed much lower than an 8 cyclinder 4.5 L engine.

Your engine is certainly above average for a female (typical college age female is in the high 30s and that might even be lower now as fitness levels have dropped).

I had mine tested many times and never achieved the speeds one might expect (big engine, bad economy?) although it made sense considering my best times dropped as I went longer. So there is a training issue there as well. My 800m PR predicted much faster times than I ever ran so I had a pretty decent anaerobic capacity.

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Katie JR wrote:

I see. I guess I'm just a bit confused as to what this value means really.

It means how much oxygen you consume while running. That's it.

Usually relative to your weight. So you can increase it by losing weight.