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Basically, marathon running, long bike races and triathlon contests are just VO2 max contests; there are training techniques also and you have to know how to choose the right shoes and eat the right foods and so on, but you won't run a 1/2 with success with a low V02 max.
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What shows up in the log as a VO2 Max is not a VO2 Max.
I have not yet reached the point of diving into the technicalities of running and as such this question may seem a bit daft. I understand what VO2 is, but well, here's the question. I noticed that when I look at the runs I have actually logged it lists a VO2 max for that run. Interesting. I'm not a great runner, in fact I'm a very slow runner ( 29 minute plus 5k ), but I'm not a couch potato either. Just out of curiosity I looked at a VO2 table and was shocked to see that the VO2s that I have been putting up in my runs, even the faster ones, all rate as "poor" or "untrained" on the various tables. We're talking usually between 27.5 and 30.5. This made me feel very bad. I don't believe that I am in "poor" condition, and I certainly don't believe that I am "untrained". I mean, seriously, can the average person off the street go out and run a half marathon at any pace? Anyway, as I said, I felt kind a bad so I did some snooping. I looked at the training logs of a few other runners on here, some of which are very fast, competitive runners. Their VO2s were not all that much higher than mine, on average between 28.5 and 35. Those would all fall under "poor" or "untrained" as well. So, help me out here. Am I misunderstanding the VO2 max number?
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What shows up in the log as a VO2 Max is not a VO2 Max. Unless you were racing. At an all out effort for the distance.
I looked at the training logs of a few other runners on here, some of which are very fast, competitive runners. Their VO2s were not all that much higher than mine, on average between 28.5 and 35. Those would all fall under "poor" or "untrained" as well. So, help me out here. Am I misunderstanding the VO2 max number?
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