Table 2. In-field vertical race performance and physiological response.
|
Overall (n = 21) |
Elite (n = 8) |
Sub-elite (n = 13) |
|
| Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
Min |
Max |
Mean ± SD |
Min |
Max |
p-values |
| T (mm:ss) |
30:31 ± 03:13 |
27:15 ± 01:16 |
25:29 |
28:39 |
32:31 ± 2:13 |
30:24 |
37:00 |
< 0.001 |
| V (km·h-1) |
5.4 ± 0.6 |
6.0 ± 0.3 |
5.7 |
6.4 |
5.0 ± 0.3 |
4.4 |
5.3 |
< 0.001 |
| V vertical (mvertical·h-1) |
1056 ± 111 |
1173 ± 56 |
1113 |
1251 |
985 ± 63 |
863 |
1050 |
< 0.001 |
| HRmean (bpm) |
175 ± 10 |
174 ± 11 |
161 |
190 |
176 ± 9 |
161 |
192 |
0.636 |
| HRpeak (bpm) |
183 ± 11 |
182 ± 14 |
166 |
203 |
184 ± 9 |
169 |
201 |
0.677 |
| HRpeak in % HRmax |
96.5 ± 2.3 |
96.7 ± 3.2 |
93.1 |
103.2 |
96.3 ± 1.8 |
93.6 |
100 |
0.857 |
| VO2mean (ml·min-1·kg-1) |
54.2 ± 8.3 |
58.9 ± 8.4 |
46.1 |
68.1 |
51.3 ± 7.5 |
39.7 |
66.5 |
0.046 |
| VO2mean in % VO2max |
82.2 ± 10.0 |
82.9 ± 11.7 |
64.3 |
97.3 |
81.8 ± 9.4 |
61.1 |
95.6 |
0.823 |
| VO2peak (ml·min-1·kg-1) |
62.8 ± 8.7 |
67.8 ± 10.3 |
50.8 |
80.5 |
59.6 ± 6.6 |
48.2 |
68.4 |
0.040 |
| VO2peak in % VO2max |
96.4 ± 11.3 |
98.3 ± 14.9 |
70.9 |
115.4 |
95.3 ± 9.1 |
73.9 |
108.8 |
0.591 |
| RERmean |
0.92 ± 0.14 |
0.92 ± 0.16 |
0.84 |
1.07 |
0.93 ± 0.12 |
0.81 |
1.1 |
0.846 |
| VEmean (l·min-1) |
137 ± 22 |
149 ± 21 |
132 |
182 |
129 ± 20 |
82 |
163 |
0.049 |
| RRmean (breaths·min-1) |
49.8 ± 8.2 |
51.4 ± 6.4 |
41.3 |
62.2 |
48.8 ± 9.3 |
37.8 |
62.7 |
0.497 |
| SL (m) |
0.86 ± 0.07 |
0.89 ± 0.07 |
0.79 |
0.97 |
0.85 ± 0.06 |
0.75 |
0.99 |
0.194 |
| C (steps·min-1) |
103 ± 9 |
108 ± 9 |
93 |
118 |
101 ± 8 |
91 |
118 |
0.102 |
SD, standard deviation; t, time; v, velocity; HR, heart rate; VO
2, oxygen uptake; RER, respiratory exchange ratio; VE, ventilation; RR, respiratory rate; SL, step length; C, cadence.
