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 (m
vertical
·h
-1
)
1056 ± 111
1173 ± 56
1113
1251
985 ± 63
863
1050
< 0.001
HR
mean
(bpm)
175 ± 10
174 ± 11
161
190
176 ± 9
161
192
0.636
HR
peak
(bpm)
183 ± 11
182 ± 14
166
203
184 ± 9
169
201
0.677
HR
peak
in % HR
max
96.5 ± 2.3
96.7 ± 3.2
93.1
103.2
96.3 ± 1.8
93.6
100
0.857
VO
2mean
(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
VO
2mean
in % VO
2max
82.2 ± 10.0
82.9 ± 11.7
64.3
97.3
81.8 ± 9.4
61.1
95.6
0.823
VO
2peak
(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
VO
2peak
in % VO
2max
96.4 ± 11.3
98.3 ± 14.9
70.9
115.4
95.3 ± 9.1
73.9
108.8
0.591
RER
mean
0.92 ± 0.14
0.92 ± 0.16
0.84
1.07
0.93 ± 0.12
0.81
1.1
0.846
VE
mean
(l·min
-1
)
137 ± 22
149 ± 21
132
182
129 ± 20
82
163
0.049
RR
mean
(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.