The Physiology of Running Faster for Longer: VO2max, Lactate Threshold & Running Economy

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Researchers spent most of the twentieth century seeking to understand how bodies fatigue. What gradually emerged was an idea of the human body as a machine (a highly complex one). This came to a head in 1991 when Michael Joyner, an ex-collegiate runner who was completing a medical residency at the Mayo Clinic, proposed a thought experiment: at that... Read More