From marathonman@mindspring.com Mon Apr 26 09:22:06 EDT 1999 Article: 170483 of rec.running Path: news1.radix.net!tor-nx1.netcom.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!firehose.mindspring.com!not-for-mail From: marathonman@mindspring.com (Sam Callan) Newsgroups: rec.running Subject: Re: Fitness of wold's population. Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 02:09:08 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3722884e.1216060801@news.mindspring.com> References: <371e798a.1036505991@news.mindspring.com> <19990422214813.10441.00000415@ng-fz1.aol.com> <7fsc66$41v$1@saltmine.radix.net> <7fsodd$3hg$1@remarQ.com> <7fsofl$pek$1@news.fas.harvard.edu> <01be8e78$bf922bc0$daabe6cd@northeast.northeast.net> <37220537.477EEA3C@concentric.net> <37228034.1213986118@news.mindspring.com> Reply-To: marathonman@mindspring.com NNTP-Posting-Host: cf.cd.d6.db X-Server-Date: 26 Apr 1999 02:13:01 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Xref: news1.radix.net rec.running:170483 Okay, so I post and then I realize I have seen data on what a person "should" be able to run some distance in time wise. In "Lore of Running" Noakes presents some tables. For a VO2 max of ~42 ml/kg/min (which is considered a representative value for college aged males) one could run: 1500m 6:16 1 mile 6:46 5K 23:00 10K 47:46 Half-M 1:36:36 M 3:39:42 To run a 4:02 mile one needs a VO2 max of ~75.5 ml/kg/min (although a lower VO2max might be able to since there is a good deal of anaerobic contribution. Again these are predictions, but it gives an idea.