How To Optimize Steep Running With Rodger Kram PhD | Koopcast Episode 69
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Is Oxygen a Critical Variable in Marathon Running?
In a high performance setting, especially the marathon, they're running at such a high percentage of their VO2 max. If you can reduce the cost of locomotion, and like you said, they're still going to run it 87% or 89%. You maintain the cost, but it allows you to go at a faster speed. On steep terrain, people switch between a walk and a run at a certain speed. And we know that one gate, except for where they cross over, many times people are choosing to alternate between a walkand a run.
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