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The aim of this study was to measure running times to exhaustion (Tlim) on a treadmill at 100% of the minimum velocity which elicits\(\dot V{\text{O}}_{\text{2}} \) max \(\dot V{\text{O}}_{\text{2}} \) max in 38 elite male long - distance runners\(\dot V{\text{O}}_{\text{2}} \) max = 71.4 ± 5.5 ml.kg−1.min−1 and\(\dot V{\text{O}}_{\text{2}} \) max = 21.8 ± 1.2 km.h−1). The lactate threshold (LT) was defined as a starting point of accelerated lactate accumulation around 4 mM and was expressed in\(\dot V{\text{O}}_{\text{2}} \) max. Tlim value was negatively correlated with\(\dot V{\text{O}}_{\text{2}} \) max (r = -0.362, p< 0.05) and\(\dot V{\text{O}}_{\text{2}} \) max (r = −0.347, p< 0.05) but positively with LT (%v\(\dot V{\text{O}}_{\text{2}} \) max) (r = 0.378, p < 0.05). These data demonstrate that running time to exhaustion at\(\dot V{\text{O}}_{\text{2}} \) max in a homogeneous group of elite male long-distance runners was inversely related to\(\dot V{\text{O}}_{\text{2}} \) max and experimentally illustrates the model of Monod and Scherrer regarding the time limit-velocity relationship adapted from local exercise for running by Hughson et al. (1984) .
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Billat, V., Renoux, J.C., Pinoteau, J. et al. Times to exhaustion at 100% of velocity at\(\dot V{\text{O}}_{\text{2}} \) max and modelling of the time-limit / velocity relationship in elite long-distance runners. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 69, 271–273 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01094801
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