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New Records in Human Power

Nature volume 176, pages 922–923 (1955)Cite this article

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UNDER this heading Robinson, Edwards and Dill1 published in 1937 results of investigations of five young men of international renown in distance running. Lash, who held the world's record for the 2-mile race, running on a treadmill at 21.6 km./hr. with no gradient, attained an oxygen intake of 5.35 l./min. or 81.5 ml. per kgm. of body-weight per min.2.

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ÅSTRAND, PO. New Records in Human Power. Nature 176, 922–923 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176922a0

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