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Distance Run Handicaps. Paul Vanderburgh HSS 409: Kinesiology. Agenda. Background Distance Running and Body Weight Scaling and Other Activities Running and Age Age and Weight Handicap Proposal Summary and Conclusions. Background.
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Distance Run Handicaps Paul Vanderburgh HSS 409: Kinesiology
Agenda • Background • Distance Running and Body Weight • Scaling and Other Activities • Running and Age • Age and Weight Handicap Proposal • Summary and Conclusions
Background Distance run times (DRT) well known to decrease with age and weight But…how much due to age and weight alone?
Age Categories • Widely used in road races • Often very few competitors in the oldest categories • No easy way to compare runners of different age groups
WAVA (World Association of Veterans Athletes) Age-Grading • Adjusts run time by an age-grading factor • Ex: 42 yr old male runs 24:00 5K • Factor = 0.9487 • Run time x Factor = 22:46 = Adjusted Run Time (ART) • ART can be compared to all other runners’ ART’s • Handicap based on world bests, not physiology (http://www.howardgrubb.co.uk/athletics/wavalookup.html)
Team Clydesdale: BW and Age Categories: A1= Athenas 145-159lbs A2 = Athenas 160-179lbs A3 = Athenas 180lbs + C1 = Clydesdales 185-199lbs C2 = Clydesdales 200-224lbs C3 = Clydesdales 225-249lbs Y = Youth (Under 29 years) T = Thirty something (30-39 years) M = Master (40-49 years) GM = Grand Master (50 years +)
Distance Running and Body Weight - Theory • VO2max Body Weight1/3 (Astrand ’86) • 5K run time VO2max/BW(Nevill ’92) • Therefore, 5K run time BW1/3 (Vanderburgh 95) • Can probably be applied to other run distances
DRT and Body Weight – Actual Data DRT BW1/3 College-age men Lean, military academy cadets 2-mile run time (Crowder 95, Vanderburgh 95) Best-fit line
Other Aerobic Activities - Cycling Cycling: lighter cyclists have advantage climbing but heavier are faster in flat time trials (quantified by Swain 94)
Other Aerobic Activities - Rowing • Rowing Ergometer: 2500m time trial times BW1/3 or H • Row Time x Ht yields an adjusted score that is fair (Vanderburgh 96)
Strength and BW Handicaps • Strength is well known to be directly proportional to muscle cross sectional area (CSA) • Muscle Strength CSA BW2/3(Vanderburgh 99, Jaric 2002) • Wilks Powerlifting Formula provides an accurate handicap by BW (Vanderburgh 99)
Running and Age - Theory • Max heart rate is well known to decline with age (220-age) • This would likely explain the decline in VO2max with age • Quantification of the independent effect of age on VO2max: • Males: 0.26 ml/kg.min O2 per yr • Females: 0.25 ml/kg.min O2 per yr (Jackson 95, 96)
VO2max Decline Run Time • Metabolic equations available: VO2max and BW used to compute run speed • Example for 5K: 5K run speed = 84.3(VO2max1.01BW-1.03) (Nevill 92) • Run time changes could be calculated with VO2max changes due to age
What Next? • Combine research findings to create a run-handicap model for age and body weight • Field test the model • Examine logistics (weigh-ins, database) • Validity
Summary/Conclusions • Distance run time BW1/3 • VO2max decreases, independent of other factors by: • Males: 0.26 ml/kg.min O2 per yr • Females: 0.25 ml/kg.min O2 per yr • This aerobic capacity decline can be linked, through metabolic equations, to actual run times • Research data can now be used to develop physiologically and biomechanically correct handicap models for age and BW
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