Fig. 2: Probability density of model parameters.
The crossover velocity vm which is the smallest velocity that elicits maximal aerobic power MAP and the endurance El are obtained by applying our model to the fastest performances of a subject for the four distances 5 km, 10 km, Halfmarathon, and Marathon of a racing season. For these distributions, a total of 24,858 racing seasons have been analyzed. a The velocity vm is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 4.4 m s−1. b The probability density for the endurance El resembles an exponential decay. c The probability density for the relative power for 1h utilization (1hU) peaks at about 82% of MAP.
