ANALYTICAL ANALYSIS: 10K (PART 2)

TECHNICAL AND TACTICAL CONSTRAINTS

As technical conditions of the foot race we find the stride length and frequency, a good combination of these will positively affect running economy. Therefore optimizing running economy depends on finding the optimum relationship between the frequency and amplitude of  the pace that best matches the speed of the athlete. Considering this, Scholich raised a stride length and optimal frequency determined for each type of athletic races, highlighting 1,75mts length and 3.46 p / s for  10K.

For the tactics of race, issues that most matter are the speed or pace and the running economy. Regarding these, and with the aim to try to achieve a certain result, win the competition regardless of the outcome or win the competition while achieving a good result, Makarov said eight different variants in terms of race strategy:

1. Maintain a constant competition speed along the entire proof.

2. Except at the start of the race, gradually slowing competition along of it.

3. Increase and decrease the speed more than once throughout the race.

4. Maintain a speed higher than the average at the beginning and at the end of the test, but less in the Ecuador.

5. Gradually increase the speed along the route.

6. After an initial increase, decrease speed along the route except for the final stretch.

7. The average speed exceeds the start of the test, then, it decreases and remains constant until the end.

8. Constant speed at the beginning and in the middle of the trial, increases in the end.

These are some of the available strategies you can use during your running races, I’d like to read about yours!

We continue with analytical analysis next post!

References:

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Esteve Lanao J, Cejuela Anta R, Menéndez de Luarca Zumalacarregui J. Entrenamiento de la resistencia en deportes cíclicos. Libro Deportes. 2010. 171 - 193

Gª Manso JM, Navarro F, Legido JC, Vitoria M. La resistencia desde la óptica de las ciencias aplicadas al entrenamiento deportivo. GRADAGYMNOS, 2006. Cap. 2.