The Great North Run: A Case Study

Her event is a very demanding event. She is obviously a well motivated athlete if she is contending in this event. An 800 meter run is literally a run from h-e-double hocky sticks where your whole body is on fire by the end of the race. By participating in this race the runner must be ready to put everything they have into it. It requires both mental and physical stamina. I trained for it for 1 week 1 time in high school, that ONE TIME was plenty for me to realize I wanted no part of this

During the race Mo Farah uses the aerobic system because he is a long distance runner. As the race goes on he will start to use the energy that is stored in his muscles form the food that he has eaten. His heart rate and breathing rate start to speed up to deliver more oxygen to the muscles and get rid of carbon dioxide. The body will rely on this oxygen until the last part of the race where Mo will start to pick up the pace to either overtake someone or get a faster time. During this sprint he will use the

P6- follows guidelines to interpret collected data for heart rate, breathing rate and temperature before and after a standard period of exercise

If I were to train to run a marathon, the oxidative pathway would be the focal point of my training.

The oxidative pathway would be the focal point for training to run a marathon. Activities I would incorporate into training for a marathon would include arm workouts, core exercises, glute and hip movements, mobility and stability routines. Arm motion is important for proper posture and balance. Core exercises are key to push body further and help recover faster. Glute and hip movements promotes stronger hips, prevents shin splints and increase flexibility. Mobility exercises keeps strong when going uphill and stability allows recover from uneven

Spectators at sporting events come to watch athletes compete at their best during a game or meet. However, there is more to sports than just “playing the game”, “running the course”, “performing”, or whatever the case may be. Athletes understand how important sport specific workouts are; cross country is one sport that focuses on this. Most people think that “all you do is run”, although running is indeed the task, it takes a combinations of different workouts to build up an athlete’s body in order to be race ready. It is beneficial for cross country runners to do workouts that focus on speed, strength, and endurance.

In an attempt to understand the underlying biological differences of these runners Pui W. Kong hypothesized that one variation is, “related to the fact that Kenyans generally live and train at high altitude (around 2000 m above sea level) influencing their oxygen capacity” (Kong, 2008). One study that addressed this compared Kenyan runners oxygen uptake, as well as blood ammonia

All systems are used simultaneously when an athlete competes in a 100m track event, but to varying degrees. As sprinting is an explosive, high intensity event, the 100 metre track athlete will predominantly use the anaerobic energy system, specifically the ATP-PC energy system, as well as the lactic acid system. This means that for the ATP and Lactic acid system they will not require oxygen. The fuel from the muscle is initially found within the muscle. These systems require no oxygen. The ATP system usually lasts from 12-15 seconds, and a 100 metre track runner will usually run in 10-12 seconds. The efficiency of this is system is very fast and very short as the duration of high intensity contractions used for sprinting only last between

The PFT tests were conducted pre-run, post-run, and at 5, 10, 18, and 30 minutes post-run. Then, on two separate days, the participants were randomly given their task of either running outside or inside. The outdoor runners were allowed a 1-lap warm-up leading to an 8-minute run that also targeted the runners’ 85-95% MHR. The indoor runners were given a 5-minute warm-up (3.5 mph) at a 6% grade and was followed by an 8-minute run that allowed for an 85-95% MHR.

The increase in oxidative capacity is achieved by an increase in the number of mitochondria (An organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur.) within the muscle cells, an increase in the supply of ATP and an increase in the quantity of enzymes involved in respiration. Another long term change that occurs due to training is that the heart gets larger; the result in the change is due to increased stress on the heart. The extra work of pumping blood against the increased pressure causes the heart wall to thicken over time, the same way a body muscle increases in mass in response to weightlifting. A long term change in the cardiovascular system as a result of training is that the resting heart rate gets lower, the cardiovascular response happens because a person that has been training for a long time has a lower heart rate because through exercise, they have a stronger heart; meaning that an athlete 's heart can pump more blood and more oxygen out with one pump than a non-athlete 's heart could. Another long term response in the cardiovascular system is that the blood supply increases, this change is due to your body needing more oxygen because you are exercising, your muscles and all your body organs are needing more energy and oxygen, this is because your body is working more than usual. Your body needs to do many things such as sweat, which helps you cool down, and to

The main rule in training is that the body will improve itself in response to how the athlete can shock and develop their system. If the shock is that the muscle ran out of glycogen levels then the body will develop itself to store more glycogen. If the shock is that the runner’s legs could not run any further or faster over time through training they will develop themselves to go that extra speed and distance. This is always the case in an athlete developing their bodies for best results the uses of sport (specific) training in which are movements that develop the body to perform better at a certain sport/task for instance for an athlete developing their cardiovascular strength for the Sixes test doing running and leg related work would help

This differs between an unfit athlete and an Olympic Marathon runner as their muscular endurance and stamina may differ with experience. An example of this would be the unfit athlete having to do short intervals of physical activity with longer breaks. In more depth, the unfit athlete should aim to do 15- 30 minutes of moderate aerobic training with this routine being retained over a period of several weeks to ensure a stable fitness level. With this, it will allow the unfit individual to experience change in the components of fitness over a period of 4-7 months. In contrast, the Olympic Marathon runner should aim for a time period of 30-45 minutes maximum of moderate intensity workout. Though as the athlete exceeds these limits, it will increase the chances of the athlete in experiencing their lactating threshold or pushing their limits till the point of injury. Overall, the FITT principle of time differs with direct correlation to their fitness

This internal blood loss affects runners more than non-runners, thus demonstrating running’s impact on iron loss through intense training and repeated

If the heart can eject more blood per heartbeat the better chance you have of lasting longer during exercise. Human performance has a substantial effect on stroke volume after long periods of time. Exercise causes your heart to increase, noticeably the ventricles which walls become stronger and thicker during exercise. It allows more blood to enter the heart to make more powerful contractions which means more blood will be ejected. Every heart rate level from resting to maximal exercise, increases your stroke volume, during sub maximal and maximal exercise which is more evident due to the ventricles filling

I predict that during exercise the heart and respiratory rate (RR) will increase depending on the intensity of exercise and the resting rates will be restored soon after exercise has stopped. I believe that the changes are caused by the increased need for oxygen and energy in muscles as they have to contract faster during exercise. When the exercise is finished the heart and ventilation rates will gradually decrease back to the resting rates as the muscles’ need for oxygen and energy will be smaller than during exercise.