okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Friday, May 27, 2005
More on predicting booms
It sounds plausible that running too hard would cause a boom.
Here is a bit of a discussion at Attackpoint:
Actually, there is very strong correlation between intensity of running and number and "quality" of mistakes I do - most navigational mistakes happened after long steep climbs or after fast down hills - when body performs above LT (lactate threshold) level. I never gathered these statistics but each time during post race analysis I see the same pattern: intensive load-> lost of concentration (or ability to think clearly) -> navigational mistake.
And here is another comment:
...lets say we get faster, or improve our lactate threshold, or our VO2 max, then we can work at a faster speed without getting a fuzzy mind and making mistakes.
It makes a lot of sense. You run too hard, you're thinking gets fuzzy, you miss a control.
It also sounds like something you could test by looking at heart rate data and split times.
I haven't looked systematically (maybe I will some day), but I haven't seen a relationship between my heart rate (i.e. a proxy for how hard I'm working) and booms.
Maybe the relationship between how hard you're working and how well you navigate is more complicated. Maybe the conventional wisdom is wrong.
posted by Michael |
6:24 PM
