The UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine is investigating the presence of complex control by your brain when you run
PROTOCOL INCLUDES FREE VO2 MAX TEST
Eligible subjects
• 10-20 injury free and healthy male and female long distance runners, 18-40 years old
• Runners who have completed on average at least 50km a week for the last 3 months
• Those familiar with speed-training such as intervals at 5k race pace or faster
What will be required of you? Three 60-minute sessions.
Session 1: VO2 max test/peak running velocity test on treadmill
Sessions 2 and 3: Perform the following trials:
• 10 minute warm-up
• four 8-minute runs at various speeds (not maximal)
You will wear small instruments on the top of your shoe to help us measure your strides
Benefits
Full results from your VO2 max test, peak running speed, max HR, etc.
Who is conducting this research?
UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine
At the Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Boundary Rd, Newlands
Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town
Who should I contact?
Tim Lindsay via email: timothy.lindsay@uct.ac.za or phone: 076 863 5510
PLEASE APPLY BEFORE 31 March 2010
PROTOCOL INCLUDES FREE VO2 MAX TEST
Eligible subjects
• 10-20 injury free and healthy male and female long distance runners, 18-40 years old
• Runners who have completed on average at least 50km a week for the last 3 months
• Those familiar with speed-training such as intervals at 5k race pace or faster
What will be required of you? Three 60-minute sessions.
Session 1: VO2 max test/peak running velocity test on treadmill
Sessions 2 and 3: Perform the following trials:
• 10 minute warm-up
• four 8-minute runs at various speeds (not maximal)
You will wear small instruments on the top of your shoe to help us measure your strides
Benefits
Full results from your VO2 max test, peak running speed, max HR, etc.
Who is conducting this research?
UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine
At the Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Boundary Rd, Newlands
Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town
Who should I contact?
Tim Lindsay via email: timothy.lindsay@uct.ac.za or phone: 076 863 5510
PLEASE APPLY BEFORE 31 March 2010