The UCT Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Unit are doing a study to investigate which training modality results in more of an improvement in performance - threshold training or hill training. This will provide information that can be used by long distance runners and coaches to prescribe training programmes to improve performance.
They need 30 male runners between 18-45yrs, who run approximately 50km per week.
They should be able to run a sub 40 minute 10km (this is the ideal but we will not turn anyone away that is running a bit over this).
They will need them to participate in a 4 week training intervention study, where they will be randomly assigned to either a hill training group, a threshold / time trial running group or a control group. The control group will just continue doing their normal training and just come in for testing. The other 2 groups will be required to attend 2 supervised sessions per week of either hill or threshold training.
They will be required to come to the Sports Science Institute of South Africa for testing before the 4 week training & at the end of the 4 weeks to do a VO2max test, a submaximal test, & a running performance test (two of the tests will be performed on one day and the third test will be performed the day after).
The benefits are that all participants receive the VO2max test and submaximal test free along with the results.
They will also receive a summary of the findings regarding the effects of different modalities of training and the effective it has on VO2max and running performance.
The cut-off date for applications to participate in this research study, will be early July 2010.
If you are interested in being part of the study please contact either:
Maegan Coppin - e-mail: heromaegz@gmail.com or cell 074 119 3755 or
Nicole Marnewick - email: nicole@evalunet.com or cell- 082 600 5508
They need 30 male runners between 18-45yrs, who run approximately 50km per week.
They should be able to run a sub 40 minute 10km (this is the ideal but we will not turn anyone away that is running a bit over this).
They will need them to participate in a 4 week training intervention study, where they will be randomly assigned to either a hill training group, a threshold / time trial running group or a control group. The control group will just continue doing their normal training and just come in for testing. The other 2 groups will be required to attend 2 supervised sessions per week of either hill or threshold training.
They will be required to come to the Sports Science Institute of South Africa for testing before the 4 week training & at the end of the 4 weeks to do a VO2max test, a submaximal test, & a running performance test (two of the tests will be performed on one day and the third test will be performed the day after).
The benefits are that all participants receive the VO2max test and submaximal test free along with the results.
They will also receive a summary of the findings regarding the effects of different modalities of training and the effective it has on VO2max and running performance.
The cut-off date for applications to participate in this research study, will be early July 2010.
If you are interested in being part of the study please contact either:
Maegan Coppin - e-mail: heromaegz@gmail.com or cell 074 119 3755 or
Nicole Marnewick - email: nicole@evalunet.com or cell- 082 600 5508