5 Key Physiological Attributes of Successful Marathoners
/Running success is a combination of both generic and training factors.
Genetics determines the range within which a runner can improve.
Training determines where a runner’s current abilities fall within their own genetic range.
5 Key Physiological Attributes of Successful Marathoners are:
High Lactate Threshold
High Glycogen Storage and well-developed Fat Utilization Ability
Excellent Running Economy
High Maximal Oxygen Uptake Velocity
Rapid Recovery from training stimuli
No one physiological factor makes a successful marathoner. It is the combination of all of these, and other, physiological factors along with biomechanical variables and psychological strength that combined determine marathoning success.
Reference: Advanced Marathoning, Pfitzinger & Douglas, p. 4
