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Scaling in athletic world records

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  • Sandra Savaglio

    (Unità di Cosenza, Università della Calabria)

  • Vincenzo Carbone

    (Unità di Cosenza, Università della Calabria)

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World records in athletics provide a measure of physical1 as well as physiological human performance2,3. Here we analyse running records and show that the mean speed as a function of race time can be described by two scaling laws that have a breakpoint at about 150–170 seconds (corresponding to the ∼1,000 m race). We interpret this as being the transition time between anaerobic and aerobic energy expenditure by athletes.

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  • Sandra Savaglio & Vincenzo Carbone, 2000. "Scaling in athletic world records," Nature, Nature, vol. 404(6775), pages 244-244, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:404:y:2000:i:6775:d:10.1038_35005165
    DOI: 10.1038/35005165
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    1. Duncan A J Blythe & Franz J Király, 2016. "Prediction and Quantification of Individual Athletic Performance of Runners," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(6), pages 1-16, June.

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