I had a full aerobic test done today complete with blood tests every three minutes and a mask to measure O2 consumption. The bad news was I still had a cold that effected me much more than I thought it would at the high end of the test.
Results summarized:
1. I have great fat burning % at normal easy/ long run pace.
2. Body fat 8-9 % so while not perfect is good for me
3. latic acid build up continued after the test ended indicating I really need to do more speed work as my body is not dealing with latic acid well at all
4. My VO2 max occured just over half way through the test clearly indicating lack of full lung usage due to the congestion I have. That said I did another 8 minutes at up to a 6:30 pace at a grade before failure occured but at lower VO2 max and I never reached my usual max HR.
Great test and now that I have a base I will retest in a month or two when I have no other issues to retry the high end of my fitness. | 