Coach Kate's Endurance Sport Lessons - Training for Senior Athletes
This article is a summary of the key points discussed by Joe Friel in his book 'Fast After 50'. If you have been training for several decades, your performance begins to decline after the age of 50 years. Predictors of performance include aerobic capacity (VO2 max), efficiency and lactate threshold (the point at which lactate accumulates rapidly in the blood). Aerobic capacity naturally declines with age, efficiency and lactate threshold do not decline as rapidly. Athletes wh