Phillip Bellinger, Ben Desbrow, Wim Derave, Eline Lievens, Chris Irwin, Surendran Sabapathy, Ben Kennedy, Jonathan Craven, Evan Pennell, Hal Rice, Clare Minahan
The aim of this study was to identify markers of training stress and characteristics of middle-distance runners related to the incidence of overreaching following overload training. Twenty-four highly trained middle-distance runners [ n = 16 male, peak oxygen uptake (V̇o2peak ) = 73.3 (4.3) mL·kg·min-1 ; n = 8 female, V̇o2peak = 63.2 (3.4) mL·kg·min-1 ] completed 3 wk of normal training (NormTr), 3 wk of high-volume training (HVTr; a 10%, 20%, and 30% increase in training volume each successive week from NormTr), and 1 wk of taper (TapTr; 55% exponential reduction in training volume from HVTr week 3 )...
October 1, 2020: Journal of Applied Physiology