Running economy

How it is used

Sports scientists compare running economy at matched speeds.

Example sentences

1. Her running economy improved at the same treadmill speed.

   She uses less energy or oxygen for the matched task.

2. The lab compared running economy rather than maximum oxygen uptake.

   The test concerns efficiency, not the athlete's aerobic ceiling.

Common collocations

• measure running economy
• improve running economy

Related terms

• VO2 maxThe maximum amount of oxygen your body can take in and use during intense exercise, a key measure of aerobic fitness.
• biomechanicsThe study of how the body moves and how forces act on muscles, joints, and technique during movement.

More terms: Sports Science & Performance

• endurance
• heart rate
• aerobic
• anaerobic
• body composition
• overtraining
• taper
• energy system
• lactate threshold
• heart rate zone
• resting heart rate
• RPE