Energetic Cost of Running in Track and Treadmill

Carlo Biancardi, Leonardo Lagos-Hausheer, Leonardo Lagos-Hausheer, Germán Pequera, Germán Pequera, Enzo Castroman, Federico Cazot, Enzo Martinez, Renata Bona

2023

Abstract

The metabolic power and cost of running per unit distance on a track have been estimated and compared with data collected indoor, in a laboratory on a treadmill. Oxygen uptake have been collected using a portable device, while speed was regulated by auditory feedback (metronome) and verified using GPS. Speed fluctuations remained within an acceptable range. Metabolic power increased linearly with speed, with a slope significantly lower on the track than on the treadmill (p = 0.017). However, statistical comparisons at the same speed did not yield significant differences between the two conditions. The average cost of transport was slightly, but not significantly, lower on the track (4.20 J/kg/m) than on the treadmill (4.35 J/kg/m), and it remained nearly independent of speed over a wide range. Nevertheless, in the lower and higher speed ranges on the track, the cost of transport tended to increase. A similar non-linear trend was observed in the cost of transport in relation to step frequency, with the minimum values falling within a range of 160 to 180 steps per minute. These preliminary results are encouraging and warrant further research to explore the differences between running on a treadmill and on a track.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Biancardi C., Lagos-Hausheer L., Pequera G., Castroman E., Cazot F., Martinez E. and Bona R. (2023). Energetic Cost of Running in Track and Treadmill. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS; ISBN 978-989-758-673-6, SciTePress, pages 173-178. DOI: 10.5220/0012202300003587

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsports23,
author={Carlo Biancardi and Leonardo Lagos-Hausheer and Germán Pequera and Enzo Castroman and Federico Cazot and Enzo Martinez and Renata Bona},
title={Energetic Cost of Running in Track and Treadmill},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS},
year={2023},
pages={173-178},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012202300003587},
isbn={978-989-758-673-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS
TI - Energetic Cost of Running in Track and Treadmill
SN - 978-989-758-673-6
AU - Biancardi C.
AU - Lagos-Hausheer L.
AU - Pequera G.
AU - Castroman E.
AU - Cazot F.
AU - Martinez E.
AU - Bona R.
PY - 2023
SP - 173
EP - 178
DO - 10.5220/0012202300003587
PB - SciTePress