The Effect of Specialized Training According to Target Time on Developing Rhythmic Performance Endurance and Achievement of Elite 5000-Meter Runners
摘要
Long distances running approaches are based on endurance training methods, which are crucial for elite 5000-m races in particular. Traditional endurance training is generally not able to assist in enhancing pacing economy or decrease fatigue progression. This is a study focusing on the influence of a time-sensitive timed training protocol on speed endurance and race performance among highly trained 5000-m runners. A randomized controlled trial was performed, with an experimental group that trained at a pacing-implemented rate and a control group that performed a standard endurance training intervention. The response indicates that there are statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) between the control group and experimental group in speed endurance and 5000m race completion time, both variables that prove the effectiveness of time-targeted pacing strategies. In the context of structural-level training, paired t-tests and ANOVA corroborate the relative superior efficiency of structural pacing compared to general endurance training. These findings suggest that the integration of the time targeted strategies of endurance training programs ongoing in general into habitual daily endurance training routine is likely to have important implications to guide competitive racing, to optimize fatigue resistance and maximal performance within competition. This research has profound implications for coaches in elite endurance sports, whether they be professionals like coaches or non-professional athletes at peak endurance sports and the sport psychology and sport scientists, whose importance of targeted training interventions are crucial to precision is stressed. The possibility to scale the approach of this method might be investigated in related work in the future for athlete levels, sports and occupational sectors of athletes.