by chris rash and alex frisina high altitude training
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BYCHRIS RASH AND ALEX FRISINA
High Altitude Training
Reason for experiment
As you look at many marathon races every year the people who tend to win are from Kenya, which has a elevation of 17,057 (at its highest point). Which brought the question to mind if that played a large effect in there ability to outrun everyone else.
Hypothesis
Higher elevation training helps when preparing for long distance races.
Variables
Independent - The elevation the
participants train at.
Dependent - The times the groups
run.
Controls
The controls in this process are the age range (21-25), the diet we place the groups on, their running regiment and also the elevation they are placed at.
Groups
We are going to have six groups consisting of ten people each.
Three of which are going to have a strict diet, while the other three will not change there normal diet.
All the groups will be on the same running regiment weather they are dieting or not.
Both the diet and non-diet groups will be placed at three separate altitudes.
Group 1
Group 1aPlaced at average
elevation or 4,000 ftFollowing a strict
diet.
Group 1bPlaced at 10,000 ftFollowing a strict diet
Group 2
Group 2aPlaced at average
elevation or 4,000 ftFollowing a strong
diet.
Group 2bPlaced at 12,000 ftFollowing a strict
diet.
Group 3
Group 3aPlaced at average
elevation or 4,000 ftFollowing a strong
diet.
Group 3bPlaced at 15,000 ftFollowing a strong
diet.
Groups 4-6
Will be broken up the same way as groups 1-3. But without a strict diet to follow.
ConclusionWe will have all six groups run a 5k (3.1 miles) at average elevation after one month of training.And come to a conclusion from our data to determine weather our hypothesis is true or not.
The runners will race three times to make up for off-days and such.