Please find below the abstract of the article written in English by Jordan Santos-Concejero, Cristina Granados, Iraia Bidaurrazaga-Letona, Jon Zabala-Lili, Jon Irazusta and Susana María Gil from the UPV (Universidad del País Vasco) under the title “Onset Of Blood Lactate Accumulation As A Predictor Of Performance In Top Athletes”. This article was published by Retos. Nuevas tendencias en Educación Física, Deporte y Recreación 2013, nº 23, pp. 67-69

“Abstract: The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether the onset of blood lactate accumulation velocity (V_OBLA) is a good predictor of middle- and long-distance running performance in well-trained endurance runners. Twenty-two well-trained runners participated in this study. All participants completed a incremental test on a treadmill to determine maximal physiological variables the V_OBLA (4 mmol·L^-1 of lactate concentration). The relationships between V_OBLA and the best 10-km (V_10K) and 3-km (V_3K) race pace were analyzed. The velocity for V_OBLA was 17.7 ± 1.2 km·h-1 and the velocities for V_10K and V_3K were 21.1 ± 0.7 km·h^-1 and 19.0 ± 0.8 km·h^-1, respectively. A positive linear relationship was found between V_OBLA and V_10K (r = 0.761, P < 0.05) and between V_OBLA and V_3K (r = 0.561, P < 0.05). These results indicate that V_OBLA is highly associated to running performance according to V_10K and V_3K in well-trained runners.”

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