Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Human running performance from real-world big data

  • Thorsten Emig,
  • Jussi Peltonen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18737-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Laboratory performance tests provide the gold standard for running performance but do not reflect real running conditions. Here the authors use a large, real world dataset obtained from wearable exercise trackers to extract parameters that accurately predict race times and correlate with training.