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Reading the Pace-Duration Curve
Mathematical and visual reference for the running Pace-Duration Curve, the running analogue of the cycling Mean-Max Power Curve, plotting the highest sustained mean velocity (or pace) across all durations from 1 second to multi-hour. Documents the velocity-vs-time hyperbolic model with Critical Velocity (CV) as asymptote and D′ (anaerobic distance reserve) as the y-intercept, the standard race-prediction-from-curve workflow, the gradient-corrected GAP overlay convention, and the boundary conditions that distinguish the running PDC from its cycling cousin.
Mathematical and visual reference for the running Pace-Duration Curve, the running analogue of the cycling Mean-Max Power Curve, plotting the highest sustained mean velocity (or pace) across all durations from 1 second to multi-hour. Documents the velocity-vs-time hyperbolic model with Critical Velocity (CV) as asymptote and D′ (anaerobic distance reserve) as the y-intercept, the standard race-prediction-from-curve workflow, the gradient-corrected GAP overlay convention, and the boundary conditions that distinguish the running PDC from its cycling cousin.
References
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