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My Garmin shows simillar vo2max results to what the Balke test gives. I think the Garmin race time predictor is achievable for 5k if I ever do a 5k and a few seconds optimistic for 10k. The marathon time is 18min faster than I've ran, but ive not done a flat/road marathon.
Some of the prediction tables are laughable, which may be down to them assuming every male runner is about 60kg, whilst im 68-69kg.
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I'm looking for some advice re VO2max tests. I've just joined a running club and have started on a programme of structured weekly track sessions with a club coach (should have done this at least 10 years ago, but anyway). To enable the coach to benchmark us, we did the Balke 15 min run test this eve and will do it again latter in the season to gauge our improvement. Obviously it's tempting to use the VO2max result to estimate 5k / 10k race times etc. Does anyone have any advice about how realistic such estimates are, especially for such a simple VO2max test?
http://www.topendsports.com/testing/tests/balke-15min.htm