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VO2max is a measure for your personal capabilities and can be calculated based on a current (and good) race result. It can be used to get a prognosis for a half marathon based on your personal best for 10k or compare your personal bests of different distances.

In general, that’s not sufficient. Runners want to know about their shape (i.e. optimal training paces and a prognosis for the upcoming race) while training for some event, not right after it.

Therefore, RUNALYZE estimates your current VO2max based on your activities. (Again: it’s an estimation - not an exact calculation!) This estimation is based on your heart rate and your running pace. There are several studies for an approximate relation between heart rate and percentage of velocity at VO2max. Your current VO2max shape is based on the average of the last 30 days.

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