Your maximal aerobic speed and training paces
A field test, or your maximal aerobic speed if you know it: your training paces, zone by zone.
Your maximal aerobic speed
15km/h
- Pace at max aerobic speed
- 4:00/km
- Estimated VO2max
- 52.5 ml/kg/min
Your training paces
The MAS zones Fitinova coaches programme with.
| Zone | % of max speed | Pace |
|---|---|---|
| Recovery | 0–60% | slower than 6:40/km |
| Easy endurance | 60–75% | 6:40 → 5:20/km |
| Steady endurance | 75–85% | 5:20 → 4:42/km |
| Threshold | 85–92% | 4:42 → 4:21/km |
| Max aerobic speed | > 92% | faster than 4:21/km |
Your track times
The time for each rep, by the share of MAS you aim for.
| % of max speed | 200 m | 400 m | 1,000 m |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80% | 1:00 | 2:00 | 5:00 |
| 85% | 0:56 | 1:53 | 4:42 |
| 90% | 0:53 | 1:47 | 4:27 |
| 95% | 0:51 | 1:41 | 4:13 |
| 100% | 0:48 | 1:36 | 4:00 |
| 105% | 0:46 | 1:31 | 3:49 |
- 6-minute test: the distance run in 6 minutes divided by 100. Cooper test: in 12 minutes, divided by 200.
- Incremental test (VAMEVAL, Léger-Boucher): your maximal aerobic speed is the speed of the last stage you completed.
- Estimated VO2max ≈ 3.5 × maximal aerobic speed: a benchmark, not a lab measurement.
Frequently asked questions
The 6-minute test can be run alone on a track. VAMEVAL, more precise, needs an audio track and cones every 20 m.
Every 6 to 8 weeks, or at the start of each training block.
Yes: these are the zones Fitinova coaches use to programme their athletes.
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- Max heart rateYour maximum heart rate
- Running training planYour training plan, week by week
- Beep testYour VO2max from the beep test
- Fitness ageYour fitness age
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