LONG TERM SPEED ENDURANCE DEVELOPMENT OF HUNGARIAN TOP SPRINTERS

Abstract

We intend to find the answer in our study, how the level of special endurance
of top sprinters varies as a result of the interval training applied during the years
to improve their speed endurance. Does it improve significantly or not? Fur-
thermore, if it is possible to set up a typical individual fatigue pattern relying on
time curves. We accomplished our survey in nine years with a Hungarian top
female and a male sprinter. During the trainings the athletes did their 60 and 100
metres runs with well-defined repetitions (5, 10 and 15 times), starting every
2:30 minutes. The intervals were reduced by the running time that is the breaks
were less than 2:30 minutes every time, depending on the length of the runs.
According to our hypothesis the index of the special endurance level will im-
prove as a consequence of years long training. Moreover, the fatigue of the sub-
jects will show individual characteristics influenced by the subject’s psychologi-
cal attitude, momentary fitness and mood. We assume that the mean velocity
values will decrease with the rising repetition numbers and the fatigue curves
will show significant deviations at each subject. We also examined the similari-
ties in the execution of training at both sexes.