ArticleRoyal Society open science2020
How to build a new athletic track to break records.
Article in Royal Society open science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Bank-speed alignment: a conceptual framework for understanding indoor track performance.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- Modelling the optimization of world-class 400 m and 1,500 m running performances using high-resolution data.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Pace and motor control optimization for a runner.Journal of mathematical biology · 2021Article
- A Model for World-Class 10,000 m Running Performances: Strategy and Optimization.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
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Abstract
We introduce a new optimal control model which encompasses pace optimization and motor control effort for a runner on a fixed distance. The system couples mechanics, energetics, neural drive to an economic decision theory of cost and benefit. We find how effort is minimized to produce the best running strategy, in particular, in the bend. This allows us to discriminate between different types of tracks and estimate the discrepancy between lanes. Relating this model to the optimal path problem called the Dubins path, we are able to determine the geometry of the optimal track and estimate record times.
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