Modelling of Running Performances: Comparisons of Power-Law, Hyperbolic, Logarithmic, and Exponential Models in Elite Endurance Runners

Table 7

Ratios of estimated to actual speeds for the different distances in the model. RMSE = root mean square of the errors between estimated running speed and actual speed.

	1500	3000	5000	10000	RMSE
Nurmi	1.005	0.989	0.996	1.011	0.00834
Zatopek	1.005	0.990	0.994	1.012	0.00855
Väätäinen	1.003	0.994	0.994	1.009	0.00659
Viren	1.006	0.987	0.993	1.015	0.0112
Aouita	1.007	0.986	0.989	1.019	0.0132
Gebrselassié	1.006	0.989	0.990	1.016	0.0110
Mean	1.005	0.989	0.993	1.014	0.00981
SD	0.0013	0.0027	0.0025	0.0035	0.00241