76-year-old marathon World Record holder has the VO2 Max of a 20-year-old

March 21, 2025

The abstract of the study, published on 18 February 2025, states it “assessed the cardiorespiratory fitness, running biomechanics, muscle architecture, and training characteristics of a 76-yr-old female runner who currently holds the world record 1,500m to marathon in the women’s 75–79 yr age category.” Run247