1. Principal component analysis in running trainings
- Author
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Romagós Vilà, Gerard, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental, Rodríguez Ferran, Antonio, and García González, Alberto
- Subjects
Smartwatches ,Multivariate analysis ,Distance ,Threshold pace value ,Parameters ,Heart rate ,Anàlisi multivariable ,Matemàtiques i estadística::Estadística matemàtica::Anàlisi multivariant [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,Running training ,62 Statistics::62H Multivariate analysis [Classificació AMS] ,Running training plans ,Pace ,Principal Component Analysis (PCA) - Abstract
Running training plans have become a trend between professional and amateur runners to train for races. However, not all of them have a preliminary study to guarantee their effectivity. In this project, we analyse running sessions using the Principal Component Analysis method in order to find which are those parameters that a running training plan needs to focus on and how they are trained to help the runner to be faster. As an application, we analyse a particular training plan with the information obtained from the method and we find out how its indicator qualify every run, compared with the planned one.
- Published
- 2020