Abstract
Unlike distance runners, who set an aerobic pace, elite rowers quickly achieve extremely high energy expenditures, and therefore high lactate levels, which they must tolerate throughout the race.
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F.C. Hagerman
Dr. F. C. Hagerman and Mr. Mickelson are affiliated with Ohio University in Athens. Dr. Hagerman is a professor of zoology and microbiology and director of the Work Physiology Laboratory, the chairman of the medical committee of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine.
G. R. Hagerman
Dr. G. R. Hagerman is director of the Sports Physiology Laboratory at the US Olympic Training Center, Olympic Valley, California, and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine.
T. C. Mickelson
Dr. F. C. Hagerman and Mr. Mickelson are affiliated with Ohio University in Athens. Dr. Hagerman is a professor of zoology and microbiology and director of the Work Physiology Laboratory, the chairman of the medical committee of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Mr. Mickelson, a research assistant in the Work Physiology Laboratory and the department of zoology and microbiology, was a 1972 Olympic silver medalist and a member of the 1974 world champion US eight-oared crew.