Critical power: Artifact‐based weaknesses

Dear Editor, We thank Abdalla et al.1 for their interest in our recent article concerning the Critical Power/Critical Speed (CP/CS).2 The main criticism from Abdalla et al. is that the average running speed of four athletes in the 3000m race was slower than their average speed in the 5000m race.2 This is a good example of a reallife scenario. Interestingly, this point raised by Abdalla et al. serves to further strengthen our position. Table 1 presents the individual and mean values of CS calculated using the actual performances in 1500, 3000, and 5000m running races (CS1.5– 35 km), as originally presented.2 Table 1 also shows, in boldtype text, the CS values for the same athletes calculated using two alternative ways: