EFFECT OF BEETROOT SUPPLEMENTATION ON 5 KM TIME TRIAL PERFORMANCE

Mr. Dileep Tirkey and Dr. Reeta Venugopal

Abstract

The objective of the study was to examine the effect of 15 days of beetroot supplementation on 5 km time trial performance in trained distance runners of University level. Thirty trained distance runners (15 males and 15 females) were selected for the present study. Fifteen subjects were randomly assigned to one of two groups. The first group (Experimental Group) consumed the beetroot juice daily (250 ml/day) and the second group (Control Group) did not consume beetroot juice. Both the groups underwent a regular athletics training programme. All the subjects were tested on a 5 km time trial performance before supplementation of beetroot juice and after 15 days of supplementation of beetroot juice. In order to find out the effects of beetroot supplementation on 5 km time trial performance, Descriptive Statistics and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used. The level of significance was set at 0.05 level. Fifteen-days of beetroot supplementation was proved to be effective (‘f’ value of 13.777, p < .05) in enhancing performance on 5 km time trial of experimental group in comparison of control group.

Keywords: Enhance, Runner, Juice and Diet