Relação entre intensidade da corrida, percepção de esforço e estados de humor em corredores recreacionais

Introduction: The evaluation of the perception of effort (PE) and mood states of humor (MS) in different intensities of effort, can aid the planning of the training program, minimizing the risk of overtraining and osteomioarticular lesions. Objective: Evaluated of PE and MS responses in healthy individuals submitted to two distinct 5km run intensities. Methods: Recreational street runners from the Race Club of the Federal University of Sergipe were submitted to a 5Km test. After the test, all the subjects were submitted to two 5km randomized tests with different intensities the test speed of 5km. Total time, mean velocity, PE, internal load, and force and fatigue parameters were evaluated. Results: The 85% running protocol presented a significant reduction (p 0.05). Conclusion: The PE, the internal training load and the fatigue subscale of the BRUMS questionnaire can be used as tools to control and monitor training intensity in 5 km runners.