Lactate-E version 2.0 is free to
download. As the developer, I feel that a shareware licence is most appropriate for its distribution. That means you can download and use it, but I ask for a donation of money if you find it useful and wish to continue to use it. The price I feel appropriate is €30 for individual users and €100 for organisations. I leave the amount optional, however, as a small number of our users do not have large budgets.
(David Higgins is the sole beneficiary of these donations.)
Lactate-E is written for Microsoft Excel 2003, I have recently discovered some bugs in Microsoft Excel 2007 which are inhibiting Lactate-E's operation within that environment.
The
original version of Lactate-E is free to download and use, however you like, the developers of it only ask that you reference our work in any publications or presentations.
Referencing Our Work
A paper detailing the algorithms used to calculate the markers has been published in the Journal of Sports Sciences under the title "
Software For Calculating Blood Lactate Endurance Markers" (J. Newell, D. Higgins, N. Madden, J. Cruikshank, J. Einbeck, K. McMillan, R. McDonald). Volume 25, Issue 12, October 2007, pg 1403-1409.
It is expected that use of this software will be acknowledged by a suitable reference.