As a distance runner, I'm more interested in increasing speed, VO2 max, and duration. I'd love gym equipment that could measure and help me improve in those are

As a distance runner, I'm more interested in increasing speed, VO2 max, and duration. I'd love gym equipment that could measure and help me improve in those areas. Playing a MMO game in the gym as the article suggests? Not my style (distance running is an endeavor of solitude). It'll definitely appeal to some gym goers. You tend to have people who either do it alone, do it with a few select partners (weight lifting), or do it in more of a social way with lots of people (workout classes, team sports, etc...). The latter may be interested in something like this.