anaerobic respiration
Each type of muscle fiber has advantages and disadvantages, which reflect their differing biochemical pathways. Aerobic respiration in red muscles full of mitochondria, produces a great deal of ATP from far less glucose - but slowly, over a long time. Anaerobic respiration in white muscle cells full of carbohydrates, produces ATP rapidly for quick bursts of speed, but a predator who continues pursuit may eventually catch a white-muscled prey.