ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2013
Analysis of performance and age of the fastest 100-mile ultra-marathoners worldwide.
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- Ultra-endurance athletic performance suggests that energetics drive human morphological thermal adaptation.Evolutionary human sciences · 2019Article
- Age of peak performance in 50-km ultramarathoners - is it older than in marathoners?Open access journal of sports medicine · 2018Article
- Physiology and Pathophysiology in Ultra-Marathon Running.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Review
- Performance differences between sexes in 50-mile to 3,100-mile ultramarathons.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2015Article
- Relationship of anthropometric and training characteristics with race performance in endurance and ultra-endurance athletes.Asian journal of sports medicine · 2014Article
- Runners in their forties dominate ultra-marathons from 50 to 3,100 miles.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2014Article
- Analysis of sex differences in open-water ultra-distance swimming performances in the FINA World Cup races in 5 km, 10 km and 25 km from 2000 to 2012.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2014Article
- Analysis of swimming performance in FINA World Cup long-distance open water races.Extreme physiology & medicine · 2014Article
- What is the age for the fastest ultra-marathon performance in time-limited races from 6 h to 10 days?Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2014Article
- Age group performances in 100 km and 100 miles ultra-marathons.SpringerPlus · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe performance and age of peak ultra-endurance performance have been investigated in single races and single race series but not using worldwide participation data. The purpose of this study was to examine the changes in running performance and the age of peak running performance of the best 100-mile ultra-marathoners worldwide.
methodThe race times and ages of the annual ten fastest women and men were analyzed among a total of 35,956 finishes (6,862 for women and 29,094 for men) competing between 1998 and 2011 in 100-mile ultra-marathons.
resultsThe annual top ten performances improved by 13.7% from 1,132±61.8 min in 1998 to 977.6±77.1 min in 2011 for women and by 14.5% from 959.2±36.4 min in 1998 to 820.6±25.7 min in 2011 for men. The mean ages of the annual top ten fastest runners were 39.2±6.2 years for women and 37.2±6.1 years for men. The age of peak running performance was not different between women and men (p>0.05) and showed no changes across the years.
conclusionThese findings indicated that the fastest female and male 100-mile ultra-marathoners improved their race time by ∼14% across the 1998-2011 period at an age when they had to be classified as master athletes. Future studies should analyze longer running distances (>200 km) to investigate whether the age of peak performance increases with increased distance in ultra-marathon running.
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