ArticleOpen access journal of sports medicine2018
How much further for the sub-2-hour marathon?
Article in Open access journal of sports medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Toward a record-eligible sub-2-hour marathon: an updated integrative framework of Physiological, technological, and cognitive determinants.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Review
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- Cut-Off Values in the Prediction of Success in Olympic Distance Triathlon.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- A Statistical Timetable for the Sub-2-Hour Marathon.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2019Article
- American Masters Road Running Records-The Performance Gap Between Female and Male Age Group Runners from 5 Km to 6 Days Running.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Does an increase in energy return and/or longitudinal bending stiffness shoe features reduce the energetic cost of running?European journal of applied physiology · 2019Article
- Pacing and Performance in the 6 World Marathon Majors.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2019Article
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Abstract
The sub-2-hour marathon is a new barrier in endurance running performance, and it has been widely debated in the scientific community. In this review we present a mathematical model to estimate the possible year when a male could break through the sub-2-hour barrier, and also an estimation of when a female could break Paula Radcliffe's marathon running record. Further, we present several aspects (ie, physiology, nationality, age, biomechanics, pacing, and drafting) that are associated with marathon running performance in elite runners and, finally, the possible characteristics of the male to break the sub-2-hour barrier. In summary, with the results of the developed equations, it is possible that a male athlete can break through the sub-2-hour barrier in the next decade (with Nike
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