ArticleFrontiers in psychology2019
Risk Taking Runners Slow More in the Marathon.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Psychological traits associated with mental and performance resilience in long-distance and ultra-endurance runners: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
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- Consistency of pacing profile according to performance level in three different editions of the Chicago, London, and Tokyo marathons.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Estimating the cost of training disruptions on marathon performance.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Do Sex Differences in Physiology Confer a Female Advantage in Ultra-Endurance Sport?Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Review
- Discriminant Analysis of Anthropometric and Training Variables among Runners of Different Competitive Levels.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- How recreational marathon runners hit the wall: A large-scale data analysis of late-race pacing collapse in the marathon.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Men's and Women's World Championship Marathon Performances and Changes With Fatigue Are Not Explained by Kinematic Differences Between Footstrike Patterns.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
- The Science Behind Competition and Winning in Athletics: Using World-Level Competition Data to Explore Pacing and Tactics.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2019Article
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Abstract
Much research has explored the physiological, energetic, environmental, and psychological factors that influence pacing in endurance events. Although this research has generally neglected the role of psychological variation across individuals, recent studies have hinted at its importance. Here we conducted an online survey of over 1,300 marathon runners, testing whether any of five psychological constructs - competitiveness, goal achievement, risk taking in pace (RTP), domain-specific risk taking, and willingness to suffer in the marathon - predicted slowing in runners' most recent marathons. Analyses revealed that RTP - the extent to which runners agreed that they began the marathon at a pace that was so fast that it would jeopardize their capacity to maintain this pace throughout the event - was a robust predictor of marathon slowing. RTP proved a substantial predictor even in regression models controlling for the other psychological constructs, training, experience, and other known pacing correlates. This result suggests that marathoners consider trade-offs when making pacing decisions, and that individuals vary in their pacing decision making.
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