Women can beat men in the Ultralauf

Do women reduce the gap to men in ultra-marathon running? So far, a lot has already been reported that women in individual cases can beat all men in very long runs.Whether this is really possible in a larger style you can only check different routes and a long period of time on the basis of a large-scale study. We therefore have analyzed all runners who have completed one or more competitions between 1975 and 2013 in runs over 6 hours, 12 hours, 24-hour, 48 hours, 72 hours, 6 days and 10 days. The most important findings are that the difference between the sexes with increasing age increased.Over the years, women were able to move up to men over 6 hours, 72 hours and 6 days to men, but not over 24 hours and 48 hours.

Performance development of age group swimming

Increased participation and improved performance in age group backstroke master swimmers from 25–29 to 100–104 years at the FINA World Masters Championships from 1986 to 2014 Several studies have already shown that for popular sports such as running or triathlon the so-called. Age group athletes could significantly improve their achievements over the years.For swimming, however, very little numbers are available, especially for other layers as a freestyle.We have now examined the performance of the age class swimmer at the FINA World Cup since 1986 for the discipline back swimming.

Comparison of athletes with and without hyponatremia

Pre- and Post-Race Hydration Status in Hyponatremic and Non-Hyponatremic Ultra-Endurance Athletes We have studied the hydration state of 113 extreme duty athletes before and after a competition. If one compares people with and people without hyponatemia after the competition, there was no difference in the blood in the blood before the competition and the specific gravity in the urine and the body weight before and after load.

Surprisingly, both people with and people without hyponatremia after the burden were already very well hydrogenated before the competition. All other details can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27188470/

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The very old runners in the marathon

Improved Race Times in Marathoners Older than 75 Years in the Last 25 Years in the World’s Largest Marathons The performance of the elite runners in the marathon is well documented and investigated. On the other hand, we know little about the old to very old runners of 75 years and older.We have studied the development of this age category since 1990 at the four races of the, World Marathon Majors’ in Berlin, New York, Chicago and Boston. In the age groups 75-79 years and 80-84 years took the number of participants, but no longer in the category 85-89 years.

Nutrition am, marathon of the SABLES

Case Study: Nutrition Planning and Intake for Marathon des Sables - A Series of Five Runners. The ‘Marathon of the Sables’ should be the most famous multi-stap running in the world. An Australian group has studied 5 runners who denied the barrel between 2011 and 2013.In detail, it was examined as the diet of these runners looked.Especially on this run is that the participants must take and carry the entire equipment including food themselves.

Drafting in swimming and cycling

Sex Difference in Draft-Legal Ultra-Distance Events - A Comparison between Ultra-Swimming and Ultra-Cycling It is well known that men are faster than women.As a rule, sports and routes were examined where drafting was not possible resp.was forbidden. We now have a swimming competition (16 km swimming in the ‘Faros Swim Marathon’) and a wheel race (24-hour wheel race) examined in which the women will be able to swim behind the men to swim resp.to drive.It can be assumed that the difference between the sexes becomes smaller.Over the years, women in swimming competition could reduce the difference from 5.3% to 1.0%. When cycling, the difference dropped from 33.3% to 10.9%.If you compare the fastest athletes, the difference in swimming was 1.5% and 26.4% in cycling.

Influence of extreme duration on the body

Moving in extreme environments: extreme loading; carriage versus distance In a recent review, a group of researchers has described the influence of extreme external influences on the body.

The effect is discussed on different organ systems such as motion apparatus, cardiovascular system and metabolism. The highly recommended compilation can be found under https://extremephysiolmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13728-016-0047-z

Preparation for a marathon

Marathon - The way is the goal In a review article, the most important aspects for successful marathon participation will be explained. It is recommended for marathon runners to make an ECG with a detailed anamnesis and physical examination, together with 35 years. In older athletes over 65 years, a stress ECG should be made.

In order to avoid stress fractures, a weekly running distance of 60-70 km should not be exceeded. All good tips for successful preparation can be read on https://www.medicalforum.ch/docs/smf/2016/15/en/smf-02625.pdf

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Preparation for 78km swimming

Training for a 78km solo open water swim: a case report. An Italian group has accompanied a swimmer in preparation for the crossing of the Adriatic Sea by Italy to Albania. In the 32 weeks before swimming over 78 km all workouts were registered.

The athlete completed between 15 to 70 swimming kilometers per week. All details of the preparation can be found at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27054351