Performance Development in Badwater and Spartatlon

Participation and performance trends in ultra-endurance running races under extreme conditions - ‘Spartathlon’ versus ‘Badwater’ We have examined the development of participation and performance in the two ultramarathons ‘Badwater’ and ‘Spartatathon’ between 2000 and 2012. In both competitions, the number of participants increased over the years.Women make around 21% in the ‘Badwater’, in the ‘Sparthlon’ about 11%. In the ‘Badwater’ the male finishers were 46 years old, in the ‘Spartatlon’ by 45 years.The women were in the ‘Badwater’ by 43 years, in the ‘Spartatthlon’ by 44 years.In both runs, men like women were faster than women faster.

The elite on the Ironman Hawaii is older but still faster

Elite triathletes in ‘Ironman Hawaii’ get older but faster In an earlier work we were able to show that the age-class patients at ‘Ironman Hawaii’ were getting better over the years. The question now turned out if the top of the ‘Ironman Hawaii’ was better.As expected, the top ten over the years became more and better.

Surprisingly, the peak people over the years were also older. The age of the top ten in women rose from 26 ± 5 years in 1983 to 35 ± 5 years in 2012.For men, the age of 27 ± 2 years rose to 34 ± 3 years.According to definition, the top ten on the ‘Ironman Hawaii’ would have already been divided as ‘Master Athletes’. The whole study can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23591938/

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Master Runner Am Badwater and Spartatathon

Analysis of participation and performance in athletes by age group in ultramarathons of more than 200 km in length So far, the performance of the so-called, Master Runner ‘was examined in ultra ripenes of a maximum of 100 miles. We have now studied what the runners create> 35 years on the ‘Badwater’ and on the ‘Sparatathlon’.In both runs, the top runners were 40-45 years old. While at ‘Badwater’ the men in the age groups 30-34, 35-39, 40-44 and 55-59 could improve their performance, the age group runners at the Spartatthlon ‘were unable to improve. The whole work can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23589700/

Age and performance at the Swiss Bike Masters

The age-related performance decline in ultraendurance mountain biking The decrease in endurance performance with increasing age was examined for different sports such as swimming, running and triathlon, but not for mountain biking. We have analyzed the numbers of the ‘Swiss Bike Masters’ from 1995 to 2009.Since very few women have ever understood there, only the men could be considered.The drivers were more and faster over the years and age rose over the years.

Difference between men and women about Double Iron

Sex difference in Double Iron ultra-triathlon Performance In the literature, there are several opinions that women on the long ultrasides are getting closer to men’s performance. We have analyzed all competition results about Double Iron from 1985 to 2012.During this period, 1,591 men and 155 women Double Iron have gefnishes, with the number of men exponentially and the number of women only linearly increases over the years. Men were swimming, cycling and running as well as in the total time faster than the women.The difference in swimming at 26.8 +/- 13.5%, when cycling at 25.2 +/- 7.3%, running at 32.4 +/- 12.5% and in the total time at 27.1 +/- 8.6%.

What does the Ironman competition time influence?

The Right Ventricle Best Predicts the Race Performance in Amateur Ironman Athletes. We studied 38 Ironman triathlets which variables correlate with the competition time.Aspects of physique, training, as well as echocardiographical findings were collected. The variable right ventricular function, percent body fat, running speed in training, mass of the left ventricle and end-diastolic area of the right ventricle correlated best with the conclusion.

After correction of all variables in a multivariance analysis, percent body fat and end-diastolic area of the right ventricle were the decisive variables where the end-diastolic surface of the right ventricle remained the most important variable. The whole study can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23470299/

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Comparison marathon runners and ironman triathlets

A Comparison of Anthropometric and Training Characteristics between Recreational Female Marathoners and Recreational Female Ironman Triathletes If you are looking for variables that are important for the prediction of the Ironman competition time in triathlets, the marathon best time is a highly significant variable. This leads to the question of whether similarities between Ironman triathlets and marathon runners are available.We have compared training and characteristics of body construction between Ironman triathlets and marathon runners. The triathlets were younger and had a thinner skin fold thickness on three places on the upper body while the skin fold was thicker thicker.The triathlets invested more training hours per week and ran faster than the marathon runners in training.

What is changing in a long distance wheel race?

Changes in Skinfold Thicknesses and Body Fat in Ultra-endurance Cyclists It is known that a long endurance burden leads to a decrease in body weight. This is usually attributed to dehydration.However, several work has shown that the decrease in body weight can also be due to a loss of fat mass and muscle mass.The decrease in fat mass in the sense of a reduction of the skin fold thickness seems to be different depending on the type of stress. We have now looked at 119 cyclists at a 600 km long cycle race, which declined skin fold-thicknesses.The largest decline was found in the area of the chest, the belly and the thigh.While the acceptance in the area of the chest is most likely to explain by holding the handlebar, the decrease in the abdomen should be due to the fact that there was the thickest skin fold there.

The Race Across America from 1982-2012

Men Cross America Faster than Women - the ‘Race Across America’ (RAAM) from 1982 to 2012. Again and again it is discussed that women could be better on the very long ultrasides than the men.We have all the results of the ‘Race Across America’, the longest non-stop race of the world examined. From 1982-2012, 404 men and 48 women managed the race.If one compares the highest speed for men from 24.77 km / h with the 21.27 km / h for the fastest woman, this results in a difference of 14.2%.If one compares the speed of the fastest per year over the years, there is a difference of around 20%. And when the three fastest women are compared with the three fastest men per year, the difference rises to almost 25%.