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%.

Participation and performance trends in ultracycling

Participation and performance trends in ultracycling In recent years, participation and performance development in ultra-sector were examined primarily for runners and triathlets, but not for cyclists. On the basis of two qualifiers, the Furnace Creek 508 in the USA and the Swiss Cycling Marathon in Europe for the Race Across America (RAAM) and the Raam itself examined how participation and performance have developed. On average, about 41% did not reach the target in Raam and in Furnace Creek 508, while only 26% could not finish the Swiss Cycling Marathon.In Furnace Creek 508 and RAAM, the proportion of successful women was 11%, in the Swiss Cycling Marathon only 3%.In all races, the men drove faster than the women.In Furnace Creek 508 and in the Swiss Cycling Marathon, around 50% of the finishers were between 35 and 49 years old.

How good are Kenyans in a mountain marathon?

The aspect of nationality and performance in a mountain ultra-marathon – the ‘Swiss Alpine Marathon’ It is well known that Kenyans dominate the running tracks to the marathon. Until now, it has not been studied if Kenyer also dominated a mountain marathon, especially as the Kenyans train mostly at the height of the Rift Valley.We have examined the performance of the runners at the, Swiss Alpine Marathon ‘from 1998 to 2011 according to national nationality of the runners. The number of women from Denmark, England, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Sweden increased.Likewise, the number of men from Denmark, England and Sweden increased.Runners from Holland were slower during runners from England faster. The men came to a deterioration in the maturities of participants from Holland, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.The fastest maturities were achieved in men as among the women by Swiss.

Age Group Finisher in comparison - Qualifier versus Ironman Hawaii

A comparison of participation and performance in age-group finishers competing in and qualifying for Ironman Hawaii For the ‘Iroman Hawaii’ triathlets must qualify, with the qualification by majority about age groups. We have compared the distribution and performance of the Ironman Triathlen in the qualifiers with the ‘Ironman Hawaii’ for the year 2010.Athletes between 25 and 49 years made a larger part of the qualifiers, while athletes were represented by 18-24 and 50-79 years more on the ‘Ironman Hawaii’. With regard to performance in the individual disciplines as well as the entire competition time, there were significant differences between the qualifiers and the ‘Ironman Hawaii’ in the individual age groups. Under the line, athletes seem between 25-49 years and men on the ‘Ironman Hawaii’ clearly subordinate when compared to the qualifiers.This group of athletes seems to have significantly worse cards to qualify for the ‘Ironman Hawaii’. All results are shown in detail in https://www.dovepress.com/a-comparison-of-participation-and-performance-in-age-group-finishers-c-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-ijgm