Age of maximum performance in Ultra-Marathon One of our published works was recently commented.In recent years, the number of participants has increased exponentially to 100 km ultramarathons. Although most participants have already participated in shorter runs for several years, we do not know much about the influence of age. Recently, the results of a study were published (Nikolaidis Pt and Knechtle B, 2018, J Strength Cond Res 27-Feb; DOI: 10.1519 / JSC.0000000000002539), whose goal was to analyze age, in which UltraLauer reach its highlightConsideration of age groups of 5-year intervals and analysis of the times of all participants and the 10 fastest times in each age group. The times of 370'051 athletes (44,601 women and 325,450 men) were analyzed, which completed at least a 100 km run between 1959 and 2016. The maximum age of performance was 40-44 years in women and all men at 45-49 the participants, while it was 30-34 years in women and 35-39 years in men when taken into account the top ten. In an analysis of year to year, the maximum age of the performance of women was 41 years and in men of 45 years, taking into account all participants and 39 years in women and 41 years in men taking into account the top ten. These results that do not differ from the previously reported have some non-physiological considerations to consider, such as the difference between marathon and ultramarathone, where the best athletes (younger age groups) can be selected for the marathon.
In any case, the aerobic performance can be maintained over many years in sufficient training.The coaches of ultra-athletes must consider this data for the long-term planning of athletes. The whole comment can be found under http://www.fisiologiathejercicio.com/edad-maximo-rendimiento-Ultra-maraton/