Age and ultra-marathon performance - 50 to 1,000 km distances from 1969 - 2012 We examined the age of the best ultra raid of 50 km to 1000 km over the period from 1969 to 2012 with the question of whether the runners in the longer routes are older than on the shorter routes. For women, the age of the 10 fastest runners was 40 ± 4 years above 50 km, 34 ± 7 years above 100 km, 42 ± 6 years above than 200 km, and 41 ± 5 years above 1,000 km.It was a significant difference between 100 km and 200 km and between 100 km and 1000 km. For men, the age of the 10 fastest runners was 34 ± 6 years above 50 km, 32 ± 4 years above 100 km, 44 ± 4 years above 200 km, and 47 ± 9 years above 1,000 km.The age was over 50 km deeper than over 100 km and 200 km, and also deeper over 100 km than over 200 km and 1000 km. Over the years, the age of the fastest 10 women fell over 50 km from 39 to 32 years and among men from 35 to 33 years.Over 100 km remained constant at 34 years in men like women. Over the years, both women like men were over 50 km and 100 km faster.The bottom line was the best male 1000 km runners around 15 years older than the best 100 km runners and the difference was the difference about 7 years.
With these numbers, Ultralaufen can now plan their career better, especially on the long distances. All numbers can be found under https://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2193-1801-3-693