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.
An improvement in the competition times could be proven in the age group 75-79 years, on the other hand not in the categories 80-84 years and 85-89 years. The whole evaluation can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27188466/