Men’s Participation and Performance in the Boston Marathon from 1897 to 2017 This study examined the participation and performance of men in the ‘Boston Marathon’. The data of all 368'940 official male finishers of the ‘Boston Marathon’ from 1897 to 2017 were determined on the basis of various analyzes and regression models for all runners, top 100 runners, top 10 runners and annual winners. The impact of the calendar year on the race time was investigated alone, in an unvariable model and together with country of origin and weather conditions (average air temperature and precipitation) in a multi-variable model. The average race time of all finalists rose by participating over the calendar years, but decreased when we looked at the annual winner of them the top 10 and top 100 runners. Runners from Kenya and Ethiopia were the fastest runners for nationalities, as we considered all runners and the annual top 100, but not top 10. Air temperature ≤8 ° C improved the maturities compared to an air temperature of> 8 ° C. The precipitate (> 0 mm) improved the performance for the annual 100 fastest and the annual 10 fastest, but not for all finishers.
These results improve the knowledge of the development of male marathon runners across the calendar years, whereby the country of origin and the special weather conditions are to be considered as the main effects. The whole work can be read below https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30290371/