Pacing strategy in male elite and age group 100 km ultra-marathoners The pacing in UltraLauf for 100 km and 100 miles for the top runners already examined. On the other hand, we do not know how the runners behave in the age groups.At 100 km run in Biel there are 3 places where the intermediate time of the runners is measured.We have now investigated whether there are differences in the age groups assuming that the older runners be slowed over the 100 km faster than the younger runners. From 2000 to 2009, the timekeep was always the same and it was first shown that the runners in the first segments were getting slower, but could turn up again on the last segment.If you look at the individual age groups, the running speed for all age group athletes sank in the first two segments.On the last segment, however, all runners could keep the speed while the runners were faster in the age group 40-44 years faster.Amazing is that the recent runners (18-24 years) showed the largest performance drop across the 100 km.
The speed sharpening at the last segment should be specific for 100 km in Biel.On the one hand, this segment is flat and on the other hand the runners come to the dark and long night in the early morning hours. The entire work can be read below https://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=20960