Tower Running—Participation, Performance Trends, and Sex Difference Although there are comprehensive data to participate, performance trends and gender performance differences in different course disciplines and races, no study has analyzed these trends in stairs. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate these trends in stairs.The data consisting of 28'203 observations of 24'007 runners between 2014 and 2019, were analyzed. The effects of sex and age were examined together with the peculiarities of the buildings (number of stairs and projectiles). Men were faster than women faster in every age group, and the performance difference remained at 0.20 km / h, with a minimum of 0.17 at the highest age.However, women were able to exceed men in certain situations: in smaller buildings (<600 levels) between 30 and 59 years and> 69 years, in higher buildings (> 2200 levels) for age groups <20 years and 60-69 years and in buildingsWith 1600-2200 stairs for an age of> 69 years.
In summary, men were faster than women in this special running discipline, but women were able to exceed men in very specific situations (certain age groups and certain levels of stairs). The whole evaluation can be found under https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/6/1902