Sex differences in 24-hour ultra-marathon performance - A retrospective data analysis from 1977 to 2012 In ultra-seven, there are competitions about certain routes such as 100 km or 100 miles, or even competitions in which as many kilometers should be run as possible within a while.One of the most popular runs of this kind include the 24-hour runs. We have all results from 1977 to 2012 analyzed regarding the difference between men and women.Men were getting faster than women, whether one takes the 10 or 100 fastest times.
However, the difference between men and women increased significantly over time.Surprisingly, the fastest runners over the years were older when taking the fastest per year.Take the fastest 10 resp.The fastest 100 per year, age remains unchanged at 40-45 years depending on the size of the group examined. The details about this investigation are in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24473558/