The best age over 50 km
Age of peak performance in 50-km ultramarathoners – is it older than in marathoners? Despite the increasing popularity of 50 km ultramarathons in recent years, there are only a few information about the development of participation and performance. We now specifically examined the age of the best performance in female and male 50 km ultra skiers. We have data from 494'414 runners (124'045 women and 370'369 men) that between 1975 and 2016 a 50 km ultramarathon completed more precisely analyzed. In the analysis of the top ten finishers in 1-year intervals, the age of the fastest running speed was both women and men at 41 years. If only the fastest participants were analyzed at 1-year intervals, the age of the fastest running speed was 40 years with women and 39 years with men.
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