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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Neoprene in the street of Gibraltar

The relationship of wearing a wetsuit in long-distance open-water swimming with sex, age, calendar year, performance, and nationality – crossing the “Strait of Gibraltar” At large swimming in open waters such as channel queries or similar occasions, wearing a neoprene is prohibited. But there is the crossing of the street of Gibraltar where there are 2 categories, once with and once without neoprene. We have now examined the trend over the years.Since 1950, the street of Gibraltar has crossed until now, including a number of swimmers in neoprene. It showed that more men, more older swimmers and more local athletes from Spain with a neoprene swam as women, younger swimmers and athletes of other nationalities. The number of swimmers in the category neoprene increased significantly in the last 30 years.

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Load damage by ultramarathon

Common Ultramarathon Musculoskeletal Injuries The ‘Ultra Sports Science Foundation’ has put an overview article online to the various overload damage that can occur through long runs.

These are the femoropatellar syndrome, the tractus syndrome, the Shin Splints, and stress fractures are so the most common. In the article, however, much more potential problems are listed to find everything under https://uessm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/common-Ultramarathon-musculoskeletal-injuries-updated.pdf

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Age World Cords in the Half Marathon

World Records in Half-Marathon Running by Sex and Age The relationship between age and marathon time is already very well examined. However, more people worldwide run a half marathon and we know practically nothing about the relationship between age and best performance in the half marathon. We have therefore studied the age histores in the half marathon in 1-year intervals. It showed that records were set up between 5 and 93 years. The fastest time the women run around 24 years, about 4 years earlier in life than men who achieve their fastest time with around 28 years.

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Osteoarthritis at marathon runners

Low Prevalence of Hip and Knee Arthritis in Active Marathon Runners An American study examined for 675 marathon runners as often in this population occurs an arthrosis. The runners were on average 48 years old (18-79 years), have average 36 miles a week in training (10-150 miles) and had 76 marathons (3-60 years) in the last 19 years (3-60 years)1016 marathons) run.Overall, 47% of the runners reported pain in the field of hip or knees, 8.9% of the runners was a manifest arthrosis. When only the US runners have been taken into account, 8.8% of runners showed an arthrosis, which is well below the percentage of 17.9% for an American comparative collective. Seven runners continued to ran despite a hip or knee prosthesis.As risk factors age, family anamnesis and past operations were identified.

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Something to the psychology of ultra skiers

Psychological Attributes of Ultramarathoners An American group has studied psychological aspects of ultra skills.At the ‘Bear Chase Trail Race’ all 200 starters were requested and 98 (48%) filled out the questionnaire. Around 20% of the runners had signs of an addiction, also around 20% showed signs of depression. The largest part of the runners, however, showed a great social retention of their partners regarding the training and the goals in the field of ultramarathon.

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Caffeine improves performance in the triathlon

Caffeine Improves Triathlon Performance: A Field Study in Males and Females A South African group has examined the influence of caffeine on the performance of triathletes. In a randomized double-blind study in crossover design, triathlets got 6 mg caffeine per kg body weight 60 minutes before the burden. The intake of caffeine led to a reduction of 3.7% of the floating time and a reduction of 1.3% of the total time.It is recommended that athletes should take 45-60 minutes before starting to an Olympic triathlon 6 mg caffeine per kg body weight to improve the competition performance.

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What happens if you drive 500 km bike in a piece

Performance and physiological analysis of 500 km non-stop cycling: a case study. A Spanish group has examined the change during a cycling over 500 km. Driving speed and wattage continued to go back constantly, with this decline on the rotational speed and not to lead back to the force. The heart rate also slowly decreased.In addition, a decrease in heart rate variability, a pronounced inflammation, and signs of a muscle damage.These changes remained up to 2 days after the end of the load.

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At 94 years completed a 6-hour run

Pacing in a 94-year-old runner during a 6-hour run It’s been known for some time that 90-year runners are able to finish a marathon. The pacing for older runners has already been investigated, but we do not know how an over 90-year-old runner divides a longer barrel. We have studied a 94-year-old man at the 6-hour run ‘in Brugg a 94-year-old man who has completed a 6-hour run in preparation for a marathon for the M95 age group.During the 6 hours he reached a distance of 24.304 km. The running speed took practically linear over time.The measurements with bioelectric impedance as well as the determination of various laboratory values over time after the competition revealed that the run had no negative impact on the health of the runner.

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