Seven marathons in seven days

Fluid metabolism in athletes running seven marathons in seven consecutive days In recent years, multilayer runs have become increasingly popular. To date, however, a study has never studied what happens in the fluid balance when runners run a marathon every day during 7 days. We have used 26 runners (6 women and 20 men) the day before the start, then after day 1, day 4 and day 7 different parameters of the fluid budget and also calculated further parameters. It came to a decrease in body weight, body fat and hematocrit.An increase could be recorded for plasma osmolality, urine osmolality, potassium in urine, specific gravity, urine, urea in the blood, as well as in urine, and the transstubular potassium gradient.

94-year-old climber

Marcel Remy - At 94 years on the summit $ Marcel Remy, father of the Swiss climbing icons Claude and Yves Remy, climbs the 450m high northwest wall of the famous Miroir de l’Argentine in the Western Swiss Alps at 94 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nujnzecc7hw Displays the film about this extremely exceptional performance and https://community.mammut.ch/t5/mammut-blog/marcel-remy-mit-94-jahren-auf-dem-gipfel/ba-p/3301 brings details aboutThis extraordinary man.

His performance shows that you can also provide benefits in higher age that you have considered absolutely impossible earlier.

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Kidney function and ultramarathon

Glomerular Filtration Rate is Unchanged By Ultramarathon A Polish group has studied the influence of a 100-KM run on renal function. Often the kidney function is determined on the basis of the determination of the creatinine or the estimation of the glomerular filtration rate. In this study, every 25 km laboratory was made during a 100 km run and to calculate the effective glomerular filtration rate.In 17 runners showed by the run an increase in creatinine, urea and uric acid.The creatinine has increased by around 25%.

Aspects of anemia in ultra skills

The changes of red blood cell viscoelasticity and sports anemia in male 24-hr ultra-marathoners A group of Taiwan examined the phenomenon of sport-induced anemia at a 24-hour run. Special phenomena were examined like the viscoelasticity of the red blood cells.It shows that the race led to a waste of haptoglobin, red blood cells, hemoglobin, and hematocrit. On the other hand, there was an increase in reticulocytes and ferritin.In 15 out of 19 runners, there were changes in the viscoelasticity of red blood cells.

Medical emergencies in a half-ironman

Medical support during an Ironman 70.3 triathlon race A Korean group has studied what happens during a medical point of view during a half-ironman. As part of the race, 187 triathlets needed medical help.In swimming, an athlete cramping suffered into the calf, 19 triathlets needed medical support during the bike range and 159 athletes had to be treated medically during the running track.

Five athletes had to be driven with the ambulance in the hospital for problems on the bike path. The whole work can be found under https://f1000research.com/articles/6-1516/v1

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Miles in 3 days and 2 nights swim

Sarah Thomas: the woman who swam a century The British journalist Tom Allan has portrayed the swimmer Sarah Thomas in an article in the ‘Financial Times’.

This woman in Lake Champlain in the US has covered the distance of 104 miles in a non-stop swimming for 67 hours. Allan has found many of our works in his literature research, which show that women in long-distance swimming in open waters can achieve better achievements than men. The article is about https://www.clippings.me/tomallan

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Theory and practice in the nutrition in extreme expenses loads

Nutrition strategies before and during ultra-endurance event: A significant gap between science and practice A Greek group has studied the nutritional practices in extreme sprays in the preparation and during the competition.

It showed that the swimmers had a significant negative energy balance.It also came to a reduction of micro- and macronutrients. The results can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29117450/

What characterizes marathon runners?

Physiological and training characteristics of recreational marathon runners A British group has studied what variables influence the marathon time in hobbylons. In 97 female and male runners they have examined various physiological variables as well as aspects of the training.It showed the faster runner much more trained as slower runners. The route per training session was longer with the faster than slower runners.

And the running speed correlated with the lactic shaft and the lactate blanking point. The whole work can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29200895/

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What happens during an Ironman triathlon?

Blood biomarkers in male and female participants after an Ironman-distance triathlon A Swedish group has studied what happens with biomarkers regarding possible damage to heart, liver, kidney and muscle during an Ironman triathlon.

For men, there was a significantly higher increase in myoglobin, CK and creatinine than women. The authors concluded that women better tolerate an endurance burden like an Ironman triathlon than men. The study can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28609447/

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