No Trends in the Age of Peak Performance among the Best Half-Marathoners and Marathoners in the World between 1997–2020
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample and Design
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Age x Continent of Athletes’ National Citizenship
3.2. Sex x Race Distance
3.3. Age x Ranking Position
4. Discussion
4.1. Peak Performance by Distance and Sex
4.2. Age of Peak Performance and Ranking Position
4.3. Differences in the Age Peak Performance according to the Continent of Athletes’ National Citizenship
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Female | Male | ||||
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N = 483 | N = 487 | N = 480 | N = 482 | Effect Size | |
Variables | Half-Marathon | Marathon | Half-Marathon | Marathon | n2 |
Age (years) | 27.5 (4.4) * | 28.4 (4.1) *,† | 25.6 (3.6) | 28.0 (3.9) * | 0.06 |
Race time (h:min:s) | 1:07:55 (03:28) | 2:22:20 (03:44) | 00:59:513 (00:38) | 2:06:22 (01:26) | |
Running pace (min/km) | 03:13 (05:32) | 03:22 (05:32) | 02:50 (01:82) | 02:59 (02:04) |
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Thuany, M.; Gomes, T.N.; Rosemann, T.; Knechtle, B.; de Souza, R.F. No Trends in the Age of Peak Performance among the Best Half-Marathoners and Marathoners in the World between 1997–2020. Medicina 2021, 57, 409. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57050409
Thuany M, Gomes TN, Rosemann T, Knechtle B, de Souza RF. No Trends in the Age of Peak Performance among the Best Half-Marathoners and Marathoners in the World between 1997–2020. Medicina. 2021; 57(5):409. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57050409
Chicago/Turabian StyleThuany, Mabliny, Thayse Natacha Gomes, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle, and Raphael Fabrício de Souza. 2021. "No Trends in the Age of Peak Performance among the Best Half-Marathoners and Marathoners in the World between 1997–2020" Medicina 57, no. 5: 409. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57050409