American Masters Road Running Records—The Performance Gap Between Female and Male Age Group Runners from 5 Km to 6 Days Running
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethical Approval
2.2. Data
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Practical Applications
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Events | Men | Women | p-Value |
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5 km (n = 22) | 15.5 ± 5.2 | 13.4 ± 4.4 | <0.00001 |
8 km (n = 18) | 15.9 ± 3.7 | 14.5 ± 2.7 | <0.00001 |
10 km (n = 18) | 14.9 ± 4.2 | 13.7 ± 3.2 | 0.00009 |
12 km (n = 16) | 15.9 ± 3.2 | 14.8 ± 2.1 | 0.00012 |
15 km (n = 20) | 15.7 ± 4.2 | 10.0 ± 3.1 | 0.00041 |
10 miles (n = 22) | 15.0 ± 4.1 | 13.0 ± 3.6 | 0.00037 |
20 km (n = 16) | 16.2 ± 2.6 | 14.3 ± 2.8 | <0.00001 |
Half-marathon (n = 16) | 15.5 ± 4.4 | 12.6 ± 3.0 | 0.00003 |
25 km (n = 18) | 15.1 ± 3.2 | 13.2 ± 3.2 | 0.00001 |
30 km (n = 18) | 14.0 ± 4.0 | 12.6 ± 3.5 | 0.00002 |
Marathon (n = 22) | 14.1 ± 4.0 | 12.0 ± 3.6 | <0.00001 |
50 km (n = 18) | 12.9 ± 3.3 | 11.0 ± 3.3 | 0.00047 |
50 miles (n = 18) | 12.0 ± 2.5 | 9.6 ± 3.4 | <0.00001 |
100 km (n = 18) | 11.2 ± 2.8 | 8.7 ± 3.8 | 0.00015 |
100 miles (n = 18) | 8.0 ± 3.2 | 7.6 ± 2.7 | 0.01730 |
12 h (n = 14) | 9.2 ± 2.3 | 8.9 ± 2.3 | 0.00052 |
24 h (n = 18) | 8.2 ± 2.3 | 7.4 ± 2.3 | 0.00009 |
48 h (n = 12) | 5.8 ± 1.7 | 5.0 ± 2.0 | 0.00023 |
144 h (n = 8) | 4.6 ± 1.4 | 4.3 ± 1.0 | 0.01795 |
Age Groups | Men | Women | p-Value |
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40–44 years (n = 36) | 17.4 ± 4.3 | 14.5 ± 4.4 | 0.20427 |
50–54 years (n = 36) | 16.3 ± 4.2 | 13.7 ± 4.3 | 0.07979 |
55–59 years (n = 36) | 15.0 ± 3.9 | 13.6 ± 3.5 | 0.31009 |
60–64 years (n = 36) | 15.5 ± 3.9 | 12.1 ± 3.8 | 0.00368 |
65–69 years (n = 34) | 14.3 ± 3.4 | 12.0 ± 3.4 | 0.05812 |
70–74 years (n = 38) | 12.8 ± 3.9 | 11.7 ± 3.0 | 0.26013 |
75–79 years (n = 32) | 12.2 ± 3.7 | 10.7 ± 2.8 | 0.11431 |
80–84 years (n = 30) | 11.3 ± 3.7 | 8.8 ± 3.4 | 0.29139 |
85–89 years (n = 10) | 8.7 ± 3.9 | 7.3 ± 3.1 | 0.20891 |
90–94 years (n = 6) | 7.9 ± 2.6 | 7.1 ± 0.7 | 0.42614 |
95–99 years (n = 4) | 7.1 ± 1.3 | 5.3 ± 1.1 | 0.04698 |
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Sousa, C.V.; da Silva Aguiar, S.; Rosemann, T.; Nikolaidis, P.T.; Knechtle, B. American Masters Road Running Records—The Performance Gap Between Female and Male Age Group Runners from 5 Km to 6 Days Running. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 2310. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132310
Sousa CV, da Silva Aguiar S, Rosemann T, Nikolaidis PT, Knechtle B. American Masters Road Running Records—The Performance Gap Between Female and Male Age Group Runners from 5 Km to 6 Days Running. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(13):2310. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132310
Chicago/Turabian StyleSousa, Caio Victor, Samuel da Silva Aguiar, Thomas Rosemann, Pantelis Theodoros Nikolaidis, and Beat Knechtle. 2019. "American Masters Road Running Records—The Performance Gap Between Female and Male Age Group Runners from 5 Km to 6 Days Running" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 13: 2310. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132310