Marathon Specialization in Elites: A Head Start for Africans.
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DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.2017-0069
Abstract: PURPOSE To assess differences in event-specific specialization between elite African and non-African male marathon runners based on age, performance, and career length. METHODS The top 90 African marathoners from 2001 to 2015 were compared with… read more here.
Keywords: non african; specialization; african marathoners; marathon performance ... See more keywords
Marathon Performance Depends on Pacing Oscillations between Non Symmetric Extreme Values
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19042463
Abstract: A marathon was recently run in less than 2 h by a man who ran the three fastest marathons ever recorded in a span of three years—Eliud Kipchoge—in the Tokyo Olympic games. Here, we demonstrate… read more here.
Keywords: extreme values; pacing oscillations; depends pacing; performance ... See more keywords