Half-marathoners are younger and slower than marathoners

Age and performance trends of elite and recreational marathoners are well investigated, but not for half-marathoners. We analysed age and performance trends in 508,108 age group runners (125,894 female and 328,430 male half-marathoners and 10,205 female and 43,489 male marathoners) competing between...

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Main Authors: Knechtle, Beat, Nikolaidis, Pantelis T., Zingg, Matthias A., Rosemann, Thomas, Rüst, Christoph A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4726642/