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