Do women reduce the gap to men in ultra-marathon running?

The aim of the present study was to examine sex differences across years in performance of runners in ultra-marathons lasting from 6 h to 10 days (i.e. 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, 144, and 240 h). Data of 32,187 finishers competing between 1975 and 2013 with 93,109 finishes were analysed using multiple linea...

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Main Authors: Knechtle, Beat, Valeri, Fabio, 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/PMC4899381/