Pantelis T Nikolaidis, Elias Villiger, Luca P Ardigò, Zbigniew Waśkiewicz, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle
Purpose: The age of peak performance (APP) has been studied extensively in various endurance and ultra-endurance sports; however, less information exists in regard to duathlon (ie, Run1, Bike, and Run2). The aim of the present study was to assess the APP of duathletes competing either in a short (ie, 10 km Run1, 50 km Bike, and 5 km Run2) or a long distance (ie, 10 km Run1, 150 km Bike, and 30 km Run2) race. Participants and methods: We analyzed 6,671 participants (women, n=1,037, age 36...
2018: Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine