Katja Weiss, David Valero, Elias Villiger, Mabliny Thuany, Pedro Forte, Robert Gajda, Volker Scheer, Sreten Sreckovic, Ivan Cuk, Pantelis T Nikolaidis, Marilia Santos Andrade, Beat Knechtle
The 50-km ultra-marathon is a popular race distance, slightly longer than the classic marathon distance. However, little is known about the country of affiliation and age of the fastest 50-km ultra-marathon runners and where the fastest races are typically held. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate a large dataset of race records for the 50-km distance race to identify the country of affiliation and the age of the fastest runners as well as the locations of the fastest races. A total of 1,398,845 50-km race records (men, n = 1,026,546; women, n = 372,299) were analyzed using both descriptive statistics and advanced regression techniques...
April 5, 2024: Scientific Reports