Energy and fluid supply at a mountain tramarathon

Energy, macronutrient and water intake during a mountain ultramarathon event: The influence of distance. A Spanish group has examined the supply of energy and fluid on 3 different runs over 44km, 67km and 112 km. It showed that the route length had no influence on the supply of energy and carbohydrates.

Unlike theotherroute lengthsforthe runnersin the ultramarathonmore fat, butdrank lessfluidthan therunner onthe otherroutes. The results can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28322630/

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Age and performance at a half-ironman

Aging and Half-Ironman Performance A Canadian group has studied the performance and age of triathlets at the Half-Ironman World Cup in Clearwater, Florida, from 2006-2010.Over this period, the times in cycling and run faster, but not in swimming. Men were usually faster than the women, the difference vary depending on the age group.

The benefit was already in progress in the age group 35-39 years, while in swimming until the age group 50-55 remained quite constant. The results can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28230417/

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Pain use in a mountain tramarathon

Use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs among Participants in a Mountain Ultramarathon Event A Spanish group has examined the use of painkillers on a mountain tramarathon and compared with runners over shorter routes.

It showed that on the longer distance on the one hand more painkillers were used than on the shorter routes and that the Ultralaufen was more all during the barrel. The very readable work can be found under https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/5/1/11

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New record

Orca floats 6 ice miles The German ice swimmer Bruno Dobelmann has totally made 6 ice mugs between Friday evening (March 3, 2017) and Sunday afternoon (March 5, 2017). For this he is in the Lake Constance on the Nonnenhorn every 5-6 hours into the ice-cold water and has swimmed 1 mile to warm up again at the water wake up nonnenhorn. We were able to raise a huge amount of data.

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Decrease in performance at the Ironman with increasing age

The age-related performance decline in Ironman triathlon starts earlier in swimming than in cycling and running So far, the Ironman Triathlen has been able to keep their performance up to the age of about 50 years quite constant. This assumption was based on a study in which the top 10 were examined in age groups of 5 years.A problem with such selection on the topathets per age group is the fact that the large amount of athletes per class is not considered.Even if only a large competition such as IRONMAN HAWAII is analyzed, the huge pile of hobby sports people is properly lost. Therefore, we have analyzed all competitions from 2002 to 2015 and came to more than 400,000 finishers at 253 different competitions.It turned now that the age-related drop in the performance of the women in swimming in the category 25-29 started, while cycling and at 30-34 years. For men, there was the same result in swimming while for cycling and running the performance drop only at 35-39 years. From a practical point of view, triathlets should have changed in the women before 30 and men before 35 on the Ironman route to achieve a quick time, after this age it should be over. All numbers and the whole evaluation can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28225523/

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Differences in life expectancy at athletes

Differences in life expectancy between Olympic high jumpers, discus throwers, marathon and 100 meter runners An American study has followed up the best Olympians between 1928 and 1948 in relation to their life expectancy after disciplines.It turned out that the discussers the heaviest goods would be the marathon runners most easily and the oldest goods. The best survival rate had the high-sprayers and marathon runners theses the sprinters the worst sections.

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Is marathon loop cardioprotective?

Long-Term Marathon Running Is Associated with Low Coronary Plaque Formation in Women An American study examined marathon runners with inactive women in terms of cardiovascular risk factors and calcifications of coronary vessels. In the runner, fewer calcifications showed less cardiovascular risk factors, a deeper resting pulse, a deeper body weight, a deeper BMI, deeper triglycerides and a higher HDL cholesterol. The interesting study can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27824692/

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Age class runners on the train

Performance trends in age-group runners from 100 m to marathon-The World Championships from 1975 to 2015 The performance of age class runners has been studied especially in marathon runners and floats. We have now examined the performance of Sprinter, medium and long-distance runners on the train of 100m to 10'000m as well as on the street in the marathon under the World Championships from 1975 to 2015.

At all routes, men were faster than the women, which was demonstrably detectable on the shorter routes. All details of the analysis can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28139033/

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