Difference between men and women in the 24-hour run

Sex differences in 24-hour ultra-marathon performance - A retrospective data analysis from 1977 to 2012 In ultra-seven, there are competitions about certain routes such as 100 km or 100 miles, or even competitions in which as many kilometers should be run as possible within a while.One of the most popular runs of this kind include the 24-hour runs. We have all results from 1977 to 2012 analyzed regarding the difference between men and women.Men were getting faster than women, whether one takes the 10 or 100 fastest times.

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Difference between men and women in Lac St-Jean in Canada

Women reduced the sex difference in open-water ultra-distance swimming: La Traversée Internationale du Lac St-Jean, 1955-2012. There are several well-known long-distance swimming in the open waters.A competition with a long tradition is, La Traversée International du Lac St-Jean ‘in Canada, who has been held since 1955. If you look at the performance of the best swimmers and swimmers since 1955, men like women were faster and the difference was 8.8 ± 5.6% over the years. Looking at the fastest three swimmers and swimmers a year since 1973, men like women were faster and the difference was reduced from 14.4 ± 11.0% to 3.7% ± 1.4%.

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Kenyer in comparison City and mountain marathon

Performance of Kenyan athletes in mountain versus flat marathon running - An example in Switzerland It is well known that runners from East Africa like Kenya achieve the fastest marathon times.We have now examined how Kenyans beat on a mountain marathon. From the Virgin Marathon and the Zurich Marathon we searched the best runners for nationality from the years 2003 to 2011.In the Virgin Marathon, the Kenyans came to the 11 among men in Nationranking. Place with 199 ± 23min followed by runners from Italy (177 ± 1min), Switzerland (179 ± 0min), France (186 ± 5min), England (189 ± 3min), Mexico (189 ± 3min), Germany (192 ± 5min), Czech Republic (195 ± 13min), Morocco (195 ± 7min), USA (196 ± 6min) and Hungary (198 ± 8min).Amazingly, no women from Kenya at the Virgin Marathon participated. At Zurich Marathon, the fastest Kenyans in Nationranking reached the 3rd place with 130 ± 1min behind runners from Switzerland with 129 ± 1min.At the women, Kenyans came to rank 5 with 158 ± 49, behind runners from Russia (153 ± 2min), Ethiopia (154 ± 2min), Switzerland (155 ± 2min) and Poland (155 ± 4min). All numbers can be found under https://www.jhse.ua.es/article/view/2013-v8-n4-performance-of-enyan-athletes-in-mountain-versus-flat-marathon-running-an-Example-in-Switzerland

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Nationality of Ironman Triathlen am Ironman Hawaii

Analysis of performances at the ‘Ironman Hawaii triathlon’ and its qualifier events with respect to nationality Who wants to start at the ‘Ironman Hawaii’ must qualify on a qualifying race for the start to Hawaii. It should be assumed that the race in Hawaii is approximately the qualification race that takes into account the nationality of the finisher. In 2010, we have all finishers in a qualifier with the finishers on Ironman Hawaii compared to the nationality of athletes.If one analyzes after the gender, as a percentage more women the ‘Ironman Hawaii’ have been stuck as in the qualifiers while it was the other way around the men. At the, Ironman Hawaii as in the qualifiers, triathlets from America, followed by triathlets from Germany and Canada are most likely.Faster times were achieved in the qualifiers than on the ‘Ironman Hawaii’.If you are divided by gender, athletes from USA, Germany and Switzerland were the fastest way in the qualifiers. At Hawaii, triathlets from USA, Australia and Germany were the fastest way.For men, athletes from Germany, Australia and England were the fastest in the qualifies, in Hawaii, Triathlen from USA, Germany and Australia were the fastest way. All numbers can be found under https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/epprint/98048/

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Performance development in the 12-hour run

12-hour ultra-marathons - Increasing worldwide participation and dominance of Europeans In the ultramarathon there are different types of runs.In addition to the runs that are limited after distance (100 kilometers, 100 miles), there are also runs that are limited after time as the 12-hour run.We examined the trend of the participants from the period from 1981 to 2010. Over time, most runners from the US participated, followed by runners from Germany and France.

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Performance development in the 6-hour run

Participation and performance trends in 6-hour ultra-marathoners – a retrospective data analysis of worldwide participation from 1991-2010 In the area of ultramarathon, the 6-hour run is the shortest route and defines exactly the term ultramarathon with the duration of 6 hours.We studied the trends from 1991 to 2010 for competitions and runners in the 6-hour race. The number of participants took over the years for men like women linearly to where men made much more a 6-hour run than women.The relationship man to Mrs. remained stable since 1991 4. Both men like women, as among the women, showed the greatest increase in the age group 45-49 years.

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Performance of the long-distance swimmer in the FINA World Cup

Analysis of swimming performance in FINA World Cup long-distance open water races For endurance athletes in the elite area, trends of participation and performance were prefetched for runners and triathlets, but not for swimmers.

We have now examined the top swimmers of the Fina World Cup for 5km, 10km and 25km in open water swimming. From this relatively young discipline exist for a few years now.It showed in the period from 2000 to 2012 that the swimming speed of women over 5km and 25km decreased while the speed over 10km increased. In the men, the speed decreased over 5km, but remained unchanged over 10km and 25km.Women were disciples at the time of their best swimming power than men (at 25-27 years). More details can be found under https://extremephysiolmed.biomedCentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/2046-7648-3-2.pdf

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Power about half marathon and marathon in the racing roller chair

Wheelchair half-marathon and marathon performance – the ‘Oita International Wheelchair Marathon’ 1983-2011 In addition to half marathon and marathon as runners, these routes can also be covered in the racing roller.One of the world-famous competitions is the ‘Oita International Wheelchair Marathon’ in Japan.We examined the performance of the racing roller trips from the years 1981 to 2011. The betting camps have been faster until the mid-nineties during the 1980s.After this point, no further improvement has taken place.The age of the athletes continuously increased over the years, by 0.51 years in the half marathon and at 0.62 years in the marathon.

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The age of the best floor swimmer

Age of peak swim speed and sex difference in performance in medley and freestyle swimming – a comparison between 200 m and 400 m in Swiss elite swimmers In swimming, almost exclusively freestyle was examined with regard to age and performance.In addition to freestyle, however, there are other swimming styles such as layers swimming. We now have examined for 200m as well as 400m pivot swimming on the basis of the Swiss list list from the years 2006 to 2010 in which age the best times are swamed.We have compared the results for layer swimming with the figures for freestyle directly.

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