Dehydration of marathon runners

Inverse relationship between percentage body weight change and finishing time in 643 forty-two-kilometre marathon runners. The usual opinion is that a weight loss is considered during endurance load as dehydration and a dehydration should restrict the endurance performance. A French group has measured the weight before and after the competition in cooperation with Prof. Noakes in marathon runners.

Surprisingly came out that the runners were faster with the larger weight loss. The abstract can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21160081/

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Calculation competition time half marathon for women

Predictor variables for half marathon race time in recreational female runners As part of a study at the half marathon in Basel, we have developed a formula that newcomers can assess their conclusions on a half marathon. The formula can be found in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21484048/

Invited Review

order The Editor-in-Chief of ‘International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance’ has commissioned me to write an Invited Review titled ‘Ultramarathon Runners: Nature Or only?’.

To the limit and beyond - fascination extreme sports

‘To the limit’ Iris Hadbawnik portrays in her book, to the limit and beyond - fascination extreme sports ten extreme athlete. The experiences of these extraordinary women and men provide exciting insights into a fascinating world, of which many athletes dream without trailing themselves. In addition, the interesting extreme sport events of this world are presented. The book is published in ‘Verlag the workshop’ and commercially available at ISBN 978-3-89533-765-9

Extreme Physiology & Medicine

I’ve been in the Editorial Board of ‘Extreme Physiology & Medicine’, see https://extremephysiolmed.biomedCentral.com/. Under my Section Editor Prof. Tim Noakes, I will be responsible for the assessment of scientific work on extreme duration.

Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine in Health and Disease

Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine in Health and Disease In the planned book ‘Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine in Health and Disease’ I wrote a chapter on triathlon, the book will be printed during the year.

Handbook of Anthropometry

Handbook of Anthropometry In the planned book, Handbook of Anthropometry ‘I wrote a chapter on the influence of anthropometry in endurance athletes, the book is now in print.

Kürschners German scholar calendar

In the 24th edition of, Kürschner’s German scholar-calendar ‘I will receive an entry. This calendar offers a unique overview of the effect of completeness and topicality a unique overview of effects and occupation of more than 70,000 scientists with teaching care in German-speaking countries. The calendar can be found under https://www.degruyter.com/dabase/kdgo/html?lang=en

Age-related changes

Age-related changes In the magazine ‘Age’, we published our work, Age-Related Changes in 100 km Ultra-Marathon Running Performance ‘for, 100 km Lauf Biel’. The abstract is under https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc3682063/.