Physiological and Race Pace Characteristics of Medium and Low-Level Athens Marathon Runners
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Maximal Incremental Test
2.3. LTh and LTP Determination
2.4. Energy Cost of Running
2.5. Route Characteristics and Race Pace Analysis
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Physiological Characteristics
3.2. Race Pace Characteristics
3.3. Correlation between Marathon Time and Measured Variables
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Medium-Level Runners | Low-Level Runners | All Runners | p Value between Groups | |
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Age (years) | 41.00 ± 7.69 | 42.14 ± 7.20 | 41.53 ± 7.22 | 0.36 |
Body height (m) | 175.00 ± 6.44 | 174.71 ± 7.06 | 174.87 ± 6.49 | 0.94 |
Body mass (kg) | 72.50 ± 6.58 | 73.17 ± 7.91 | 72.81 ± 6.97 | 0.86 |
VO2 max (mL·kg−1·min−1) | 55.56 ± 3.62 | 48.85 ± 4.77 | 52.43 ± 5.32 | 0.01 |
MAV (km·h−1) | 16.45 ± 0.74 | 14.39 ± 1.24 | 15.49 ± 1.44 | 0.01 |
HRmax (b·min−1) | 178.25 ± 9.54 | 183.71 ± 9.25 | 180.80 ± 9.5 | 0.28 |
vLTh (km·h−1) | 11.58 ± 0.81 | 9.22 ± 0.72 | 10.48 ± 1.42 | 0.01 |
vLTP (km·h−1) | 13.6 ± 0.87 | 11.1 ± 0.8 | 12.43 ± 1.52 | 0.01 |
vLT1% (%MAV) | 70.37 ± 3.9 | 64.25 ± 4.15 | 67.51 ± 5.00 | 0.01 |
vLT2% (%MAV) | 82.7 ± 4.83 | 77.37 ± 4.52 | 80.21 ± 5.29 | 0.05 |
VO2 LTh (mL·kg−1·min−1) | 41.76 ± 1.81 | 35.11 ± 2.80 | 38.65 ± 4.10 | 0.01 |
VO2 LTP (mL·kg−1·min−1) | 48.04 ± 2.41 | 40.80 ± 3.78 | 44.66 ± 4.80 | 0.01 |
%VO2 LTh (%VO2 max) | 75.31 ± 3.64 | 72.14 ± 5.87 | 73.83 ± 4.91 | 0.22 |
%VO2 LTP (%VO2 max) | 86.59 ± 3.90 | 83.63 ± 4.08 | 85.21 ± 4.13 | 0.17 |
ECr 10 km·h−1 (kcal·kg−1·km−1) | 1.137 ± 0.096 | 1.232 ± 0.068 | 1.181 ± 0.096 | 0.05 |
ECr vLTh (kcal·kg−1·km−1) | 1.157 ± 0.079 | 1.232 ± 0.066 | 1.192 ± 0.081 | 0.07 |
ECr Race Pace (kcal·kg−1·km−1) | 1.160 ± 0.083 | 1.232 ± 0.068 | 1.194 ± 0.082 | 0.09 |
Race pace (km·h−1) | 12.14 ± 0.60 | 8.63 ± 0.64 | 10.50 ± 1.91 | 0.01 |
Race Pace (%MAV) | 73.82 ± 2.60 | 60.11 ± 3.13 | 67.42 ± 7.59 | 0.01 |
Race Pace (%vLTh) | 105.08 ± 4.71 | 93.80 ± 6.20 | 99.82 ± 7.84 | 0.01 |
Race Pace (%vLTP) | 89.45 ± 4.47 | 77.92 ± 6.14 | 84.07 ± 7.85 | 0.01 |
Race Pace (%HRmax) | 83.91 ± 5.8 | 77.41 ± 5.40 | 80.87 ± 6.37 | 0.04 |
Race Pace (%VO2 max) | 79.74 ± 7.65 | 68.80 ± 5.73 | 74.63 ± 8.68 | 0.01 |
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Myrkos, A.; Smilios, I.; Kokkinou, E.M.; Rousopoulos, E.; Douda, H. Physiological and Race Pace Characteristics of Medium and Low-Level Athens Marathon Runners. Sports 2020, 8, 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8090116
Myrkos A, Smilios I, Kokkinou EM, Rousopoulos E, Douda H. Physiological and Race Pace Characteristics of Medium and Low-Level Athens Marathon Runners. Sports. 2020; 8(9):116. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8090116
Chicago/Turabian StyleMyrkos, Aristides, Ilias Smilios, Eleni Maria Kokkinou, Evangelos Rousopoulos, and Helen Douda. 2020. "Physiological and Race Pace Characteristics of Medium and Low-Level Athens Marathon Runners" Sports 8, no. 9: 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8090116
APA StyleMyrkos, A., Smilios, I., Kokkinou, E. M., Rousopoulos, E., & Douda, H. (2020). Physiological and Race Pace Characteristics of Medium and Low-Level Athens Marathon Runners. Sports, 8(9), 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8090116