Training, Load, and Physiology in Trail Running
A special issue of Sports (ISSN 2075-4663).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 740
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Trail running races have become extremely popular in recent years, and the physiological and health consequences of performing such demanding efforts have increasingly attracted the interest of the scientific community. Additionally, trail running has recently been recognized by World Athletics as a new running discipline, with the organization hosting its own Trail World Championships. It is therefore of interest for athletes and coaches to identify the factors that play a critical role in performance in order to improve training strategies and competition results.
The aim of this Special Issue is to explore the specific factors that make trail running performance different from similar-distance road races, especially those related to the different means of locomotion (i.e., downhill running, uphill walking, and pole walking) that concur in trail running and how fatigue affects them (i.e., the assessment of its durability). Both interventional and observational studies are welcomed in this emerging field of research.
Dr. Ignacio Martinez-Navarro
Dr. Carlos Hernando Domingo
Dr. Eladio Collado-Boira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- trail running
- training
- performance
- downhill running
- uphill walking
- pole walking
- durability
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