Half-marathoners are younger and slower than marathoners

• Published in: SpringerPlus Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 76
• Main Authors: Knechtle, Beat, Nikolaidis, Pantelis T., Zingg, Matthias A., Rosemann, Thomas, Rüst, Christoph A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 26.01.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life and Sciences; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sports Performance and Exercise; Women; Master runner; Age group; Men

Age and performance trends of elite and recreational marathoners are well investigated, but not for half-marathoners. We analysed age and performance trends in 508,108 age group runners (125,894 female and 328,430 male half-marathoners and 10,205 female and 43,489 male marathoners) competing between...