Do women reduce the gap to men in ultra-marathon running?

• Published in: SpringerPlus Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 672
• Main Authors: Knechtle, Beat, Valeri, Fabio, Nikolaidis, Pantelis T., Zingg, Matthias A., Rosemann, Thomas, Rüst, Christoph A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 20.05.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sports Performance and Exercise; Performance; Athlete; Sex difference; Ultra-endurance

The aim of the present study was to examine sex differences across years in performance of runners in ultra-marathons lasting from 6 h to 10 days (i.e. 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, 144, and 240 h). Data of 32,187 finishers competing between 1975 and 2013 with 93,109 finishes were analysed using multiple linea...