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article 2024 10 pages

Pacing strategies in men’s and women’s world-record marathon performances and Olympic Games and World Championship’s winning performances

Arturo Casado, Luis E. Ranieri, José J. Díaz, Brian Hanley, Carl Foster

Journal
Kinesiology
DOI
10.26582/k.56.1.13
Publication type
Original scientific paper
Study type
observational
Population
elite athletes
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Abstract

The aims of this study were to compare marathon pacing profiles between major championships winning races and world record (WR) races in men’s and women’s long-distance runners. Percentages of mean race speeds (%RS) for each 5 km section and last 2,1...

Description

This study compares marathon pacing strategies in championship and world record performances.