Different race pacing strategies among runners covering the 2017 Berlin Marathon under 3 hours and 30 minutes

Boullosa, Daniel and Muñoz, Iker and Mecías-Calvo, Marcos and Crespo-Álvarez, Jorge and Sámano-Celorio, María Luisa and Agudo-Toyos, Pablo and Lago-Fuentes, Carlos UNSPECIFIED, iker.munoz@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, jorge.crespo@uneatlantico.es, marialuisa.samano@uneatlantico.es, pablo.agudo@uenatlantico.es, carlos.lago@uneatlantico.es (2020) Different race pacing strategies among runners covering the 2017 Berlin Marathon under 3 hours and 30 minutes. PLOS ONE, 15 (7). e0236658. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

The purposes of this study were 1) to analyse the different pacing behaviours based on athlete's performance and 2) to determine whether significant differences in each race split and the runner's performance implied different race profiles. A total of 2295 runners, which took part in Berlin’s marathon (2017), met the inclusion criteria. 4 different groups were created based on sex and performance. Men: Elite (<02:19:00 h), Top 1 (<02:30:00 h), Top 2 (<02:45:00 h) and Top 3 (<03:00:00 h); women: Elite (02:45:00 h), Top 1 (<03:00:00 h), Top 2 (<03:15:00 h), Top 3 (<03:30:00 h). With the aim of comparing the pacing between sex and performance the average speed was normalized. In men, no statistically significant changes were found between performance group and splits. A large number of significant differences between splits and groups were found amongst women: 5–10 km Top 2 vs Top 3 (P = 0.0178), 10–15 km Top1 vs Top 2 (P = 0.0211), 15–20 km Top1 vs Top 2 (P = 0.0382), 20–21.1 km Elite vs Top 2 (P = 0.0129); Elite vs Top 3 (P = 0.0020); Top1 vs Top 2 (P = 0.0233); Top 1 vs Top 3 (P = 0.0007), 25–30 km Elite vs Top 2 (P = 0.0273); Elite vs Top 3 (P = 0.0156), 30–35 km Elite vs Top 2 (P = 0.0096); Top 1 vs Top 2 (P = 0.0198); Top2 vs Top3 (P = 0.0069). In men there were little significant differences based on athletes’ performance which implied a similar pacing behaviour. Women presented numerous differences based on their performance which suggested different pacing behaviours.

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Date Deposited: 20 May 2021 09:24
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URI: http://repositorio.funiber.org/id/eprint/47

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