Knechtle Beat, Nikolaidis Pantelis Theodoros, Zingg Matthias Alexander, Rosemann Thomas, Rüst Christoph Alexander
Gesundheitszentrum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Chin J Physiol. 2017 Feb 28;60(1):11-22. doi: 10.4077/CJP.2017.BAE400.
The age of the best marathon performance has been well investigated for flat city marathon running, but not for mountain marathon running. The aim of this study was to determine the age of the best mountain marathon performance and to compare to results of a flat city marathon. Race times and ages of finishers of a mountain marathon with 1,830 m of altitude change (Jungfrau Marathon, Switzerland) and two flat city marathons (Lausanne Marathon and Zurich Marathon, Switzerland) were analysed using linear, non-linear and mixed-effects regression analyses. Race times were slower in the mountain compared to the city marathon. In both the mountain marathon and the city marathons, women and men improved performance and men were faster than women when the fastest per year and all per year were considered. When the fastest runners in 1-year age intervals were considered in the mountain marathon, the fastest man (3:01 h:min) was ~35.6 years and the fastest women (3:28 h:min) ~34.5 years old. When all finishers were considered in 1-year age intervals, the fastest men (4:59 h:min) were ~29.1 years old and the fastest women (5:16 h:min) were ~25.6 years old. In the city marathons in 1-year age intervals, the fastest man (2:10 h:min) was ~23.7 years old and the fastest woman (2:36 h:min) ~32.2 years old. When all finishers were considered in 1-year age intervals, the fastest men (3:41 h:min) were ~35.0 years old and the fastest women (4:00 h:min) ~33.8 years old. In summary, the age of the fastest women and men was higher in the mountain marathon compared to the city marathons when the fastest runners were considered. However, when all finishers were considered the age of the fastest women and men was lower in the mountain marathon compared to the city marathons.
对于平地城市马拉松比赛，最佳马拉松成绩的年龄已得到充分研究，但山地马拉松比赛尚未有相关研究。本研究的目的是确定最佳山地马拉松成绩的年龄，并与平地城市马拉松的结果进行比较。使用线性、非线性和混合效应回归分析，对海拔变化1830米的山地马拉松（瑞士少女峰马拉松）以及两场平地城市马拉松（瑞士洛桑马拉松和苏黎世马拉松）的完赛时间和完赛者年龄进行了分析。与城市马拉松相比，山地马拉松的完赛时间更长。在山地马拉松和城市马拉松中，当考虑每年最快成绩和每年所有成绩时，男性和女性的成绩都有所提高，且男性比女性快。在山地马拉松中，按1岁年龄区间考虑最快选手时，最快的男性（3小时01分）约35.6岁，最快的女性（3小时28分）约34.5岁。按1岁年龄区间考虑所有完赛者时，最快的男性（4小时59分）约29.1岁，最快的女性（5小时16分）约25.6岁。在城市马拉松按1岁年龄区间考虑时，最快的男性（2小时10分）约23.7岁，最快的女性（2小时36分）约32.2岁。按1岁年龄区间考虑所有完赛者时，最快男性（3小时41分）约35.0岁，最快女性（4小时00分）约33.8岁。总之，当考虑最快选手时，山地马拉松中最快的男性和女性的年龄比城市马拉松中的更高。然而，当考虑所有完赛者时，山地马拉松中最快的男性和女性的年龄比城市马拉松中的更低。
