Chan Zoe Y S, Peeters Rhys, Cheing Gladys, Ferber Reed, Cheung Roy T H
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Front Sports Act Living. 2022 Jan 12;3:812214. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.812214. eCollection 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruption to many individuals' lifestyles. Social distancing restrictions implemented during this global pandemic may bring potential impact on physical activity habits of the general population. However, running is one of the most popular forms of physical activity worldwide and one in which it could be maintained even during most COVID-19 restrictions. We aimed to determine the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on runners' training habits through analyzing the training records obtained from their GPS enabled wearable trackers. Retrospective and prospective data were collected from an online database (https://wetrac.ucalgary.ca). Runners' training habits, including frequency, intensity and duration of training, weekly mileage and running locations were analyzed and compared 9 months before and after the start of COVID-19 restrictions in March 2020. We found that runners ran 3 km per week more ( = 0.05, Cohen's = 0.12) after the start of COVID-19 restrictions, and added 0.3 training sessions per week ( = 0.03, Cohen's = 0.14). Moreover, runners ran an additional 0.4 sessions outdoors ( < 0.01, Cohen's = 0.21) but there was no significant change in the intensity or duration of training sessions. Our findings suggested that runners adopted slightly different training regimen as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Our results described the collective changes, irrespective of differences in response measures adopted by various countries or cities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
新冠疫情对许多人的生活方式造成了广泛干扰。在这场全球大流行期间实施的社交距离限制可能会对普通人群的体育活动习惯产生潜在影响。然而，跑步是全球最受欢迎的体育活动形式之一，即使在大多数新冠疫情限制措施期间也能够维持。我们旨在通过分析从配备GPS的可穿戴追踪器获得的训练记录，来确定新冠疫情限制措施对跑步者训练习惯的影响。从一个在线数据库（https://wetrac.ucalgary.ca）收集回顾性和前瞻性数据。对跑步者的训练习惯进行分析和比较，包括训练频率、强度和时长、每周里程数以及跑步地点，时间跨度为2020年3月新冠疫情限制措施开始前后9个月。我们发现，在新冠疫情限制措施开始后，跑步者每周多跑3公里（P = 0.05，科恩d值 = 0.12），每周增加0.3次训练（P = 0.03，科恩d值 = 0.14）。此外，跑步者在户外多跑了0.4次（P < 0.01，科恩d值 = 0.21），但训练强度或时长没有显著变化。我们的研究结果表明，由于新冠疫情限制措施，跑步者采用了略有不同的训练方案。我们的结果描述了总体变化，不论在新冠疫情期间各个国家或城市采取的应对措施存在差异。
