Stones M J, Kozma A
Exp Aging Res. 1980 Oct;6(5):407-16. doi: 10.1080/03610738008258376.
Age trends in record running performances, over distances from 100 yards to the marathon, were analyzed for males between 40-74 years. Within event distances, an exponential model most accurately related performance time to age. In terms of this model, rate of age decline in running performance was greater for middle and longer distance events than for sprints. Within age-levels, linear and power models were highly accurate in relating performance time to event distance. A general model, that proved highly accurate in accounting for variance in performance times over the full age and distance ranges, expressed performance as the product of a power function of distance and an exponential function of age. Findings are discussed in terms of anaerobic and aerobic processes that underlie running performance at different event distances.
对40至74岁男性在100码至马拉松不同距离的跑步成绩年龄趋势进行了分析。在每个赛事距离内，指数模型能最准确地将成绩时间与年龄联系起来。根据该模型，中长跑赛事的跑步成绩随年龄下降的速率比短跑赛事更大。在同一年龄组内，线性模型和幂模型能非常准确地将成绩时间与赛事距离联系起来。一个通用模型在解释整个年龄和距离范围内成绩时间的差异方面被证明非常准确，该模型将成绩表示为距离的幂函数与年龄的指数函数的乘积。研究结果根据不同赛事距离下跑步成绩背后的无氧和有氧过程进行了讨论。
