From: Will the age of peak ultra-marathon performance increase with increasing race duration?
Race | Sex | Running speed of the runners at the start of the investigated period (km/h) | Running speed of the runners with no change across years (km/h) | Running speed of the runners at the end of the investigated period (km/h) |
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6 hrs | Women | 11.53 (1985) | 14.75 (2012) | |
Men | 13.89 ± 0.96 | |||
12 hrs | Women | 9.41 (1981) | 11.0 (2012) | |
Men | 12.30 ± 0.91 | |||
24 hrs | Women | 9.03 (1982) | 10.18 (2012) | |
Men | 8.71 (1977) | 12.27 (2012) | ||
48 hrs | Women | 6.25 (1982) | 6.58 (2012) | |
Men | 8.64 ± 0.59 | |||
72 hrs | Women | 4.66 ± 1.00 | ||
Men | 5.71 (1990) | 6.31 (2012) | ||
6 d | Women | 5.21 ± 0.51 | ||
Men | 6.29 ± 0.57 | |||
10 d | Women | 3.03 (1998) | 4.76 (2012) | |
Men | 4.71 ± 0.58 |