Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

n

9897 (75.7%)

3182 (24.3%)

13,079 (100%)

Full marathon

4102 (83.8%)

794 (16.2%)

4896 (100%)

Half marathon

5795 (70.8%)

2388 (29.2%)

8183 (100%)

 Mean ± SD

28.6 ± 4.2

27.9 ± 4.1

28.5 ± 4.2

  < 30 years

6220 (62.8%)

2232 (70.1%)

8452 (64.6%)

 30–35 years

3677 (37.2%)

950 (29.9%)

4627 (35.4%)

 Height, cm

173.6 ± 5.2

162.5 ± 4.8

170.6 ± 6.7

 Weight, kg

67.9 ± 8.9

54.8 ± 8.6

65.0 ± 10.0

 BMI, kg/m²

22.4 ± 2.2

20.3 ± 2.2

22.2 ± 2.2

 Overweight, n(%)

1853 (20.3%)

74 (2.5%)

1927 (16.0%)

 Obesity, n(%)

94 (1.0%)

25 (0.7%)

114 (0.9%)

 Full marathon, Mean (SD)

4h22min (42 min)

4h47min (39 min)

4h26min (42 min)

   < 3 h

25 (0.6%)

2 (0.3%)

27 (0.6%)

  3–4 h

1120 (27.3%)

67 (8.4%)

1187 (24.2%)

  4–5 h

1955 (47.7%)

361 (45.5%)

2316 (47.3%)

   > 5 h

1002 (24.4%)

364 (45.8%)

1366 (27.9%)

 Half marathon, Mean (SD)

2h10min(20 min)

2h22min (17 min)

2h14min (20 min)

   < 2 h

1604 (27.7%)

152 (6.4%)

1756 (21.5%)

  2–3 h

4143 (71.5%)

2187 (91.6%)

6330 (77.4%)

   > 3 h

48 (0.7%)

49 (2.0%)

97 (1.2%)