Running Pace Percentile Values for Brazilian Non-Professional Road Runners.

age groups performance runners

Journal

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2227-9032
Titre abrégé: Healthcare (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101666525

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
30 Jun 2021
Historique:
received: 11 05 2021
revised: 19 06 2021
accepted: 25 06 2021
entrez: 2 7 2021
pubmed: 3 7 2021
medline: 3 7 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The purpose of this study was to establish sex-specific percentile curves and values for the running pace of Brazilian non-professional runners. The sample comprised 1152 amateur runners aged 18-72 (61.8% males), from the five Brazilian regions. The runners answered an online questionnaire providing information about their biological (sex, age, height, weight) and training (volume and frequency/week, running pace) characteristics. Using 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile, the running pace was computed for women and men by age groups and by running distances (5 km, 10 km, 21 km, and 42 km). Sex- and age-specific percentile curves (10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th) were created through the Lambda Mu Sigma method. For all ages and distance, men performed better than women, and a decrease in the performance was observed across age groups. Among male runners, the beginning of their thirties and the end of their forties seem to be the moments where they observed substantial improvements in running pace; among female runners, this improvement phase was observed to be more pronounced toward the end of their forties. Percentile values of running pace could help coaches during training programs and runners to better understand "how well" they are comparing against their peers.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The purpose of this study was to establish sex-specific percentile curves and values for the running pace of Brazilian non-professional runners.
METHODS METHODS
The sample comprised 1152 amateur runners aged 18-72 (61.8% males), from the five Brazilian regions. The runners answered an online questionnaire providing information about their biological (sex, age, height, weight) and training (volume and frequency/week, running pace) characteristics. Using 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile, the running pace was computed for women and men by age groups and by running distances (5 km, 10 km, 21 km, and 42 km). Sex- and age-specific percentile curves (10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th) were created through the Lambda Mu Sigma method.
RESULTS RESULTS
For all ages and distance, men performed better than women, and a decrease in the performance was observed across age groups. Among male runners, the beginning of their thirties and the end of their forties seem to be the moments where they observed substantial improvements in running pace; among female runners, this improvement phase was observed to be more pronounced toward the end of their forties.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Percentile values of running pace could help coaches during training programs and runners to better understand "how well" they are comparing against their peers.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34209293
pii: healthcare9070829
doi: 10.3390/healthcare9070829
pmc: PMC8304551
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Mabliny Thuany (M)

Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport (CIFI2D), Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal.

Beat Knechtle (B)

Medbase St. Gallen Am Vadianplatz, Vadianstrasse 26, 9001 St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Lee Hill (L)

Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada.

Thomas Rosemann (T)

Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.

Thayse Natacha Gomes (TN)

Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), São Cristóvão 49100-000, Brazil.

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