The “New York City Marathon”: participation and performance trends of 1.2M runners during halfcentury
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Date
2019
Authors
Vitti, Ambra
Nikolaidis, Pantelis T.
Villiger, Elias
Onywera, Vincent
Knechtle, Beat
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to examine trends in participation,
performance, age and nationality during a ~ 50-years period
in the largest dataset ever studied in the “New York City
Marathon”. We analysed 1,174,331 finishers (women, n= 349,145,
age 39.7 ± 8.7 years; men, n= 825,186, 41.7 ± 9.2 years). The overall
participation increased across calendar years for all nationalities,
and this increase was more pronounced in women, which resulted
in a decreasing men-to-women ratio. Men were faster and older
than women. Ethiopians and Kenyans were the fastest and youngest
in women and men, respectively. Japanese were the slowest
and Germans were the oldest in both sexes. Race time increased
across years. Coaches and fitness trainers should be aware of these
trends and should emphasize the development of training programs
for older and slower runners.
Description
An Article Published in Research in Sports Medicine
Keywords
Marathoners, Running, Longdistance, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Age, Endurance
Citation
Ambra Vitti, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Elias Villiger, Vincent Onywera & Beat Knechtle (2020) The “New York City Marathon”: participation and performance trends of 1.2M runners during half-century, Research in Sports Medicine, 28:1, 121-137, DOI: 10.1080/15438627.2019.1586705