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    Relationship between running performance and weather in elite marathoners competing in the New York City Marathon

    It is well known that weather and pacing have an influence on elite marathon performance. However, there is limited knowledge about the effect of weather on running speed in elite marathoners. The aim of the p...

    Katja Weiss, David Valero, Elias Villiger, Mabliny Thuany, Ivan Cuk in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    A macro to micro analysis to understand performance in 100-mile ultra-marathons worldwide

    The purposes of this study were (i) to describe differences in participation in 100-mile ultra-marathons by continent; (ii) to investigate differences in performance between continents; and (iii) to identify t...

    Mabliny Thuany, Katja Weiss, Elias Villiger, Volker Scheer in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Elderly female ultra-marathoners reduced the gap to male ultra-marathoners in Swiss running races

    Recent studies showed that female runners reduced the performance gap to male runners in endurance running with increasing age and race distance. However, the investigated samples were generally small. To inve...

    Beat Knechtle, Anja Witthöft, David Valero, Mabliny Thuany in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Analysis of over 1 million race records shows runners from East African countries as the fastest in 50-km ultra-marathons

    The 50-km ultra-marathon is a popular race distance, slightly longer than the classic marathon distance. However, little is known about the country of affiliation and age of the fastest 50-km ultra-marathon ru...

    Katja Weiss, David Valero, Elias Villiger, Mabliny Thuany in Scientific Reports (2024)