Personal best marathon performance is associated with performance in a 24-h run and not anthropometry or training volume

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 836-839

  Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Wirth, A ^a   Knechtle, P ^a   Zimmermann, K ^c   Kohler, G ^d  

^a Gesundheitszentrum ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE SPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRAINING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING;

EID: 71049159271     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.045716     Document Type: Article

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