The western states 100-mile endurance run: Participation and performance trends

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2191-2198

  Hoffman, Martin D ^a   Wegelin, Jacob A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Aging; Endurance exercise; Sex; Sport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC STATES; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449087628     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181a8d553     Document Type: Article

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