Race performance in male mountain ultra-marathoners: Anthropometry or training?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 721-735

  Knechtle, Beat ^a   Knechtle, Patrizia ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^b  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77956214289     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.110.3.721-735     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Arrese, A. L., & Ostáriz, E. S. (2006) Skinfold thicknesses associated with distance running performance in highly trained runners. Journal of Sports Sciences, 24, 69-76.
2. Bale, P., Bradbury, D., & Colley, E. (1986) Anthropometric and training variables related to 10-km running performance. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 20, 170-173.
3. Bale, P., Rowell, S., & Colley, E. (1985) Anthropometric and training characteristics of female marathon runners as determinants of distance running performance. Journal of Sports Sciences, 3, 115-126.
4. Ball, S. D., Altena, T. S., & Swan, P. D. (2004) Comparison of anthropometry to DXA: a new prediction equation for men. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 58, 1525-1531.
5. Becque, M. D., Katch, V. L., & Moffatt, R. J. (1986) Time course of skin-plus-fat compression in males and females. Human Biology, 58, 33-42.
6. Billat, V., Demarle, A., Paiva, M., & Koralsztein, J. P. (2002) Effect of training on the physiological factors of performance in elite marathon runners (males and females). International Journal of Sports Medicine, 23, 336-341.
7. Billat, V. L., Demarle, A., Slawinski, J., Paiva, M., & Koralsztein, J. P. (2001) Physical and training characteristics of top-class marathon runners. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 33, 2089-2097.
8. Christensen, C. L., & Ruhling, R. O. (1983) Physical characteristics of novice and experienced women marathon runners. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 17, 166-171.
9. Dolgener, F. A., Kolkhorst, F. W., & Whitsett, D. A. (1994) Long slow distance training in novice marathoners. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 65, 339-346.
10. Hagan, R. D., Smith, M. G., & Gettman, L. R. (1981) Marathon performance in relation to maximal aerobic power and training indices. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 13, 185-189.
11. Hagan, R. D., Upton, S. J., Duncan, J. J., & Gettman, L. R. (1987) Marathon performance in relation to maximal aerobic power and training indices in female distance runners. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 21, 3-7.
12. Hetland, M. L., Haarbo, J., & Christiansen, C. (1998) Regional body composition determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry: relation to training, sex hormones, and serum lipids in male long-distance runners. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 8, 102-108.
13. Hewson, D. J., & Hopkins, W. G. (1996) Specifity of training and its relation to the performance of distance runners. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 17, 199-204.
14. Hoffman, M. D. (2008) Anthropometric characteristics of ultramarathoners. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 29, 808-811.
15. Hootman, J. M., Macera, C. A., Ainsworth, B. E., Martin, M., Addy, C. L., & Blair, S. N. (2002) Predictors of lower extremity injury among recreationally active adults. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 12, 99-106.
16. Knechtle, B., Duff, B., Welzel, U., & Kohler, G. (2009) Body mass and circumference of upper arm are associated with race performance in ultra-endurance runners in a multi-stage race: the Isarrun 2006. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 80, 262-268.
17. Knechtle, B., Knechtle, P., Schulze, I., & Kohler, G. (2007) Upper arm circumference is associated with race performance in ultra-endurance runners. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 42, 295-299.
18. Knechtle, B., Wirth, A., Knechtle, P., Zimmermann, K., & Kohler, G. (2009) Personal best marathon performance is associated with performance in a 24-hour run and not anthropometry or training volume. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 43, 836-839.
19. Larsen, H. B., Christensen, D. L., Nolan, T., & Søndergaard, H. (2004) Body dimensions, exercise capacity and physical activity level of adolescent Nandi boys in western Kenya. Annals of Human Biology, 31, 159-173.
20. Leedy, H. E., Ismail, A. H., Kessler, W. V., & Christian, J. E. (1965) Relationships between physical performance items and body composition. Research Quarterly, 36, 158-163.
21. Legaz, A., & Eston, R. (2005) Changes in performance, skinfold thicknesses, and fat patterning after three years of intense athletic conditioning in high level runners. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 39, 851-856.
22. Legaz Arrese, A., Gonzalez Badillo, J. J., & Serrano Ostáriz, E. (2005) Differences in skinfold thicknesses and fat distribution among top-class runners. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 45, 512-517.
23. Loftin, M., Sothern, M., Koss, C., Tuuri, G., Vanvrancken, C., Kontos, A., & Bonis, M. (2007) Energy expenditure and influence of physiologic factors during marathon running. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 21, 1188-1191.
24. Lucia, A., Esteve-Lanao, J., Oliván, J., Gómez-Gallego, F., San Juan, A. F., Santiago, C., Pérez, M., Chamorro-Viña, C., & Foster, C. (2006) Physiological characteristics of the best Eritrean runners-exceptional running economy. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 31, 530-540.
25. Macera, C. A., Pate, R. R., Powell, K. E., Jackson, K. L., Kendrick, J. S., & Craven, T. E. (1989) Predicting lower-extremity injuries among habitual runners. Archives of Internal Medicine, 149, 2565-2568.
26. Maldonado, S., Mujika, I., & Padilla, S. (2002) Influence of body mass and height on the energy cost of running in highly trained middle- and long-distance runners. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 23, 268-272.
27. Mattila, V. M., Tallroth, K., Marttinen, M., & Pihlajamäki, H. (2007) Body composition by DEXA and its association with physical fitness in 140 conscripts. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 39, 2242-2247.
28. McKean, K. A., Manson, N. A., & Stanish, W. D. (2006) Musculoskeletal injury in the masters runners. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 16, 149-154.
29. McKelvie, S. J., Valliant, P. M., & Asu, M. E. (1985) Physical training and personality factors as predictors of marathon time and training injury. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 60, 551-566.
30. Scrimgeour, A. G., Noakes, T. D., Adams, B., & Myburgh, K. (1986) The influence of weekly training distance on fractional utilization of maximum aerobic capacity in marathon and ultramarathon runners. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 55, 202-209.
31. Sjödin, B., & Svedenhag, J. (1985) Applied physiology of marathon running. Sports Medicine, 2, 83-99.
32. Tanaka, K., & Matsuura, Y. (1982) A multivariate analysis of the role of certain anthropometric and physiological attributes in distance running. Annals of Human Biology, 9, 473-482.
33. Tokudome, S., Kuriki, K., Yamada, N., Ichikawa, H., Miyata, M., Sibata, K., Hoshino, H., Tsuge, S., Tokudome, M., Goto, C., Tokudome, Y., Kobayashi, M., Goto, H., Suzuki, S., Okamato, Y., Ikeda, M., & Sato, Y. (2004) Anthropometric, lifestyle and biomarker assessment of Japanese non-professional ultra-marathon runners. Journal of Epidemiology, 14, 161-167.
34. Van Middelkoop, M., Kolkman, J., Van Ochten, J., Bierma-Zeinstra, S. M., & Koes, B. W. (2008) Risk factors for lower extremity injuries among male marathon runners. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 18, 691-697.
35. Yeung, S. S., Yeung, E. W., & Wong, T. W. (2001) Marathon finishers and non-finishers characteristics: a preamble to success. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 41, 170-176.