12-hour ultra-marathons: Increasing worldwide participation and dominance of Europeans

Ultra-marathon running is of increasing popularity. Participation and performance trends in ultra-marathons have been previously investigated for 100 mile runs, multi-stage ultra-marathons, triathlons and ultra-triathlons, but not for 12-hour runs. We examined participation and performance trends in...

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Main Authors: Edis Sehovic, Beat Knechtle, Christoph Alexander Rüst, Thomas Rosemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alicante 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Human Sport and Exercise
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Online Access:https://www.jhse.ua.es/article/view/2013-v8-n4-12-hour-ultra-marathons-increasing-worldwide-participation-and-dominance-of-europeans