Winners of the men’s and women’s categories If a marathon is a challenge for the body, an ultramarathon is an even harder undertaking. Overload injuries are common, especially in the… Read more »
The use of nutritional supplements is common among athletes to maintain health and improve athletic performance. Proteins and amino acids are specially consumed as ergogenic aids, with a frequency of… Read more »
Ultra-endurance events (> 4h), especially in mountainous terrains, have become very popular in recent years. Runners in these events are exposed to various topographic, climatic, altitude and temperature conditions. The… Read more »
Adapted from Petracci et al. 2020 Epigenetics refers to changes in the genome or genes, that do not involve changes in the nucleotide sequence, or mutations. Our date of birth,… Read more »
Photo by Nicolas Hoizey (Unsplash) Exercise increases oxygen consumption to levels between 10 and 15 times above values at rest. The main biological product of exercise are the oxygen reactive… Read more »
Photo by Jana Werschay (Pixabay) Restoration of energy stores and recovery of muscle damage are key factors determining the performance in endurance events. Therefore, nutrition aimed to fasten and help… Read more »
Copper Canyons Marathon, in Urique The Tarahumara came to worldwide attention specially after the book “Born to Run”, by Christopher McDougall, which was published in 2009. More recently Lorena Ramírez… Read more »
Photo by Massimo Sartirana (Unsplash) Ultra-endurance events are among the most demanding sport specialities, at both, physical and psychological levels. Despite this hardness, ultra-endurance events have become very popular in… Read more »
To answer this difficult question, we have checked historical records and considered the following marathons and achievements: World-record (WR) performances. Olympic Games and World Athletics Championships marathons: first 5 places…. Read more »
Kenyan runners Geoffrey Mutai and Dennis Kimetto at the Berlin Marathon 2012 For quite some time runners from Kenya and Ethiopia have shone in athletics at international level, especially in… Read more »
