World Records in Half-Marathon Running by Sex and Age.

This study investigated the relationship between half-marathon race times and age in 1-year intervals by using the world singe age records in half-marathon running and the sex difference in performance from 5-91 years in men and 5-93 years in women. We found a 4th order-polynomial relationship between age and race time for both women and men. Women achieve their best half-marathon race time earlier in life than men, 23.89 years compared with 28.13, but when using a non-linear regression analysis, the age of the fastest race time does not differ between men and women with 26.62 years in women and 26.80 years in men. Moreover, women increase the sex difference in half-marathon running performance to men with advancing age.
PMID: 29431565 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Aging and Physical Activity - February 14, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Tags: J Aging Phys Act Source Type: research