Running trends in Switzerland from 1999 to 2019: An exploratory observational study
In summary, finishing numbers especially in ultra-marathons increased with a focus on trail runs, female and male athletes had a declining performance across years in all race distances and men ran faster than women. Median age increased with longer race distance leading to more aged endurance-trained athletes. A downtrend in median age is found only in ultra-marathon in recent years. The results are important for athletes, race directors and coaches with regard to training schedules and the trend towards long distance races as well as for the medical attendance especially of older athletes, being more and more interested in endurance running.
Authors
- Katja Weiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1247-6754)
- Beat Knechtle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-9103)
- Anja Witthöft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0265-9884)
- Thimo Marcin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7229-5985)
- Volker Scheer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-3624)
- Pantelis Τ. Nikolaidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-7122)
- Mabliny Thuany (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-1871)
- Matthias Wilhelm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4541-3995)
- Thomas Johannes Rosemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-6306)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Universidade do Estado do Pará (BR)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- University of West Attica (GR)
- Medbase (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311268
- Primary Topic
- Sports Science and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00