http://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Fulltext/2013/11000/Exercise_Behavior_of_Ultramarathon_Runners__.3.aspx
There is a doctor here in CA who publishes a lot of research on ultra runners. I found the above slideshow with graphs to be pretty interesting.
3/8 Way Too Cool 50k WNS
4/19 Tehama Wildflowers 50k
Tim
Some interesting stuff. I fit well into the age category of first ultra and was a little higher with years running before first ultra.. It would be interesting to see what the average age of first marathon is to see if there is a natural progression.
I was a bit surprised to see 25% of first time ultra runners have been running less than 3 years.
“Paralysis-to-50k” training plan is underway!
Faster Than Your Couch!
Now this makes me feel old...
By the time I'll fit into the median range of having run ultramarathons for 6 years, I'll probably feel even older (at least, I'll be even older). And my previous running experience of a mere 35 years before running my first ultra makes me seem like a - dinosaur.
Run for fun.
Refurbished Hip
I'm a sample in that study!
Running is dumb.
Sample, or bad example?
Me too! I liked the last question of this year's survey (they send them out every two years):
If you became convinced that running ultras is bad for your health, would you still do it?
running under the BigSky
Some interesting stuff. I fit well into the age category of first ultra and was a little higher with years running before first ultra.. It would be interesting to see what the average age of first marathon is to see if there is a natural progression. I was a bit surprised to see 25% of first time ultra runners have been running less than 3 years.
Evidently I'm a late bloomer and also fall in the less than 3 year mark of running experience. The average annual mileage is a wee bit higher than mine, but not by much.
Interesting stuff
2023 goal 2023 miles √
2022 goal- 2022 miles √
2021 goal- 2021 miles √
Are we there, yet?
I'm an outlier in almost every category, but that doesn't really surprise me.
2024 Races:
03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles
05/11 - D3 50K 05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour
06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
Ultra Cowboy
here is the Health aspect of that study:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0083867
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Me too !!!!
2/17/24 - Forgotten Florida 100 Mile, Christmas, FL
here is the Health aspect of that study: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0083867
I do find that I'm now more prone to lung ailments, mostly in the winter- don't think it's asthma, but maybe it is??????????
My doc seems to diagnose almost any recurring lung ailment as asthma. Not sure he's right, but the medicine he gives me works :-) I only take it when I've had a cold and my lungs take a few weeks to recover.
hmmm... I'll mention that to my doc next time I have to go in; knock on wood I've only had one "episode" this winter, last winter I had three