Dietary Intake of Recreational Endurance Runners Associated with Race Distance—Results from the NURMI Study (Step 2) by Derrick Tanous, Karl-Heinz Wagner, Claus Leitzmann, Mohamad Motevalli, Gerold Wirnitzer, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle, Katharina Wirnitzer

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Differences in training characteristics of recreational endurance runners by race distance – results from the NURMI Study (Step 2) by Beat Knechtle, Beat Knechtle, Derrick Tanous, Derrick Tanous, Mabliny Thuany, Mohamad Motevalli, Mohamad Motevalli, Gerold Wirnitzer, Claus Leitzmann, Katja Weiss, Thomas Rosemann, Katharina Wirnitzer, Katharina Wirnitzer, Katharina Wirnitzer

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Training Behaviors and Periodization Outline of Omnivorous, Vegetarian, and Vegan Recreational Runners (Part A)—Results from the NURMI Study (Step 2) by Katharina Wirnitzer, Derrick Tanous, Mohamad Motevalli, Christian Raschner, Karl-Heinz Wagner, Gerold Wirnitzer, Claus Leitzmann, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle

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Increase in Serum Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist (IL-1ra) Levels after Wheelchair Half Marathon Race in Male Athletes with Spinal Cord Injury by Masumi Nakahama-Matsushima, Yoshi-ichiro Kamijyo, Yasunori Umemoto, Takamasa Hashizaki, Yukihide Nishimura, Kazunari Furusawa, Yohei Furotani, Fumihiro Tajima, Ken Kouda

“…This study compared the effects of wheelchair half marathon on the immune system of male athletes with CSCI and those with thoracic/lumber spinal cord injury (SCI). …”
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Effects of Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) on exercise-induced oxidative stress, muscle damage, and pain following a half-marathon: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial by Eric D. Withee, Kimberly M. Tippens, Regina Dehen, Deanne Tibbitts, Douglas Hanes, Heather Zwickey

“…Results Running a half-marathon induced significant increases in all outcome measures (p < 0.001). …”
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Myocardial Work Index: A Novel Method for Assessment of Myocardial Function in South Asian Recreational Athletes by Shantanu Sengupta, Renuka Jain, Nitin Burkule, Susan Olet, Bijoy K. Khandheria

“…Purpose: We used a novel noninvasive method based on speckle-tracking echocardiography to evaluate myocardial performance in South Asian recreational athletes who completed a half marathon. Methods: Transthoracic echocardiography was performed on 24 recreational athletes 48 hours before they took part in a half marathon (premarathon), within 2 hours of half marathon completion (postmarathon), and 72 hours after completion. …”
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Effects of Monomeric and Oligomeric Flavanols on Kidney Function, Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Runners: A Randomized Double-Blind Pilot Study by Khrystyna O. Semen, Antje R. Weseler, Marcel J. W. Janssen, Marie-José Drittij-Reijnders, Jos L. M. L. le Noble, Aalt Bast

“…Urine samples were collected before and after the ibuprofen/half-marathon, and biomarkers of kidney injury, inflammation and oxidative stress were assessed. …”
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Estudo preditibo da intensidade de corrida na meia-maratona com base na relação lactato-velocidade obtida num teste de terreno by Paulo J. M. Santos

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity of a field test in predicting the half-marathon (21095m) performance. Eighteen long-distance runners performed a total of 33 half-marathons and an equal amount of incrementai field tests (4x2000m) to established the relationship between running speed and blood lactate leveis. …”
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Elderly female ultra-marathoners reduced the gap to male ultra-marathoners in Swiss running races by Beat Knechtle, Anja Witthöft, David Valero, Mabliny Thuany, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Volker Scheer, Pedro Forte, Katja Weiss

“…The results showed that female runners were more prevalent in shorter races (5, 10 km, half-marathon) and outnumbered male runners in 5 km races. …”
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Sex Differences in Supplement Intake in Recreational Endurance Runners—Results from the NURMI Study (Step 2) by Katharina Wirnitzer, Mohamad Motevalli, Derrick R. Tanous, Martina Gregori, Gerold Wirnitzer, Claus Leitzmann, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle

“…The present study aimed to investigate and compare supplement intake between female and male distance runners (10 km, half-marathon, (ultra-)marathon) and the potential associations with diet type and race distance. …”
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Motivations to run among university students by Koh, Zuo Hong

“…Ten runners (6 male and 4 female) who are current university students and have ran a half-marathon or marathon in their university candidature were interviewed. …”
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Motivations of inhabitants of large urban agglomerations to participate in mass running events by Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko, Joanna Poczta, Maciej Młodzik

“…There were slight differences in the motifs of the participation of the inhabitants of the city in which the half-marathon is organized and tourists.…”
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Myocardial Infarction in Young Athletes by Mariusz Dotka, Łukasz A. Małek

“…The second case describes a 36-year-old male semi-professional runner who collapsed at the finish line of a half-marathon and was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. …”
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Prestige and running events? An investigation on the effect of the former on the latter by Yeo, Matthew Ming Chong

“…This study sought to explore how the prestige of a running event affects the intent of half marathon participants to participate in that event. …”
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Increased levels of alveolar and airway exhaled nitric oxide in runners by Alexandra Thornadtsson, Nikola Drca, Fabio Ricciardolo, Marieann Högman

“…Methods: The athletes participated in either a marathon or a half marathon. The athletes self-reported their age, weight, height, training distance per week, competing distance, cardio-pulmonary health, atopic status, and use of tobacco. …”
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Differences in race history by distance of recreational endurance runners from The NURMI Study (Step 2) by Beat Knechtle, Derrick Tanous, Mabliny Thuany, Mohamad Motevalli, Gerold Wirnitzer, Claus Leitzmann, Katja Weiss, Thomas Rosemann, Katharina Wirnitzer

“…Runners competing in different race distances such as 10 km, half-marathon, marathon, and ultra-marathon presented differences in training background and habits according to the distance of preference.…”
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Gender differences in footwear characteristics between half and full marathons in China: a cross-sectional survey by Yuyu Xia, Siqin Shen, Sheng-Wei Jia, Jin Teng, Yaodong Gu, Gusztáv Fekete, Tamás Korim, Haotian Zhao, Qiang Wei, Fan Yang

“…The full marathon participants were older than the half marathon participants. There was no gender difference in the importance of shoe features to elite runners. …”
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Unusual cause of exercise-induced ventricular fibrillation in a well-trained adult endurance athlete: a case report by Vogt Stefan, Koenig Daniel, Prettin Stephan, Pottgiesser Torben, Allgeier Juergen, Dickhuth Hans-Hermann, Hirschmueller Anja

“…</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A 48-year-old man who was a well-trained, long-distance runner collapsed at the finish of a half marathon because of a myocardial infarction with ventricular fibrillation. …”
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The most common cause of sudden cardiac death in athletes by Topalović Nikola, Mazić Sanja

“…Pedo (Pedoe) has divided all causes of SCD in the sport into three categories: Commotio cordis (agitation of the heart), which results from blunt impact to the athletes chest with consequent fatal disorder of heart rhythm; SCD of athletes under the age of 35 because of structural, congenital and inflammatory heart disease, which includes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as the most important cause of sudden cardiac death, congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and other; SCD of athletes older than 35 years which is most common due coronary artery disease - atherosclerosis (the dominant risk in the marathon and half-marathon). .…”
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Female Endurance Runners Have a Healthier Diet than Males—Results from the NURMI Study (Step 2) by Mohamad Motevalli, Karl-Heinz Wagner, Claus Leitzmann, Derrick Tanous, Gerold Wirnitzer, Beat Knechtle, Katharina Wirnitzer

“…Participants were classified to race distance (10-km, half-marathon, marathon/ultra-marathon) and type of diet (omnivorous, vegetarian, vegan) subgroups. …”
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