The Role of Environmental Conditions on Master Marathon Running Performance in 1,280,557 Finishers the ‘New York City Marathon’ From 1970 to 2019 by Beat Knechtle, Beat Knechtle, Carlyn McGrath, Olivia Goncerz, Elias Villiger, Pantelis Theodoros Nikolaidis, Thimo Marcin, Caio Victor Sousa

“…Aim: This study investigated the influence of weather conditions on running performance in female and male age group runners in the largest marathon in the world, the “New York City Marathon.”Methods: The analysis included data from 1,280,557 finishers the “New York City Marathon” from the years 1970 to 2019. …”
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Relationship between running performance and weather in elite marathoners competing in the New York City Marathon by Katja Weiss, David Valero, Elias Villiger, Mabliny Thuany, Ivan Cuk, Volker Scheer, Beat Knechtle

“…For elite runners competing in the ‘New York City Marathon’ between 1999 and 2019, the main findings were that elite runners became faster with increasing humidity and sunshine duration while overall runners became slower with increasing temperature, increasing humidity and sunshine duration. …”
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The Influence of Environmental Conditions on Pacing in Age Group Marathoners Competing in the “New York City Marathon” by Katja Weiss, David Valero, Elias Villiger, Volker Scheer, Mabliny Thuany, Ivan Cuk, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle, Beat Knechtle

“…The influence of environmental conditions on the pacing of age group marathoners has, however, not been considered yet.Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between environmental conditions (i.e., temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, and cloud cover), gender and pacing of age group marathoners in the “New York City Marathon”.Methodology: Between 1999 and 2019, a total of 830,255 finishes (526,500 males and 303,755 females) were recorded. …”
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