Abstract
The aim of this research was to designate and compare the pacing profiles of the Turkish and Non-Turkish female and male athletes completed and ranked in the first tenth (n = 79) in the determined half-marathon road races held in Turkey. The pacings of the athletes were divided into 5 separate segments (0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-21.1 km) and calculated on the basis of their average transition speed (min:sec/km). The differences both between the pacing profiles of the Turkish and Non-Turkish athlete groups and between the successive segments within the groups were examined separately for women and men with the variance analysis for mixed patterns. According to the results, there was no statistical differences between the pacing profiles of both female and male Turkish and Non-Turkish athletes (p > 0.05). In addition, there was also no difference between the successive segments within the groups (p > 0.05). According to these results, it can be said that the pacing profiles of the Turkish and Non-Turkish elite athletes were similar and close to even pacing profile without a last sprint. Although it was not statistically significant, all the athletes had small decreases in their pacings in the first 15 km of the race. In the last 6.1 km segment, while small increases in the pacings of the Non-Turkish female athletes were observed, the pacings of the Turkish women athletes were more even with small decreases. Considering the whole race, it was seen that the athletes showed pacing profiles close to positive and reverse J-shaped pacing profile.
Highlights
Interest in long distance running, which many elite, amateur and recreational runners have completed, increases day by day
The national half-marathons which can be reached by open access from the official websites of the determined race organizations were included in the study
It can be said that the pacing profiles of both female (Figure 2a) and male (Figure 2b) Turkish and Non-Turkish elite athletes are similar
Summary
Interest in long distance running, which many elite, amateur and recreational runners have completed, increases day by day. The popularity of half-marathon organizations in cities has increased and these races have started to take place with the participation of large masses. The fact that athletes with different performance levels participating in these organizations have different goals such as completing the race or winning the race reveals the diversity in the performances showed during the races. Each runner’s distributing his/her energy according to his/her performance throughout the race would provide an optimal level of performance. In order for an athlete to effectively use his/her energy especially during aerobics endurance type performances, s/he must distribute the speed in accord with the whole activity, in other words, s/he must adjust her/his pacing (Foster et al, 2005; Abbiss & Laursen, 2008; Roelands, de Koning, Foster, Hettinga, & Meeusen, 2013)
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