Environment and scheduling effects on sprint and middle distance running performances.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Achievement of athletes' performances is related to several factors including physiological, environmental and institutional cycles where physical characteristics are involved. The objective of this study is to analyse the performance achieved in professional sprint and middle-distance running events (100 m to 1500 m) depending on the organization of the annual calendar of track events and their environmental conditions.

Methods

From 2002 to 2008, all performances of the Top 50 international athletes in the 100 m to 1500 m races (men and women) are collected. The historical series of world records and the 10 best annual performances in these events, amounted to a total of 26,544 performances, are also included in the study.

Results

Two periods with a higher fr

SUBMITTER: Haida A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3868388 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature