Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Performance of Marathon Runners

[EN] Analyzing the performance of marathon runners is a study of vital importance for optimizing athletes' results. The COVID-19 pandemic and its measures against its spread resulted in a drastic change in the way of life of most of the population, including athletes, who saw their training...

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Autores: Lluch Crespo, Javier|||0000-0002-4317-0806, Martínez Jiménez, Félix|||0000-0002-3369-4286, Abad Cerdá, Francisco José|||0000-0001-5896-8645, Garrido Martinez, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/225992
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/225992
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Athlete performance
COVID-19
Marathon
Pace behavior
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Performance of Marathon Runners
title Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Performance of Marathon Runners
spellingShingle Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Performance of Marathon Runners
Lluch Crespo, Javier|||0000-0002-4317-0806
Athlete performance
COVID-19
Marathon
Pace behavior
title_short Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Performance of Marathon Runners
title_full Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Performance of Marathon Runners
title_fullStr Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Performance of Marathon Runners
title_full_unstemmed Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Performance of Marathon Runners
title_sort Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Performance of Marathon Runners
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lluch Crespo, Javier|||0000-0002-4317-0806
Martínez Jiménez, Félix|||0000-0002-3369-4286
Abad Cerdá, Francisco José|||0000-0001-5896-8645
Garrido Martinez, Javier
author Lluch Crespo, Javier|||0000-0002-4317-0806
author_facet Lluch Crespo, Javier|||0000-0002-4317-0806
Martínez Jiménez, Félix|||0000-0002-3369-4286
Abad Cerdá, Francisco José|||0000-0001-5896-8645
Garrido Martinez, Javier
author_role author
author2 Martínez Jiménez, Félix|||0000-0002-3369-4286
Abad Cerdá, Francisco José|||0000-0001-5896-8645
Garrido Martinez, Javier
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada
Instituto Universitario de Automática e Informática Industrial
Instituto Universitario de Matemática Pura y Aplicada
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural
Generalitat Valenciana
European Regional Development Fund
Universitat Politècnica de València
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Athlete performance
COVID-19
Marathon
Pace behavior
topic Athlete performance
COVID-19
Marathon
Pace behavior
description [EN] Analyzing the performance of marathon runners is a study of vital importance for optimizing athletes' results. The COVID-19 pandemic and its measures against its spread resulted in a drastic change in the way of life of most of the population, including athletes, who saw their training habits modified, in addition to the possible short-, medium-, and long-term consequences that infection with the new virus could cause in their health. This study analyzes through normality analysis, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Chi-square tests, and the Wasserstein distance the finish times and paces of more than 900k athletes (filtered by age range and gender) in major marathons in different cities around the world to determine the effects of the pandemic on their performance. The analysis using the Wasserstein distance shows that the period of years with the most significant differences in race pace was 2019-2021 (pre- and postpandemic years) in practically all the marathons analyzed, while the analysis using chi-square shows differences in that period of years in some cities, age, and gender groups. We found significant differences between 2019 and 2021 in pace behavior in some age and gender groups, shown by the Wasserstein distance and chi-square test.
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Agencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023 PID2022-139449NB-I00 DINAMICA DE OPERADORES Y ECUACIONES DE EVOLUCION
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