Pacing and Performance Analysis of the World’s Fastest Female Ultra-Triathlete in 5x and 10x Ironman

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

CaioVictor Sousa¹  PantelisT. Nikolaidis²  VicenteJavier Clemente-Suárez³  Beat Knechtle⁴  Thomas Rosemann⁴ 

[1] Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA;Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Thermopylon 7, 18450 Nikaia, Greece;Faculty of Sport Sciences, European University of Madrid, C/ Tajo, s/n. Urb. El Bosque, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain;Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Pestalozzistr. 24, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland;

关键词: cycling;    fatigue;    running;    swimming;    ultra-endurance;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph17051543

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The aim of the present case study was to analyse the performance data of the world’s best female ultra-triathlete setting a new world record in a Quintuple (5xIronman) and Deca Iron (10xIronman) ultra-triathlon, within and between race days, and between disciplines (cycling and running) and races (Quintuple and Deca Iron ultra-triathlon). The subject was an elite female triathlete (52 kg, 169 cm) born in 1983. At the time of her world record in Quintuple Iron ultra-triathlon she had an age of 35 years and at the time of the world record in Deca Iron ultra-triathlon 36 years old. The distribution of time spent in each discipline and transitions was 8.48% in swimming, 51.67% cycling, 37.91% running, and 1.94% transitions. There was no difference between the race days of the average speed neither in cycling nor running. The running pace had a within-day variation larger than the cycling pace, and also varied more between race days. In conclusion, the world’s best female ultra-triathlete adopted a steady (even) pacing strategy for both cycling and running, without substantial variations within- or between race days, for both the world record in a Quintuple and a Deca Iron ultra-triathlon.

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