Today’s notes and references:
The paper: Training Volume and Training Frequency Changes Associated with Boston Marathon Race Performance
link:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-025-02304-4?cjdata=MXxZfDB8WXww
Other research by the same team:
Gastrointestinal cell injury and perceived symptoms after running the Boston Marathon
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1268306/full
Exertional Heat Stroke at the Boston Marathon: Demographics and the Environment
https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fulltext/2021/09000/exertional_heat_stroke_at_the_boston_marathon_.3.aspx
The larger study I mention, of 151,000 runners, published Dec 2024:The training intensity distribution of marathon runners across performance levels
https://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/en/publications/the-training-intensity-distribution-of-marathon-runners-across-pe
Our video breaking down the previous study:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39QVsDoCK8s
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