Inverse relationship between percentage body weight change and finishing time in 643 forty-two-kilometre marathon runners

Zouhal, Hassane; Groussard, Carole; Minter, Guenolé; Vincent, Sophie; Crétual, Armel; Gratas‐Delamarche, Arlette; Delamarche, Paul; D. Noakes, Timothy

doi:10.1136/bjsm.2010.074641

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Inverse relationship between percentage body weight change and finishing time in 643 forty-two-kilometre marathon runners

Published in British Journal of Sports Medicine • Dec 15, 2010

Authors:

Hassane Zouhal

Carole Groussard

Guenolé Minter

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between athletic performance and the change in body weight (BW) during a 42 km marathon in a large cohort of runners. METHODS: The study took place during the 2009 Mont Saint-Michel Marathon (France). 643 marathon finishers (560 ...

Subject

Athletes

Medicine

Weight loss

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