Table 1.
Morphological characteristics, training status and race time of the participants.
Figure 1.
Running pace during a marathon in a warm environment (27 °C).
Data are mean ± SD for 40 amateur marathon runners. (*) Different from the running pace at the beginning of the race (0 to 5 km) at P<0.05.
Figure 2.
Running pace during a marathon according to the running fatigue experienced from the first 5-km to the end of the race.
We have established two groups: runners that preserved their running pace fairly well (N = 22; a running pace decrease of under 15%) and runners with a pronounced decrease in running speed (N = 18; a running pace decrease of over 15%). (*) Different from runners with a pronounced decrease in running pace, at P<0.05.
Table 2.
Whole blood responses before (Pre) and after (Post) a marathon race.
Table 3.
Blood serum responses before (Pre) and after (Post) a marathon race.
Table 4.
Post-race values for runners that moderately preserved their running pace during a marathon (N = 22; maintained speed) and runners with a pronounced decrease in their running speed (N = 18; reduced speed).