This man is the only person to have run the first New York City Marathon in 1970 and run the 50th next Sunday. HIs name is Larry Trachtenberg.
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Carbonaro, G., Cei, A., Ruscello, B, e Quagliarotti, C. (2020). La maratona di Roma: caratteristiche motivazionali e strutturali dei partecipanti. Atletica Studi, 2, 39-52.
A year later, the research report on the participation in the 2019 Rome Marathon, thanks to the organization of the event by Italian Track and Field Federation, is published. The research has investigated the motivational profiles, and some references on the training habits of marathon runners, according to the various age groups. The world of runners is still largely unexplored and this is a stimulus to deepen its characteristics from different points of view.
It took 11 hours, 41 minutes and 58 seconds, but Roy Svenningsen of Edmonton, at 84, became the oldest person ever to complete a marathon in Antarctica when he crossed the finish line of the Antarctic Ice Marathon on Friday. (Results unofficial.) Race director Richard Donovan praised Roy’s accomplishment and said “It’s a fantastic achievement and one to inspire generations of athletes.”
Svenningsen, a retired oil executive, has run more than 50 marathons on five continents. His first was the Calgary marathon, back in 1964, and he posted his fastest time (an impressive 2:38) in Helsinki, Finland.
The Antarctic Ice Marathon is the southernmost marathon in the world. It takes place at 80 degrees south latitude, at the foot of the Ellsworth Mountains, only a few hundred miles from the South Pole. It is one of two official running events that take place inside the Antarctic Circle on mainland Antarctica. (The other is the Antarctica International Marathon, which kicks off the World Marathon Challenge, in February.) Runners face very challenging conditions, with temperatures as low as -20 C.
In the same race this weekend, Susan Ragon of Cambridge, Mass. became the oldest woman to finish a marathon in Antarctica, at 69. Her time was 7:38:32. Ragon, who came to marathon running relatively late in life, has run the Boston Marathon 20 times, and set her personal best of 3:52 there in 2008, at age 58.
The race was won by William Hafferty of Boston, who set an event record in 3:34:12, and Lenka Frycova of the Czech Republic in 4:40:38.
Eliud KipchogeKenyan
- 35 years, 1m67, 52 Kg
- Marathon runner, 230km week
- Married, 3 children
- Olympic gold and world recordman on the marathon in 2h1m39s
Goal: Run the marathon in 1h59m in Vienna in the next few days
Mental Attitude (mindset)
- Training, passion and self-discipline
- He writes down everything he does in notebooks.
- He writes down his feelings to remember them
- Read Aristotle, Confucius and Paul Coelho
- He runs with his mind relaxed
- “Respect a law, that of never telling you lies”
- “Only the disciplined are free, the others are slaves to moods and passions.”
- “When I train, I try to feel my body and give more and more. I don’t believe in limits.
- “You have to have a great conviction and a team that believes in you and supports you. Shoes are also important. And then you have to be stronger than any other runner in the past. Everything is possible”.
- “Marathon is life. If you want to be happy you have to enjoy life and I enjoy running the marathon. That’s why I smile.
He leads a spartan life:
- Always gets up at 5 a.m. in Kaptagat (Kenya)
- The weekend returns to the family
- He cleans his room and bathroom
- He washes his knits and socks in a bowl that he then spreads like the others
- In the afternoon, he drinks a cup of tea and eats a slice of bread.
(Source: Emanuela Audisio, Repubblica e correre.it)
Kenesisa Bekele after a series of physical problems and negative results participated in the Berlin marathon to relaunch his career on the fast path of the German capital, where three years ago he won in 2h03’03”.
He succeeded in his aim not only by winning the race but also by setting a crazy time of 2h01’41”, just 2 seconds from the world record of Eliud Kipchoge. Below is the comparison of the passages of the two athletes every 5km (source: Ross Tucker, @Scienceofsport).
The drastic reduction in the use of plastic during sport competitions must be a goal of the organisers.
The solution introduced in the London Marathon seems effective. In the 2018 edition, 919,000 plastic bottles were used, the use of which was reduced to 700,000 in 2019. These will be reused to build new plastic bottles.
200,000 bottles have been replaced with the use of bubbles containing water or mineral salts that could be ingested by runners consisting of a totally edible membrane derived from a natural algae. The casing can also be thrown away and biodegrades in 6 weeks instead of 450 years, as is the case with plastic. It is produced by the company Skipping Rocks Lab
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The strenuous physical activity tends to decrease in most animals with increasing age. In humans this is not always true, because it is noted today a significant increase of individuals who continue to remain physically active even when they are older.
In recent years the worldwide success is experiencing the marathon (42.195 km) is a demonstration of this track.
- In Italy 2018, 37,874 individuals whose 6,872 are women have been finishers.
- It is increased the number of runners who run the marathon with times from four hours and thirty minutes: this year were 9508, corresponding to an increase of 25% compared to 2017.
- In our country, just 43 athletes have raced in less than two hours and thirty equivalent to a decrease of 23.2% compared to 2017.
- Even the group between three hours and three hours and thirty decreased of 28.6% and it corresponds to 6,553 individuals.
- The largest number of finishers was between three hours forty five and four hours: 4,752 (- 5.8% compared to the previous year).
He’s probably right Daniele Menarini explaining these data of the increased of the slow-running as linked to the diffusion of fitwalking and nordic walking. The marathon continues to be a challenge with oneself also at low speeds. Accepting this approach can lead to a conception of this race as a motivating experience even for those who do not run (or walk) with the logic of time but to live an experience that as a citizen is still extreme. Menarini suggests at this regard to increase the maximum time to accommodate more participants, following the spirit of what is happening in Japan. Murakami Haruki, the writer-marathoner, reminds us:
“In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.”
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