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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Running
Background and objectives: The COVID-19 outbreak has become a major health and economic crisis. The World Health Organization declared it a pandemic in March 2020, and many sporting events were canceled. Materials and Methods: We examined the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on endurance and ultra-e...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7827107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33435292 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57010052 |
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author | Scheer, Volker Valero, David Villiger, Elias Rosemann, Thomas Knechtle, Beat |
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description | Background and objectives: The COVID-19 outbreak has become a major health and economic crisis. The World Health Organization declared it a pandemic in March 2020, and many sporting events were canceled. Materials and Methods: We examined the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on endurance and ultra-endurance running (UER) and analyzed finishes and events during the COVID-19 pandemic (observation period March 2020–October 2020) to the same time period pre-COVID-19 outbreak (March 2019–October 2019). Results: Endurance finishes decreased during the pandemic (459,029 to 42,656 (male: 277,493 to 25,582; female 181,536 to 17,074; all p < 0.001). Similarly, the numbers of endurance events decreased (213 vs. 61 events; p < 0.001). Average marathon finishing times decreased during the pandemic in men (5:18:03 ± 0:16:34 vs. 4:43:08 ± 0:25:08 h:min:s (p = 0.006)) and women (5:39:32 ± 0:19:29 vs. 5:14:29 ± 0:26:36 h:min:s (p = 0.02)). In UER, finishes decreased significantly (580,289 to 110,055; p < 0.001) as did events (5839 to 1791; p < 0.001). Popular event locations in United States, France, UK, and Germany decreased significantly (p < 0.05). All distance and time-limited UER events saw significant decreases (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant effect on endurance and UER, and it is unlikely that running activities return to pre-pandemic levels any time soon. Mitigation strategies and safety protocols should be established. |
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spelling | pubmed-78271072021-01-25 The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Running Scheer, Volker Valero, David Villiger, Elias Rosemann, Thomas Knechtle, Beat Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and objectives: The COVID-19 outbreak has become a major health and economic crisis. The World Health Organization declared it a pandemic in March 2020, and many sporting events were canceled. Materials and Methods: We examined the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on endurance and ultra-endurance running (UER) and analyzed finishes and events during the COVID-19 pandemic (observation period March 2020–October 2020) to the same time period pre-COVID-19 outbreak (March 2019–October 2019). Results: Endurance finishes decreased during the pandemic (459,029 to 42,656 (male: 277,493 to 25,582; female 181,536 to 17,074; all p < 0.001). Similarly, the numbers of endurance events decreased (213 vs. 61 events; p < 0.001). Average marathon finishing times decreased during the pandemic in men (5:18:03 ± 0:16:34 vs. 4:43:08 ± 0:25:08 h:min:s (p = 0.006)) and women (5:39:32 ± 0:19:29 vs. 5:14:29 ± 0:26:36 h:min:s (p = 0.02)). In UER, finishes decreased significantly (580,289 to 110,055; p < 0.001) as did events (5839 to 1791; p < 0.001). Popular event locations in United States, France, UK, and Germany decreased significantly (p < 0.05). All distance and time-limited UER events saw significant decreases (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant effect on endurance and UER, and it is unlikely that running activities return to pre-pandemic levels any time soon. Mitigation strategies and safety protocols should be established. MDPI 2021-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7827107/ /pubmed/33435292 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57010052 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Scheer, Volker Valero, David Villiger, Elias Rosemann, Thomas Knechtle, Beat The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Running |
title | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Running |
title_full | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Running |
title_fullStr | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Running |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Running |
title_short | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Running |
title_sort | impact of the covid-19 pandemic on endurance and ultra-endurance running |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7827107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33435292 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57010052 |
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