Cargando…

Training and Racing Behaviors of Omnivorous, Vegetarian, and Vegan Endurance Runners—Results from the NURMI Study (Step 1)

As a key modulator of training adaptations and racing performance, nutrition plays a critical role in endurance runners’ success, and the training/racing behaviors of runners are potentially affected by their diet types. The present study aimed to investigate whether distance runners with a vegan di...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wirnitzer, Katharina, Motevalli, Mohamad, Tanous, Derrick, Wirnitzer, Gerold, Leitzmann, Claus, Wagner, Karl-Heinz, Rosemann, Thomas, Knechtle, Beat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34684522
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13103521
_version_ 1784588338917801984
author Wirnitzer, Katharina
Motevalli, Mohamad
Tanous, Derrick
Wirnitzer, Gerold
Leitzmann, Claus
Wagner, Karl-Heinz
Rosemann, Thomas
Knechtle, Beat
author_facet Wirnitzer, Katharina
Motevalli, Mohamad
Tanous, Derrick
Wirnitzer, Gerold
Leitzmann, Claus
Wagner, Karl-Heinz
Rosemann, Thomas
Knechtle, Beat
author_sort Wirnitzer, Katharina
collection PubMed
description As a key modulator of training adaptations and racing performance, nutrition plays a critical role in endurance runners’ success, and the training/racing behaviors of runners are potentially affected by their diet types. The present study aimed to investigate whether distance runners with a vegan diet (i.e., devoid of foods or ingredients from animal sources), vegetarian diet (i.e., devoid of meat and flesh foods), and omnivorous diet (i.e., a mixed diet with no restriction on food sources) have different training and racing patterns in general and based on race distance subgroups. A total of 3835 recreational runners completed an online survey. Runners were assigned to dietary (omnivorous, vegetarian, and vegan) and race distance (<21 km, half-marathon, and marathon/ultra-marathon) groups. In addition to sociodemographic information, a complete profile of data sets focusing on running and racing behaviors/patterns was evaluated using a questionnaire-based epidemiological approach. There were 1272 omnivores (47% females), 598 vegetarians (64% females), and 994 vegans (65% females). Compared to vegans and vegetarians, omnivorous runners prepared for a longer time period for running events, had a higher number of half-marathons and marathons completed with a better finish time, and had more reliance on training under supervision (p < 0.05). The present findings indicate an important association of diet types with patterns of training and racing amongst endurance runners that may be related to different motives of omnivorous, vegetarian, and vegan runners for participating in events.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8537760
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-85377602021-10-24 Training and Racing Behaviors of Omnivorous, Vegetarian, and Vegan Endurance Runners—Results from the NURMI Study (Step 1) Wirnitzer, Katharina Motevalli, Mohamad Tanous, Derrick Wirnitzer, Gerold Leitzmann, Claus Wagner, Karl-Heinz Rosemann, Thomas Knechtle, Beat Nutrients Article As a key modulator of training adaptations and racing performance, nutrition plays a critical role in endurance runners’ success, and the training/racing behaviors of runners are potentially affected by their diet types. The present study aimed to investigate whether distance runners with a vegan diet (i.e., devoid of foods or ingredients from animal sources), vegetarian diet (i.e., devoid of meat and flesh foods), and omnivorous diet (i.e., a mixed diet with no restriction on food sources) have different training and racing patterns in general and based on race distance subgroups. A total of 3835 recreational runners completed an online survey. Runners were assigned to dietary (omnivorous, vegetarian, and vegan) and race distance (<21 km, half-marathon, and marathon/ultra-marathon) groups. In addition to sociodemographic information, a complete profile of data sets focusing on running and racing behaviors/patterns was evaluated using a questionnaire-based epidemiological approach. There were 1272 omnivores (47% females), 598 vegetarians (64% females), and 994 vegans (65% females). Compared to vegans and vegetarians, omnivorous runners prepared for a longer time period for running events, had a higher number of half-marathons and marathons completed with a better finish time, and had more reliance on training under supervision (p < 0.05). The present findings indicate an important association of diet types with patterns of training and racing amongst endurance runners that may be related to different motives of omnivorous, vegetarian, and vegan runners for participating in events. MDPI 2021-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8537760/ /pubmed/34684522 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13103521 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Wirnitzer, Katharina
Motevalli, Mohamad
Tanous, Derrick
Wirnitzer, Gerold
Leitzmann, Claus
Wagner, Karl-Heinz
Rosemann, Thomas
Knechtle, Beat
Training and Racing Behaviors of Omnivorous, Vegetarian, and Vegan Endurance Runners—Results from the NURMI Study (Step 1)
title Training and Racing Behaviors of Omnivorous, Vegetarian, and Vegan Endurance Runners—Results from the NURMI Study (Step 1)
title_full Training and Racing Behaviors of Omnivorous, Vegetarian, and Vegan Endurance Runners—Results from the NURMI Study (Step 1)
title_fullStr Training and Racing Behaviors of Omnivorous, Vegetarian, and Vegan Endurance Runners—Results from the NURMI Study (Step 1)
title_full_unstemmed Training and Racing Behaviors of Omnivorous, Vegetarian, and Vegan Endurance Runners—Results from the NURMI Study (Step 1)
title_short Training and Racing Behaviors of Omnivorous, Vegetarian, and Vegan Endurance Runners—Results from the NURMI Study (Step 1)
title_sort training and racing behaviors of omnivorous, vegetarian, and vegan endurance runners—results from the nurmi study (step 1)
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34684522
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13103521
work_keys_str_mv AT wirnitzerkatharina trainingandracingbehaviorsofomnivorousvegetarianandveganendurancerunnersresultsfromthenurmistudystep1
AT motevallimohamad trainingandracingbehaviorsofomnivorousvegetarianandveganendurancerunnersresultsfromthenurmistudystep1
AT tanousderrick trainingandracingbehaviorsofomnivorousvegetarianandveganendurancerunnersresultsfromthenurmistudystep1
AT wirnitzergerold trainingandracingbehaviorsofomnivorousvegetarianandveganendurancerunnersresultsfromthenurmistudystep1
AT leitzmannclaus trainingandracingbehaviorsofomnivorousvegetarianandveganendurancerunnersresultsfromthenurmistudystep1
AT wagnerkarlheinz trainingandracingbehaviorsofomnivorousvegetarianandveganendurancerunnersresultsfromthenurmistudystep1
AT rosemannthomas trainingandracingbehaviorsofomnivorousvegetarianandveganendurancerunnersresultsfromthenurmistudystep1
AT knechtlebeat trainingandracingbehaviorsofomnivorousvegetarianandveganendurancerunnersresultsfromthenurmistudystep1