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Table 3 Checkpoints and average race speed for men and women

From: The Effects of Sex, Age and Performance Level on Pacing in Ultra-Marathon Runners in the ‘Spartathlon’

Race sections

Checkpoints

Average checkpoint speed (m/s)

Men

Women

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Athens to Corinth

Checkpoint 1

2.92

0.22

2.52

4.00

2.85

0.18

2.28

3.44

 

Checkpoint 2

2.90

0.26

2.18

3.97

2.80

0.22

2.22

3.59

 

Checkpoint 3

2.51

0.28

1.94

3.52

2.48

0.24

2.04

3.22

Corinth to Nemea

Checkpoint 4

2.23

0.34

1.20

3.48

2.22

0.33

1.32

4.09

 

Checkpoint 5

2.07

0.31

1.42

3.13

2.07

0.29

1.60

2.93

Nemea to Nestani (via Lyrkeia)

Checkpoint 6

1.74

0.26

1.26

2.871

1.72

0.24

1.27

2.74

 

Checkpoint 7

1.53

0.23

0.88

2.51

1.50

0.21

0.92

2.24

Nestani to Tegea

Checkpoint 8

1.91

0.25

1.02

3.14

1.90

0.21

1.40

2.59

Tegea to Sparta

Checkpoint 9

1.82

0.20

0.91

2.70

1.80

0.16

1.31

2.38

 

Checkpoint 10

2.09

0.42

1.06

3.60

2.06

0.35

1.26

3.19

Total

Average running speed

2.22

0.32

1.18

3.40

2.21

0.28

1.41

3.12

  1. m/s meters/second, SD standard deviation, Min minimumvalue, Max maximum value