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Pacing and Performance Analysis of the World’s Fastest Female Ultra-Triathlete in 5x and 10x Ironman

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  • Caio Victor Sousa

    (Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA)

  • Pantelis T. Nikolaidis

    (Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Thermopylon 7, 18450 Nikaia, Greece)

  • Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez

    (Faculty of Sport Sciences, European University of Madrid, C/ Tajo, s/n. Urb. El Bosque, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain
    Grupo de Investigación en Cultura, Educación y Sociedad, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia)

  • Thomas Rosemann

    (Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Pestalozzistr. 24, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland)

  • Beat Knechtle

    (Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Pestalozzistr. 24, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland
    Medbase St. Gallen Am Vadianplatz, Vadianstrasse 26, 9001 St. Gallen, Switzerland)

Abstract

The aim of the present case study was to analyse the performance data of the world’s best female ultra-triathlete setting a new world record in a Quintuple (5xIronman) and Deca Iron (10xIronman) ultra-triathlon, within and between race days, and between disciplines (cycling and running) and races (Quintuple and Deca Iron ultra-triathlon). The subject was an elite female triathlete (52 kg, 169 cm) born in 1983. At the time of her world record in Quintuple Iron ultra-triathlon she had an age of 35 years and at the time of the world record in Deca Iron ultra-triathlon 36 years old. The distribution of time spent in each discipline and transitions was 8.48% in swimming, 51.67% cycling, 37.91% running, and 1.94% transitions. There was no difference between the race days of the average speed neither in cycling nor running. The running pace had a within-day variation larger than the cycling pace, and also varied more between race days. In conclusion, the world’s best female ultra-triathlete adopted a steady (even) pacing strategy for both cycling and running, without substantial variations within- or between race days, for both the world record in a Quintuple and a Deca Iron ultra-triathlon.

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  • Caio Victor Sousa & Pantelis T. Nikolaidis & Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez & Thomas Rosemann & Beat Knechtle, 2020. "Pacing and Performance Analysis of the World’s Fastest Female Ultra-Triathlete in 5x and 10x Ironman," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-9, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:5:p:1543-:d:325935
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    1. Lucas Pinheiro Barbosa & Caio Victor Sousa & Marcelo Magalhães Sales & Rafael dos Reis Olher & Samuel Silva Aguiar & Patrick Anderson Santos & Eduard Tiozzo & Herbert Gustavo Simões & Pantelis Theodor, 2019. "Celebrating 40 Years of Ironman: How the Champions Perform," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-9, March.
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