Elite Marathon

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I choose this topic as I am an avid runner and have a keen interest in the sport of running. I found it quite challenging to refine my topic, as running is such a broad one. I thought about my future in running, where my coach and I believe I have the most potential in the longer distance races such as the marathon. I, therefore, was interested in looking how I could reach the highest level and how I could run an elite marathon in the future. I narrowed the topic down to energy systems and marathon performances as I felt knowing more about this topic would improve my running. My outcome was presented in the form of an essay. The key finding of my research is that there are major differences in elite marathon performance philosophies and training, …show more content…

(Leif Inge Tjelta, 2016) Therefore, it is critical that the coach/athlete adopt the right model based on factors including the athletes physiological profile, running history, past adaptions to types of training, propensity to get injured and what types of running the athlete most enjoys and believes benefits them the most (psychological). (Hudson, B & Fitzgerald, M 2008). It is unlikely that my outcome will be of use to the general public due to its foundation in technique running lingo and prior knowledge on some of these topics is necessary. For this reason, my outcome can be considered to be valuable for athletes or coaches or an educated running audience who might explore how to train or run an elite marathon. If someone were to do this project, it would be essential that they had access to an elite athlete or elite coach as a primary source, to further investigate some of these topics. However, it is unlikely that some of the questions needing to be answered by primary sources, that the sources would give these answer to anyone. As often those answers are what makes them such a good coach and that it who they make a living through running. So I would recommend that anyone who would want to investigate this topic has to have a close and trustworthy relationship with the necessary primary

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