Influence of Different Performance Levels on the Running Strategy During the 10,000 Meters of the World Athletics Championship: A Retrospective Study (2015 and 2017)

• Autor(a) principal: Borba, Diego Alcantara
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: da Silva, André Luiz França, Caldeira, Rafael Ramos, Ferreira-júnior, João Batista
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Educação Física
• Texto Completo: https://revistadeeducacaofisica.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/848
• topic: atletismo; velocidade; corrida; endurance; alto rendimento; athletics, speed, running, endurance, high performance; athletics; speed; running; endurance; high performance

Introduction: Long-distance running performance is influenced by the pacing strategy. However, it is not clear whether there is difference on the strategy used by athletes related to different levels of competitive results. Objective: To identify the preferred running strategies used by high-performance athletes of long distance running according to performance levels. Methods: Observational, retrospective study, with a convenience sample (n=30) of athletes that participated in the long-distance running of 10,000m at two World Championships of the International Athletics Federation (2015 and 2017). The performance level was determined according to the ranking results of the race. The group of first (the top five) (FG), the five intermediary positions (10th to 14th place, central positions of the data set) (IG) and last five (18th to 22nd place) (LG) of each championship. The running strategy was determined by the variation and speed values in the partials (partials = 1km to 10km). Two-way and one-way ANOVA were used to compare inter and intra-group partials’ time results. Results: For FG, the speed of the race varied positively over the entire course in the GP, with the higher speed at the 10 km partial, configuring the positive pacing strategy in “J” shape. For IG, there was no statistically significant change in speed throughout the course, characterizing steady pacing strategy. For LG there was negative speed variation (negative pacing strategy) Conclusion: The different changes in running speed between the groups suggest that the strategy is affected by the level of performance of the athletes. Results were discussed.