Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the associations of training volume and longest endurance run with (half‐)marathon performance and RRIs in recreational runners participating in a half marathon or marathon. To our best knowledge, performance and injury risk are not yet investigated together in one study.
So far most studies aimed to investigate the association between training and performance or between training and RRIs. More scientific knowledge on the associations between training, performance, and RRIs may give insight if this type of preparation is indeed as successful as claimed.
However, the effects of replacing all long endurance runs with training runs of high intensity and low volume remain unknown. There are some indications that replacing a small percentage of the endurance training sessions with high interval training improves endurance performance. It is claimed that this way of training decreases the injury risk, but has no effect on finish time. Currently, there is a trend in the Netherlands that runners train for a marathon with a high training intensity and training runs of maximal 14 km. It has therefore been suggested that injuries may be prevented by reducing the training volume.įor runners and their trainers, it is a challenge to find a training volume that is high enough for an optimal (half‐)marathon performance, but not that high it will increase the risk on injuries. Running more than 65 km/wk for men and between 48 and 63 km for women was found to be related to a higher risk of RRIs in recreational runners. However, a high training volume is also associated with a higher risk of running‐related injuries (RRIs). This way of training seems beneficial for (half‐)marathon performance, since a high training volume is, together with a high training pace, related to a better marathon performance time. Traditionally, training for a (half‐)marathon involves a high training volume and long endurance runs. Over the last few decades, long‐distance running grew in popularity, with more athletes participating in running events like marathons and half marathons.įor example, 15 450 athletes ran the Dutch Rotterdam Marathon in 2017, compared with only 200 in 1981.
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