Note on Marathon

Why no autopsies on marathon deaths?

The Boston Marathon versus the World Marathon Majors

PURPOSE To compare finish times across WMM races for Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York Marathons. METHODS Race times of the top 10 male and 10 female finishers were analyzed from 2005 to 2014 using the high-performance mixed linear model procedure in the Statistical Analysis System. Venue-to-venue comparisons, as well as comparisons between Boston and other WMM races, with and with...

the effects of cognitive strategies- note making and underlining- on iranian efl learners’ reading comprehension

هدف از انجام این مطالعه ، بررسی اثرات استفاده از استراتژی های شناختی یعنی "نت برداری" و "زیر خط کردن" بر روی عملکرد درک مطلب زبان آموزان ایرانی می باشد. به این منظور، 60 زبان آموز دختر سال چهارم دبیرستان از طریق آزمون پیشرفت زبان انگلیسی (نلسون)، از یک جامعه آماری بزرگتر انتخاب شدند. سپس به صورت تصادفی به سه گروه که هر گروه شامل ?0 دانش آموز همسان بود، تقسیم شدند: دو گروه آزمایش(گروه "نت برداری...

The Boston Marathon Tragedy

H ow shocking and sad! Patriots Day—April 15, 2013— Boston blasted into the US history books as terrorists strike the Boston Marathon! An event that celebrates the physical training and conditioning of thousands of dedicated athletes, young and old, attacked by those intending to harm Americans and American life. Several dead, including an 8-year-old boy who just wanted to see his dad run the m...

Differences in age of peak marathon performance between mountain and city marathon running - The ‘Jungfrau Marathon’ in Switzerland.

The age of the best marathon performance has been well investigated for flat city marathon running, but not for mountain marathon running. The aim of this study was to determine the age of the best mountain marathon performance and to compare to results of a flat city marathon. Race times and ages of finishers of a mountain marathon with 1,830 m of altitude change (Jungfrau Marathon, Switzerlan...