Ultra-endurance running (UER) poses extreme mental and physical challenges that present
many barriers to completion, let alone performance. Despite these challenges, participation …

Background Among ultra-endurance runners (UER), the mental, behavioral, and physical
demands of training/competition can result in maladaptive outcomes. Mental health issues …

The aim of the present study was to analyse the neuroendocrine stress response,
psychological anxiety response, and perceived match importance (PMI) between expert and …

The explosion of popularity of ultra-endurance (UE) sports in the last 20 years has attracted
a lot of interest amongst sport psychologists who studied many aspects of their participants …

Overdrinking and non-osmotic arginine vasopressin release are the main risk factors for
exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH) in ultra-marathon events. However, particularly …

The aim of this study was to analyze the psychophysiological response of a Crohn's Disease
patient in an ultra-endurance event. The psychophysiological responses of a Crohn's …

Background Different supports for hydration can influence total body mass and affect
running biomechanics. Research question Do different hydration supports affect the …

A plethora of factors determine elite cycling performance. Those include training
characteristics, pacing strategy, aerodynamics, nutritional habits, psychological traits …

Good performance can be produced from a structured, systematic, and continuous training
pattern. However, a lack of calorie intake during exercise will worsen the athlete's …

Background Running participation/performance is a complex system. Understanding the
variables associated with these behaviors may help to increase population physical activity …