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From

Against Negative Splitting: The Case for a Counterintuitive Pacing Strategy for Elite Marathon Athletes in Official Events

G.D. Fernandes, Victor Maldonado

American Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 2024, 12(1), 1-6 doi:10.12691/ajssm-12-1-1
  • Figure 1. Eliud Kipchoge’s pacing splits for the 2018 (a) and 2022 (b) editions of the Berlin Marathon . The average velocity for each 5-km segment of the race is represented by the blue lines, and the global average velocity is represented by the red line
  • Figure 2. Running formations considered in this study. The main runner runs in position 2 and the pacer runs in position 1
  • Figure 3. Drag plots for the runners in the relevant formations. Curves shown are a second order polynomial fits of four discrete values, which are fed into the power equations
  • Figure 4. Total race time as a function of protected running speed, , for multiple values
  • Figure 5. Protected and unprotected running speeds for optimal races. The red line represents even pacing. The area to its right represents positive splitting