Thus a man 6 feet tall 1829m would be allocated 110lbs 50kg plus 12 x 5½lbs 2495kg which comes to 176 lbs or 12 st 8lbs 80kg. Height 188 m 6 ft 2 in weight 77 kg 170 lb anthropometric measures of olympic marathoners.
Height Weight Ratios Ironman Alan Couzens
Elite marathon runners weight height. There is a reason that most elite marathon runners are. It is healthy to gain weight after the season and you will lose that weight again naturally with training. Even elite marathoners like meb keflezighi plan to gain weight after a marathon once they have achieved their racing weight for a few weeks prior to a big event. Thats a big drop. Its no accident that the mens marathon world record holder ethiopias haile gebrselassie weighs 113 pounds. In 1990 the average top 100 guy weighed 596 kg 1314 lbs.
A marathon is a 26 mile running event often run on roads. This data reveals itself through past marathon winners as well as through the weight to height ratios of elite running athletes. They also got shorter from 173 m 5 81 to 170 m 5 69. Almost without exception elite marathon runners stand 5 foot 7 give or take two inches and weigh 140 pounds plus or minus a few pounds. Elite runner tina muir talks about how even elite athletes have weight changes throughout the year. Here is a table of the height weight and body mass index bmi of the male olympic marathon champions for most olympiads a few early details are unavailable.
The average man is allocated 110 lbs 50kg for the first 5 feet 1524m in height. If two pro runners of similar height but on opposite ends of the weight spectrum can both have success at the highest level its a clear indicator that ideal weight is relative. In 2011 he weighed 562 kg 1239 lbs. According to martin and coe if a 5 feet 6 inch elite weighs 120 pounds a similarly built runner who stands 6 feet 05 inches or 11 times taller than the first runner would weigh 156 pounds or. Kenneth mcarthur the 1912 marathon champion. Hopefully the formula above and ideas about planning ones weight throughout the year will help you to answer one of runnings most common questions.
As a marathon runner your weight will significantly affect your speed and endurance. One study on the effects of weight on running performance found that the addition of 5 pounds of weight to the body reduced running performance in a 12 minute time trial by 5 percent. Thereafter he is allocated 5½ lbs 2495 kg for every additional inch o025m in height.
Gallery of Elite Marathon Runners Weight Height
