Multifractal Analysis of Marathon Pacing–Physiological Background and Practical Implications

Marathons are one of the ultimate challenges of human endeavor. In this paper, we apply recently introduced multifractal techniques which yield new classification parameters in the processing of physiological data captured on marathon runners. The comparison of their values gives a new insight on the way that runners of different level conduct their run, and ultimately, can be used in order to give advice on how to improve their performance.