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The athlete's age of peak ultra-marathon performance did not increase with rising race duration in the best ultra-marathoners. For the fastest women ever in time-limited races, the athlete's age was lowest in 10 d (~37 yrs) and highest in 48 hrs (~46 yrs). For men, the athlete's age of the fastest ever in 6 hrs (~35 yrs) and 12 hrs (~37 yrs) was lower than the athlete's age of the ten fastest in 72 hrs (~48 yrs), 6 d (~48 yrs) and 10 d (~48 yrs). The differences in the athlete's age of peak performance between female and male ultra-marathoners for the different race durations need further investigations.
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