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AGE affects man's ability to run fast but to date there has been little interest in quantitating the relationship. The few published studies, such as the one by Dill on marathon runner Clarence DeMar1, are concerned mainly with reporting lung volume, heart rate, and other physiological characteristics of notable performers, with only brief reviews of race performances over the runner's life span.
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MOORE, D. A study of age group track and field records to relate age and running speed. Nature 253, 264–265 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/253264a0
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