The PKO Wrocław Marathon: Analyzing Running Performance

The 37^th PKO Wrocław Marathon (Wrocław, Poland, 19 September 2019) was organized by the City of Wrocław, Poland. Since the beginning of the run, The PKO Wrocław Marathon has been organized by the city of Wroclaw and is considered one of Poland’s most significant running events. The PKO Wroclaw Marathon takes place annually at the beginning of September. It was sunny day of the marathon, the air temperature during the start was 21 degrees Celsius, humidity 72%, with a wind of 3.3 m/s. At the end of the run, the temperature rose to 24 degrees Celsius, humidity 46%, with a wind of 5 m/s. The data on the running time was obtained from the electronic database of the marathon’s organizers. It included the number of runners who started and finished the run, the personal identification number of the run, and the place and time of the run for each participant of the marathon. The individual runtime registered in the event was automatically measured using a radio frequency identification chip system. Intermediate times every 5 km were measured for the experimental group to analyze their running pace variability accurately. In addition, the heart rate (HR) was recorded using a monitor (Polar RS300X GPS; Finland) to examine each participant during the marathon run.