STUDIES
Want to stay up to date on the latest press releases and news about studies in the running, cycling and triathlon industries? Scroll below to view all endurance sport studies.
October 29, 2025
Digging deep: Marathoners go over a kilometre underground to set world records
A field of 55 runners from 18 countries have just ventured where no marathoners have gone before – 1,120 metres below the Earth’s surface – to complete the World’s Deepest Marathon inside Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden. And they set two new Guinness World Records in the process in an event...
October 28, 2025
Running out of ‘cool days’ — how climate change is affecting marathons
Apart from causing wide-ranging adverse repercussions, climate change is also affecting sports by rapidly shrinking the window of "cool days" that allow marathon runners to achieve their best performances, posing an increasing challenge for athletes and organisers of the world's premier long-distance races. THEW NEWS
October 27, 2025
Men need twice as much exercise as women to lower heart disease risk, study finds
Men may need to exercise twice as much as women to achieve the same reduction in coronary heart disease risk, according to researchers, who say healthy living guidelines should take account of the sex differences. Scientists analysed physical activity records from more than 80,000 people and found that the risk...
October 23, 2025
Exercise fights depression caused by poor diet, even without dietary changes
Scientists at University College Cork have discovered that voluntary exercise creates powerful metabolic changes that offset the negative behavioral effects of consuming high-fat, high-sugar diets, offering hope for those struggling to improve both their eating habits and mental wellbeing. NATURAL NEWS
October 23, 2025
How Far Is Too Far for Ultra-Endurance Athletes? This Study of Metabolism Found Out
Ultra-endurance athletes can push their bodies to the limits, whether on a racecourse or bike path or in a swimming pool. But where does that limit end? To find out, a group of ultramarathoners, cyclists and triathletes joined anthropologists to test the limits of human energy expenditure, burning thousands of...
October 21, 2025
Recent Study Says Strength Training May Prevent Neural Decline, Supporting Longevity
Resistance training has long been known to preserve muscle and even help restore nerve function after injury, but whether it can speed up nerve conduction in healthy adults has never been tested—until now. Outside
October 13, 2025
Road cycling causes more serious injuries than mountain biking, new study finds
Despite being less frequent, road cycling accidents result in more serious injuries than mountain biking, according to a new study conducted in a hospital in Barcelona. The study, which assessed 149 cycling-related emergency care visits, found “injuries from road cycling are less frequent but more severe than those from mountain...
October 9, 2025
Parkrun will make you happier, new study says
A huge U.K. study backs up what many parkrunners have long suspected: parkrun boosts happiness. As reported by News Medical, researchers surveyed nearly 80,000 participants to see how running, walking and volunteering affect life satisfaction. Canadian Running Magazine
October 1, 2025
AI is not yet replacing workers in the US, researchers find
ChatGPT is not yet causing the massive upheaval in the US labor market that many have feared since the chatbot’s launch in 2022, according to a new study by a research center at Yale University. The study comes amid widespread concerns that the proliferation of generative artificial intelligence, the technology...
September 27, 2025
Running on empty? Trinity study warns of anxiety and depression experienced by regular marathon runners
Running multiple marathons does not universally protect against mental health issues, a new study by Trinity College Dublin has found. Ireland boasts one of the highest rates of multi-marathoners — or people who run marathons — in the world. Irish Independent
