Sleep habits and strategies of ultramarathon runners

Tristan Martin, Pierrick J Arnal, Martin D Hoffman and Guillaume Y Millet

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: Among factors impacting performance during an ultramarathon, sleep is an underappreciated factor that has received little attention. The aims of this study were to characterize habitual sleep behaviors in ultramarathon runners and to examine strategies they use to manage sleep before and during ultramarathons. Responses from 636 participants to a questionnaire were considered. This population was found to sleep more on weekends and holidays (7–8 h to 8–9 h) than during weekdays (6–7 h to 7–8 h; p 60 h (r = 0.44; p

Date: 2018
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