The Comrades Marathon: a narrative review of physiological responses and health implications in the world’s oldest ultra-marathon

Beat Knechtle, Volker Scheer, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Mabliny Thuany, Daniela Chlíbková, Pedro Forte, Luciano Bernardes Leite, Katja Weiss, Thomas Rosemann, Sasa Duric

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10.3389/fphys.2026.1811456
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2026-05-18
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Frontiers in Physiology
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Frontiers Media SA
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@article{allodium:10.3389/fphys.2026.1811456,
  title = {The Comrades Marathon: a narrative review of physiological responses and health implications in the world’s oldest ultra-marathon},
  author = {Beat Knechtle and Volker Scheer and Pantelis T. Nikolaidis and Mabliny Thuany and Daniela Chlíbková and Pedro Forte and Luciano Bernardes Leite and Katja Weiss and Thomas Rosemann and Sasa Duric},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Frontiers in Physiology},
  doi = {10.3389/fphys.2026.1811456},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2026.1811456}
}

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AU  - Volker Scheer
AU  - Pantelis T. Nikolaidis
AU  - Mabliny Thuany
AU  - Daniela Chlíbková
AU  - Pedro Forte
AU  - Luciano Bernardes Leite
AU  - Katja Weiss
AU  - Thomas Rosemann
AU  - Sasa Duric
PY  - 2026
JO  - Frontiers in Physiology
DO  - 10.3389/fphys.2026.1811456
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Knechtle, B., Scheer, V., Nikolaidis, P. T., Thuany, M., Chlíbková, D., Forte, P., Leite, L. B., Weiss, K., Rosemann, T., & Duric, S. (2026). The Comrades Marathon: a narrative review of physiological responses and health implications in the world’s oldest ultra-marathon. Frontiers in Physiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2026.1811456

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