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Trail vs marathon: which race wears you out more?

NCT ID NCT06282341

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looked at how trail running and marathon running affect fatigue and recovery. Healthy runners completed a simulated marathon, a simulated trail run, or a real trail run. Researchers measured muscle strength before, right after, and one month after each race to see how the body recovers from these different types of running.

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

46 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Dec 2023

Finished

Dec 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 55 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: Common for MARASIM, TRAILSIM and TRAILNAT: * Male or female * 18-55 years old * Endurance runners who run at least one running session of 20 km per week * Being able to run a marathon under 5 h or finishing a trail of 30 km during the last 3 years * Refrain from participating to a competition one month before the first visit and during the duration of the study * To have a medical certificate of no contraindication of running practise in competition * Registered with a social security scheme * Having given the written consent freely Specific for the 3 groups : * Specialist of trail running (TRAILSIM and TRAILNAT) * Specialist of road running (MARASIM) Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects who present cardiac or articular chronic pathologies (example: repeated sprain, patellar or joint problems) * Subjects who present chronic or central neurological pathologies * Subjects deprived of liberty or who should be legally deprived * Subjects who report to take forbidden products by the World Anti-Doping Agency * pregnant or breastfeeding woman

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Conditions

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Fatigue

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Healthy

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Unités de Myologie et de Médecine du Sport

    Saint-Etienne, France, 42055, France

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