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PhilWhitehurst wrote:I started the survey but the second question says which sports do you complete in. I take part in audax which is non competitive long distance cycling. So we don't compete. We do however take part in cycling events that can take place over multiple days and may involve cycling anything up to 20 hours in every 24 hours during the event period. But since you consider endurance anything over 5 mins I'm probably not a target for your survey. Good luck with it.

You are a target for this survey. To reiterate, I am not saying that anyone who jumps on a bike for longer than 5 minutes is an endurance athlete. I am saying, that athletes who take parts in events/competitions that last for a minimum of 5 minutes are counted as endurance athletes. Perhaps it may have been more beneficial for me to offer a minimum distance rather than time. I appreciate your comments.

mnichols wrote:If an endurance event is anything over 5 minutes and the survey takes 20 does filling in the survey count?

It would make my life significantly easier that's for sure, but unfortunately not.

PhilWhitehurst wrote:5 mins of cycling is not an endurance event, that's still in the warm up phase.

5 minutes is the lowest limit of what we consider endurance, anything above this is fine as well obviously. On several other forums I've had people ask questions on what is the requirement to become an endurance sport - so I've opted to include this.

This 5 minutes is loosely based on the energy systems used. Burnley and Jones (2007, p.63) defined endurance events as “athletic events lasting more than approximately 5 min and requiring a substantial and sustained energy transfer from oxidative pathways”.

iandriver wrote:5 minutes and endurance only really coexist together in the track cycling world. Might help of you expanded on the type of discipline you are looking for.

I agree, I just wanted to provide people with a reference for what the lower limits of what constitutes endurance is. 5 minutes is the shortest possible time, it is not the only length of competition I am looking for.

Apologies to all as well, I've realised the misinterpretation of what was written previously. I meant to say that endurance performance is anything that lasts longer than 5 minutes, not that the event should be over 5 minutes, I've now changed this in the original post.

Hi all,

I have received permission to post this here from the forum administrative staff.

My name is Paul Anstiss and I am a PhD researcher at the University of Kent. Specifically I am part of the 'Endurance Research Group' a link to our department and the research that we carry out can be found here: https://www.kent.ac.uk/sportsciences/re ... group.html

My research is investigating psychological factors and constructs which may be important for endurance performance, with a focus on developing and implementing interventions to help aid endurance athletes.

I'm currently looking for any cyclists who are currently training for an event, have completed at least two events previously and are currently training at least two times a week. We are defining an endurance event for cycling as anything that lasts for longer than 5 minutes. The survey itself should take no longer than 20 minutes to complete and involves completing some questions primarily looking at your performance beliefs and your ability to deal with difficulties. Within the survey there is also an option to finish at a different time, if you would like to do the survey over several sittings.

Information derived from this survey may help us design psychological interventions to aid endurance performance.

A link to the survey can be found here: https://kent.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/perfor ... e-athletes

I understand that this forum does receive a high volume of requests for completion of surveys, so I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this through, and also thank you for taking part in research (not just this one!). I am also happy to do my best to answer any questions you may have on psychology in endurance sport.

Thanks,

Paul