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EDITORIAL article

Front. Physiol.

Sec. Exercise Physiology

This article is part of the Research TopicPhysiological Aspects of Marathon RunningView all 7 articles

Editorial: Physiological Aspects of Marathon Running

Provisionally accepted
  • 1ASICS Institute of Sport Science, Kobe, Japan
  • 2Kabushiki Kaisha ASICS, Kobe, Japan
  • 3Juntendo Daigaku Sports Kenko Kagakubu Daigakuin Sports Kenko Kagaku Kenkyuka, Inzai, Japan

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

Keywords: endurance exercise, endurance performance, Exercise physiology, gut, Marathon

Received: 19 Jan 2026; Accepted: 03 Feb 2026.

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* Correspondence:
Daichi Sumi
Yoshio Suzuki

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