The NURMI-Study – Europe's largest running study

The leader of the study, Dr Wirnitzer, has designed the NURMI Study as a follow-up to her mountain-bike field study and set up a second pilot study in order to build on this foundation stone.
The NURMI Study has been set up as an interdisciplinary (nutrition, medicine and sports science) and international (researchers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland) comparative study of running in order to answer some of the still unanswered scientific questions and … Mehr anzeigen

Although the number of vegetarians and vegans worldwide is increasing, it is difficult to find a group of vegetarian and vegan athletes taking part in the same competition to provide a sufficiently large sample for a study.
The number of vegetarian-vegan racing cyclists is still very small. However the proportion of runners who are vegetarian and vegan is several times greater ("Everybody runs!"), so the broad appeal[ of running as a sport and the large nu… Mehr anzeigen

Without support such a large scientific project would simply not be feasible since research costs money – a lot of money!
The NURMI Study will cost more than €800,000. Finance is currently obtained from research funding and sponsorship.

So join in!
… as a fan, supporter and participant and make an important contribution to your sport – running!
Some great surprises are already waiting for you to thank you for being one of our visionary supporters.

The NURMI St… Mehr anzeigen

Here is a brief overview of expenses:

• Maintaining and running the IT infrastructure (incl. website, mailing list, social media, survey/questionnaire platforms)

• Recruiting participants and promoting the NURMI Study (printing costs, social media, cost of travelling to running events and talks etc.)

• Information for starter packs for runners at events

• Cost of travelling to running events (to recruit participants and give talks) and to meetings of the NURMI… Mehr anzeigen

Project coordination: Dr Katharina Wirnitzer

is an Austrian sports scientist and a university lecturer in sports science. Many years ago this keen sportswoman was able to turn her hobby into her job and lives what she loves and loves what she does: outdoor and endurance sport.
Her bikeeXtreme research project (www.bikeeXtreme.org) investigated the endurance and stress profile of mountain bikers during the Mountainbike Transalp Challenge, a race staged ove… Mehr anzeigen