Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Putting Together First- and Third-Person Approaches for Sport Activity Analysis: The Case of Ultra-Trail Runners’ Performance Analysis

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Advances in Human Factors in Sports and Outdoor Recreation

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 496))

Abstract

This study aimed to characterize the activity of ultra-trail runners by combining data from their personal experiences with physical measurement indicators of their running performance. Ten runners’ first-person analyses of the Tor des Geants race were processed using course of action theory [1]. Runners’ experiences were represented in a succession of macrosequences and characterized using their typical components. These were associated with third-person data about their elevation velocities assessed using motion sensors. Results showed different patterns of activity related to runners’ aims and levels of performance. Three typical experiences were highlighted as frequently observed in such races and showed a strong association with overall elevation velocities. A fourth typical experience, one that followed a difficult race situation, presented finer-grained sensitivity that distinguished variations between ascent and descent velocities. Results were analyzed in relation to the sense-making process associated with routine or controlled activity.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Theureau, J.: le cours d’action: L’enaction et l’expérience. Octares, Toulouse (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  2. Holt, N.L., Kim, Y., Klein, K.: Exploring experiences of running an ultramarathon. Sport Psychol. 28(1), 22–35 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Hurdiel, R., Pezé, T., Daugherty, J., Girard, J., Poussel, M., Poletti, L., et al.: Combined effects of sleep deprivation and strenuous exercise on cognitive performances during The North Face® Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc® (UTMB®). J. Sports Sci. 33(7), 670–674 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Johnson, U., Kenttä, G., Ivarsson, A., Alvmyren, I., Karlsson, M.: An ultra-runner’s experience of physical and emotional challenges during a 10-week continental run. Int. J. Sport Exerc. Psychol. 21, 1–13 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Lahart, I.M., Lane, A.M., Hulton, A., Williams, K., Godfrey, R., Pedlar, C., et al.: Challenges in maintaining emotion regulation in a sleep and energy deprived state induced by the 4800 Km ultra-endurance bicycle race; the Race Across America (RAAM). J. Sports Sci. Med. 12(3), 481–488 (2013)

    Google Scholar 

  6. Rochat, N., Hauw, D., Antonini Philippe, R., Crettaz von Roten, F., Seifert, L.: Comparison of energetics states of finisher and withdrawer trail runners using the course of experience framework. Manuscript submitted to publication

    Google Scholar 

  7. Antonini Philippe, R., Rochat, N., Hauw, D.: The story of withdrawals in ultra trail running race: a dynamics and qualitative investigation of the trailers’ experience. Manuscript submitted to publication

    Google Scholar 

  8. Sève, C., Nordez, A., Poizat, G., Saury, J.: Performance analysis in sport: contributions from a joint analysis of athletes’ experience and biomechanical indicators. Scand. J. Med. Sci. Sports 23(5), 576–584 (2013)

    Google Scholar 

  9. Hauw, D., Durand, M.: Situated analysis of elite trampolinists’ problems in competition using retrospective interviews. J. Sports Sci. 25(2), 173–183 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Hauw, D., Mohamed, S.: Patterns in the situated activity of substance use in the careers of elite doping athletes. Psychol. Sport Exerc. 16(2), 156–163 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Pacherie, E.: Time to act: the dynamics of agentive experiences. In: Eitam, B., Haggard, P. (eds.) The Sense of Agency, pp. 3–24. Oxford University Press, Oxford (2015)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  12. Varela, F.J., Shear, J.: The View from Within. Inprint Academic, Thoverton (1999)

    Google Scholar 

  13. Stewart, J.O., Gapenne, O., Di Paolo, E.A.: Enaction: Toward a New Paradigm for Cognitive Science. MIT Press, Cambridge (2014)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Sport Sciences of the University of Lausanne, UNIL Mouline, Géopolis, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Denis Hauw, Nadège Rochat, Vincent Gesbert, Tiffany Astolfi & Roberta Antonini Philippe

  2. Gait Up SA, EPFL Innovation Park Bat. C, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Benoit Mariani

Authors
  1. Denis Hauw
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Nadège Rochat
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Vincent Gesbert
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Tiffany Astolfi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Roberta Antonini Philippe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Benoit Mariani
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Denis Hauw .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechni, University of the Sunshine Coast Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechni, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia

    Paul Salmon

  2. Laboratory of Sport, Expertise and Performance, EA 7370, Department de la Recherche, INSEP Department de la Recherche, Paris, Australia

    Anne-Claire Macquet

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

About this paper

Cite this paper

Hauw, D., Rochat, N., Gesbert, V., Astolfi, T., Philippe, R.A., Mariani, B. (2017). Putting Together First- and Third-Person Approaches for Sport Activity Analysis: The Case of Ultra-Trail Runners’ Performance Analysis. In: Salmon, P., Macquet, AC. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Sports and Outdoor Recreation. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 496. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41953-4_5

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41953-4_5

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-41952-7

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-41953-4

  • eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation