The year 2020 was marked by the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the transmitter of the COVID-19 disease that was responsible for numerous cases and deaths, of international interest to public health. In this work, we report how the events, the practice of training distance runners was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This review aimed to map the publications on the implications for the practice of aerobic endurance running, associated with the difficulties of performing training and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a narrative review of 20 studies from five databases, which contained express recommendations on activity practice and running training and running events by various populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, bibliographic research was carried out through a literary review of national and international journals consulted in the following databases: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Google Scholar that contained express recommendations on the implications in the practice of aerobic endurance running during the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial search totaled 43 records. After exclusion by title, abstract, duplicates and reading in full, 20 publications remained, in addition to 10 more manually selected studies, totaling 53 publications. After analyzing the results, the textual corpus revealed the postponement or cancellation of mass meetings, global sporting events, as well as a decrease in regular practice linked to the long-distance running training routine. The number of practitioners was affected, which caused, as a consequence, an increase in physical inactivity and sedentary behavior.
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