Table 1.
Subjects’ characteristics. Data are means (±SE).
Marathon Runners (n = 6)
Untrained controls (n = 8)
Age (yr)
36.5 (1.1)
35.3 (1.4)
Height (m)
1.59 (.02)
1.62 (.02)
Weight (kg)
46.7 (.8)
52.3 (2.6)
BMI (kg·m
-2
)
18.5 (.4)
20.0 (.8)
Body fat (%)
18.5 (.7)
*
22.8 (1.2)
VO
2max
(ml·min
-1
·kg
-1
)
58.6 (2.0)
**
41.1 (2.1)
Running distanc(km·day
-1
)
10.7 (.2)
-
Best marathon time (min)
174.5 (5.8)
-
Treadmill gradient
max
(%)
13.3(.8)
**
6.8 (.7)
Treadmill speed (km·h
-1
)
10.5 (.0)
**
8.1 (.1)
RPE to exercise
17.6 (.3)
17.7 (.3)
p < 0.05
p < 0.01 (Significantly different from untrained controls).