Table 1.
Participant demographics. Data are means (± standard deviation).
Control
Intervention
Male
Female
Male
Females
Age (y)
26.88 (3.72)
24.25 (2.12)
26.88 (3.4)
22.38 (1.69)
Height (m)
1.80 (0.04)
1.66 (0.06)
1.86 (0.06)
1.63 (0.05)
Mass (kg)
72.93 (8.95)
56.86 (4.80)
78.78 (5.19)
57.39(4.77)
Years Running
12.63 (4.20)
9.5 (1.92)
8.5 (3.81)
8.25 (2.66)
Weekly Mileage
22.25 (17.47)
32.64 (26.47)
19 (12.85)
26.25 (18.52)
Baseline characteristics of each group. Participants were randomly assigned groups. At baseline no significant difference existed between groups.