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I'd like to see a follow-up to see how it's correlated to nutrition strategies pre and post race. The only info we have is that the subjects (n=4) were male and

I'd like to see a follow-up to see how it's correlated to nutrition strategies pre and post race. The only info we have is that the subjects (n=4) were male and "well trained"[1], nothing I could find about their weight or body composition, or even how hard they ran their marathons! [1] in the studies I've seen "well trained" usually means a VO2 max >= 70 ml/kg/min but that would be quite a feat for the oldest participant at 75!

Bimos 3y ago
On the last page of the paper [1], the runners' data are shown. Age: 73/59/45/46, weight(kg): 58/76/69/71, finish time: 345/359/440/606, heart rate: 150/145/152/NA. I wish I could sub 4 at the age of 70s. [1] https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.10.561303v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.10.561303v1