TABLE 2.

Pairwise comparisons between groups of variables before (pre-test) and after (post-test) training program.

Variables	Pre-test			Post-test
	Mean changes	P-values	Cohen’s d	Mean changes	P-values	Cohen’s d
VO2 max	−0.03 ± 0.12	0.803	0.11	0.13 ± 0.13	0.353	0.43
O2 cost	0.02 ± 0.04	0.619	0.23	−0.08 ± 0.05	0.162	0.65
TTE	0.03 ± 0.10	0.762	0.14	0.16 ± 0.09	0.102	0.77
100 m-time	0.27 ± 0.32	0.400	0.39	0.07 ± 0.31	0.834	0.09
400 m-time	0.59 ± 1.23	0.639	0.21	0.21 ± 1.22	0.867	0.08
3000 m-time	−0.75 ± 1.91	0.699	0.18	−5.31 ± 1.56**	<0.01	1.53

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; VO2 max, maximal oxygen uptake; O2 cost, Oxygen Cost; TTE, time to exhaustion.