Table 1.

baseline characteristics

subject	sex	age [years]	body mass index [kg/m2]	body fat [%]	training experience [years]	weekly training mileage [kilometers]	training sessions [/week]	running speed at 4 mmol/l lactate threshold [km/h]
1	female	25	19.5	14.1	6	120	10	16.6
2	male	33	20.6	8.5	9	120	10-12	18.3
3	male	27	22.1	13.3	8	60	11	16.8
4	female	21	20.8	14.1	6	60	4-6	13.9
5	female	33	19.8	15.8	7	100	7	15.6
6	female	38	21.8	15.3	17	60	6	13.2
7	female	27	22.1	20.7	7	60	6	13.7