TABLE 2.

Percent change in study variables between time points (n = 16).

	−116 to −88			−88 to −60			−60 to −32			−32 to −11
	M%dif	95% CI	p	M%dif	95% CI	p	M%dif	95% CI	p	M%dif	95% CI	p
Podium questionnaire
Perceived fitness	34.33	16.31 to 52.36	<0.001	19.35	1.33 to 37.38	0.035	7.45	−11.81 to 26.72	0.448	9.24	−10.75 to 29.23	0.365
Self-efficacy	39.03	11.75 to 66.31	0.005	–2.29	−29.57 to 24.99	0.869	–0.5	−29.67 to 28.66	0.973	10.31	−19.96 to 40.57	0.504
Motivation	3.26	−6.76 to 13.28	0.523	–2.64	−12.66 to 7.38	0.605	0.53	−10.18 to 11.24	0.922	15.77	4.65 to 26.88	0.005
Social support	–2.29	−14.48 to 9.9	0.713	5.59	−6.6 to 17.77	0.369	3.63	−9.4 to 16.66	0.585	8.55	−4.97 to 22.07	0.215
Somatic anxiety	24.62	−0.88 to 50.12	0.058	15.44	−10.06 to 40.94	0.235	–6.98	−34.25 to 20.28	0.616	31.14	2.84 to 59.43	0.031
Cognitive anxiety	28.06	−28.66 to 84.78	0.332	64.51	7.79 to 121.23	0.026	13.12	−45.59 to 71.83	0.661	39.84	−21.09 to 100.76	0.2
Physiological variables
AeTSpeed	3.17	1.57 to 4.77	<0.001	1.32	−0.28 to 2.93	0.105	2.18	0.47 to 3.89	0.013	1.02	−0.75 to 2.8	0.259
AnTSpeed	3.25	1.38 to 5.13	0.001	1.49	−0.38 to 3.37	0.119	0.05	−1.96 to 2.05	0.962	0.39	−1.7 to 2.47	0.717
REmL	–2.72	−5.96 to 0.52	0.100	1.59	−1.65 to 4.83	0.336	–2.55	−6.01 to 0.92	0.149	–2.94	−6.54 to 0.65	0.108
REkcal	–2.44	−5.43 to 0.54	0.108	1.36	−1.62 to 4.34	0.371	–0.82	−4.01 to 2.37	0.614	–2.63	−5.94 to 0.67	0.119

Time points are presented as days prior to competing in the marathon. Values represent percent change between time points: Mean, 95% confidence interval (CI), and statistical significance of the estimate. AeTSpeed = aerobic threshold speed (km/h); AnTSpeed = anaerobic threshold speed (km/h); REmL = running economy (mL/kg/km); REkcal = running economy (kcal/kg/km).