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Physiological characteristics of the best Eritrean runners-exceptional running economy.
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme - 1 Oct 2006
Lucia Alejandro, Esteve-Lanao Jonathan, Oliván Jesús, Gómez-Gallego Félix, San Juan Alejandro F, Santiago Catalina, Pérez Margarita, Chamorro-Viña Carolina, Foster Carl
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Despite their young age, limited training history, and lack of running tradition compared with other East African endurance athletes (e.g., Kenyans and Ethiopians), male endurance runners from Eritrea have recently attained important running successes. The purposes of our study were (i) to docume...
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