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A chronotype comparison of South African and Dutch marathon runners: The role of scheduled race start times and effects on performance.
Chronobiology international - 1 Jan 2015
Henst Rob H P, Jaspers Richard T, Roden Laura C, Rae Dale E
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Recently, a high prevalence of morning-types was reported among trained South African endurance athletes. Proposed explanations for this observation were that either the chronotype of these athletes is better suited to coping with the early-morning start times of endurance events in South Africa; or habitual early waking for training or endurance events may have conditioned the athletes to adapt and become...
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