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Cycling endurance was superior to running endurance, with time to exhaustion being longer in cycling (96±14 min) compared to running (63±11 min; P<0.05).

Triathletes may benefit from focusing on cycling for improved endurance performance.

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time to exhaustion was longer in the cycle than in the run (96±14 vs. 63±11 min; P<0.05).
K D Derman et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 1996

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FUEL KINETICS DURING INTENSE RUNNING AND CYCLING IN TRIATHLETES INGESTING CARBOHYDRATE 10

K D Derman et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 1996

DOI 10.1097/00005768-199605001-00010

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