Table 1 Sex comparison of anthropometric, training, and performance data

 Age (years)

29 ± 7

28 ± 10

n.s.

–

 Stature (cm)

173 ± 7

163 ± 5

.001

Large

 Body mass (kg)*

64.7 ± 8.9

54.2 ± 5.2

.016

Large

 Percentage body fat (%)

5.9 ± 1.7

14.8 ± 2.1

< .001

Near perfect

 Weekly volume (km week⁻¹)

126 ± 61

61 ± 38

.008

Large

 Other training (h week⁻¹)*

3.1 ± 4.9

5.8 ± 4.2

.021

Small

 Training history (years)

8.3 ± 4.4

4.2 ± 2.5

.019

Medium

 PTRS (km h⁻¹)

20.1 ± 1.0

17.1 ± 0.7

< .001

Very large

 Speed at VT-1 (km h⁻¹)

15.6 ± 0.9

12.8 ± 0.7

< .001

Very large

 Speed at RCP (km h⁻¹)

17.6 ± 0.8

14.8 ± 0.9

< .001

Very large

 abs VO_2peak (ml min⁻¹ kg⁻¹)

4.49 ± 0.53

3.15 ± 0.43

< .001

Very large

 rel VO_2peak (ml min⁻¹ kg⁻¹)

69.8 ± 5.6

58.0 ± 4.6

< .001

Very large

 VO₂·VO_2peak⁻¹ @ VT-1 (%)

78.8 ± 4.0

79.3 ± 2.7

n.s.

–

 VO₂·VO_2peak⁻¹ @ RCP (%)

89.5 ± 3.0

90.4 ± 2.9

n.s.

–

 CTT time (h:min:s)

1:14:39 ± 0:04:31

1:31:43 ± 0:06:54

< .001

Very large