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The relationship between critical power and running performance

Tracy Kolbe MRC/UCT Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Cape Town Medical School, Observatory, 7925, South Africa
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Steven C. Dennis MRC/UCT Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Cape Town Medical School, Observatory, 7925, South Africa
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Elizabeth Selley MRC/UCT Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Cape Town Medical School, Observatory, 7925, South Africa
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Timothy D. Noakes MRC/UCT Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Cape Town Medical School, Observatory, 7925, South Africa
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Michael I. Lambert MRC/UCT Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Cape Town Medical School, Observatory, 7925, South Africa
Pages 265-269 | Accepted 16 Nov 1994, Published online: 01 Feb 2008

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