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. 2007 Feb 21;96(8):281-6.
doi: 10.1024/1661-8157.96.8.281.

[Run across Switzerland--effect on body fat and muscle mass]

[Article in German]
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[Run across Switzerland--effect on body fat and muscle mass]

[Article in German]
B Knechtle et al. Praxis (Bern 1994). .

Abstract

A long-distance runner has run approximately 320 km (Rorschach-Vevey) with almost 7000 meters of difference in altitude within 54 hours in cold environment. 15 000 kcal were taken in and more than 18000 kcal were consumed which resulted in a body weight loss of 0.400 kg, muscle mass was reduced by 1.020 kg and fat mass by 0.300 kg.

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