Booth, Josephine N. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2867-9719
Chesham, Ross A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2411-4147
Brooks, Naomi E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0269-3475
Gorely, Trish http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7367-0679
Moran, Colin N. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6226-8131
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Edinburgh (G90479)
Physiological Society (.)
Article History
Received: 30 October 2019
Accepted: 19 February 2020
First Online: 17 March 2020
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: JB and CM currently sit on the research advisory group for The Daily Mile™ Foundation but did not at the time of study design and data collection. They receive no payment or expenses for this, and their role is to advise concerning research priorities only. The Daily Mile™ Foundation had no role in the present research. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.