—Individual relative time differences from day 1 to day 2 for for INT in the center panel in red and CON in the bottom panel in blue. The thin dotted lines illustrate the segments in which only the men skied. Women performed 7.5 km and men 10 km. The shaded area at left indicates the segment where INT on day 2 was instructed to target their day 1 average ∼800-m segment pace from lap 1 to 3 at lap 1. The men in INT were also told to prolong their more “controlled” pace over the first ∼1500 m (top of the hill) of lap 1. CON indicates control; INT, intervention.

Citation: International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance 18, 12; 10.1123/ijspp.2023-0211