Older endurance and ultra-endurance athletes needed for a research study

From: Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Researchers are seeking highly active athletes (older than 60 years of age) for a study examining the relationship between physical activity and total number of calories expended each day (IRB #21-567).

Participants must be free of cardiovascular, lung, metabolic, kidney disease or cancer with a stable body weight over the past year (±5 lb.). We are looking for athletes who have competed in marathons or ultra-marathons within the past year, with sustained high levels of training for the past 6 months with no recent injuries or other reasons that have changed the training volume.

This study will require 1 virtual meeting and 2 visits to the Human Integrative Physiology Laboratory at Virginia Tech, which will take approximately 6 hours. Participants will be entered in a drawing for $25 cash (Odds of being selected 1 in 5). For more information, contact Aubrey Johnson, aubreyleahj@vt.edu.