Table 6. Blood parameters before, immediately after and 5 weeks after the race.

Before

Immediately after

5 weeks after

Leukocytes (x109 ∙ L-1)

5.40

5.40

5.80

Erythrocytes (x109 ∙ L-1)

4.80

4.65

4.86

Haematocrit (%)

0.45

0.44

0.45

Haemoglobin (g ∙ L-1)

153

145

151

Testosterone (ng ∙ dL-1)

327

185*

644

Protein (g ∙ dL-1)

7.2

7.1

7.2

CK (U ∙ L-1)

217

1 636

138

Albumin (mg ∙ dL-1)

4 670

3 930

value missing