Biochemistry 4th Edition by Christopher Mathews,Kensal van Holde, Dean Appling, Spencer Anthony Cahill

Exercise 2

Supposing that an average human consumes energy at the rate of 1500 kcal/day at rest and that long-distance running consumes energy at 10 times that rate, how long would the glycogen reserves last during a marathon run Recall that 1 kcal is equivalent to 4.183 kJ.