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Eleven female CrossFit athletes took part in this study (mean ± SD age, 29 y ± 4 y, body mass, 64.5 kg ± 7.1 kg, height, 1.7 m ± 0.09 m, peak oxygen uptake [VODuring visit one, participants completed a maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test to determine VOTo determine VOGiven the large inter-individual variability in time-to-peak blood [HCO3On arrival at the laboratory, participants were required to remain seated for 20 min before a pre-ingestion (baseline) capillary blood sample was obtained. Under double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised crossover conditions, participants were required to ingest either 0.3 g·kg