The 10,000hr rule and why talent and genes matter: A decade or so ago, if you asked the top scientists what separated top athlete’s, the answer would be simple, genetics. Fast forward to today and the answer seemingly has shifted to the opposite end of the spectrum, hard work. Two books that came out a…

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If you’ve been at a road race recently or watched Pro’s like Chris Solinksy or Paula Radcliffe race, you might have noticed the extremely long compression socks that are seemingly popping up everywhere. While Radcliffe was probably the earliest adopter to the compression socks while racing trend, it seems like in the last year the…

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I’ve been traveling a lot, and am still on the road, so forgive me for the lack of posts. This past weekend I ran the US 10k road champs in Atlanta, and came away with a solid race, 21st American in 30:28. Having only decided to do this race about 3wks before after focusing on…

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