Step away from your specialty This month a scientific journal article came out that discussed what it would take physiologically to run a sub 2 hour marathon. This paper first grabbed attention a couple months ago when it was discussed on such websites as http://www.sportsscientists.com/. While the paper was interesting, what caught my opinion were…

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Speed= Stride Rate X Stride length It’s simple. It warrants repeating. Through in Ground contact in and you’ve got a nice model….But I digress… There have been a recent surge in articles and blogs in regards to stride rate. It seemed to start with Jay Dicharry’s blog on stride rate and impact forces. Which led…

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In the March issue of Running Times magazine, which is out now, you’ll see an article on Muscle Tension that I wrote.  It’s a very interesting topic that I’ve explored here on the blog in a previous post, but the Running Times article let me dig much deeper.  Former elite runner Marius Bakken provided some…

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