Archive for May 2011
How to spot bad science and fads- Determining whether an idea is worthwhile:
This is a blog straight from email requests. It’s not exactly about training, but one of the most frequent and perhaps most important question I get asked is how the heck do you spot the good stuff from the crap… A while back I read the book Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks,…
Read MoreHigh Speed Video from the Stanford Payton Jordan Invite
I was down in Palo Alto this weekend for Stanford’s Payton Jordan Invite. While I was there, I took some quick high speed video (210fps) of several of the races. Below you’ll see video from the fast heats of the Women’s 5k, the Women’s 1500m, and the men’s 1500m (heat 1 and 2). Enjoy! Women’s…
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