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Why our attention to times is killing our sport
A few weeks ago, a race video swept the internet, and media, by storm. There were segments on TV morning shows, Facebook posts by Good Morning America, and tweets galore all about one race. Was it an Olympic final or a world record? Nope. How about a particularly fast race? Maybe a high school or…
Read More7 Quick Thoughts on the IAAF Corruption and Doping scandal.
The Independent Commission investigating corruption of the IAAF and doping in Russia released a bombshell of a report today. While others have summarized the findings better than I can, which included bribery, doping cover-ups, over 1,400+ doping tests destroyed, and much much more. I wanted to give a quick reaction to the report and some…
Read MoreWhy is our sport failing to protect clean athletes?-Thoughts on the IAAF doping news-
I don’t know Sebastian Coe. I’ve never met the man and most likely never will. I did, however, grow up idolizing him for his athletics prowess. In high school, I watched endless videos of his Olympic and world-record races, marveling at his elegant, yet powerful stride. From Running Free to The Perfect Distance, I delved…
Read MoreNew Years Reflections and Anti-Resolutions
This year was a good year for me. I was fortunate enough to have a lot of very good things happen, as well as a few trials and tribulations that are necessary stressors that make you grow, adapt and develop as a person in ways that I doubt I could have predicted a year ago.…
Read MoreWhy BulletProof Diet/Coffee is based on BS.
I apologize to those who come here for good track or athletic related training advice. Bare with me for this post as I take on something that has been bugging me for the past few weeks. Once again, it’s from someone who makes claims that running the crazy high mileage of 50mpw is unhealthy, but…
Read MoreEverything you need to know about Doping Scandal in Track and Field
It’s been quite an interesting few days for the IAAF I imagine. Track and field has finally joined the ranks of cycling in terms of perceived doping and corruption issues. In case you have no idea what I’m talking about, let me catch you up on the past few days. ·German TV station drops bombshell…
Read MoreNew Gadget- RunScribe allows for inexpensive biomechanics tracking on the go
As a self-proclaimed science nerd, I enjoy the data junkie side of our sport. We can track and measure more parameters now then we ever have been able to. While this satisfies the science nerd and research junkie side of me, I’m always left with asking the question of so what? What actionable change do…
Read MoreTrack is killing itself- Dual meets, Team Scoring, and Bye-Bye non-collegian racing
They’ve got it backwards. Yesterday, the news broke that the NCAA is considering legislation that would end post-collegiate athletes competing in college meets. Two weeks ago, our CC regional rep, who does a fantastic job, sent along the new legislation for us to look over. After confirming with him that indeed this would eliminate non-college…
Read MoreMeasuring Lactate Threshold without being pricked? BSX Insight
I have a love/hate relationship with the latest technology. On one hand, the science geek in me loves all of the latest gadgets. I have a make shift lab of gadgets in my house. I’ve got all the acronyms you could dream of, including a few make shift EMG and EEG devices,…
Read MoreThe Science of Running Book NOW AVAILABLE! 48hr special giveaway!
The Science of Running book is available NOW! Buy Hard Copy! Buy Kindle Version! What it looks like: Why you should buy? I hate doing the “sales” thing. But one of the reasons I’m asking readers, who are interested, to buy the book is because I’m passionate about it. I poured as much knowledge as I…
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