The Running World According to DeanA study has been brought to my attention that is interesting. It was conducted down in New Zealand and presented at a medical sciences conference in late 2007. (Effect of Alcohol on Recovery from Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage – Barnes, Mundel, Stannard)
The gist of their study was to determine if alcohol consumption affected recovery from [...]
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Unlike last year the view from the front had an added twist. Josh Cox, a 2:13 marathoner was aiming to break the 50k world record. the WR stood at 2:43 and the AR at 2:51 officially. In the press conference Josh was confident he could eclipse both.
I was fortunate to be in the press truck [...]
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I am so excited to give you a heads-up on two new publications coming out late this spring.
I am very thankful to be co-authoring a book on how to get kids involved in track and field. The title is “Runner’s Take Your Mark: The Parents Guide to Youth Track and Field.” Lorraine Williams aka TrackMom [...]
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In December I attended the USATF coaches education podium project in Las Vegas. The speakers were cutting edge researchers, Olympic and elite level coaches and representatives from the USATF. Below are some tidbits of interesting facts, observations and practices from the conference sessions. What I find interesting is that some practices and data run contrary [...]
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OK, I’ll start with a disclaimer (lawyers like this). I’m not promoting drinking, carelessness or stupidity and if you do any of the following you do so at your own risk.
As you know, psychology and specifically sports psychology is a favorite study area of mine. I’ve posted a few items in the past about motivation, [...]
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I actually started this entry after the Tucson Marathon in early December. I just got back to it to tell “the rest of the story.”
I went into the race well undertrained. I committed to running the marathon during the summer. Many of the club members were running to qualify for Boston. I was a victim [...]
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