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Saturday, 22 March 2014
Arches: a new conceptual model for running
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I don't like pyramid models. Although a well-built pyramid certainly looks nice, they rarely provide a good model for a healthy syst...
Sunday, 23 February 2014
Which country 'won' Sochi?
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There's always some debate about how to rank the medal tally of all the countries. Some news outlets rank by number of gold. The second...
Sunday, 16 February 2014
Olympic gold and cash
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I came across an info graphic from CBC about which countries pay money for winning Olympic medals. Figure 1. From CBC website My fir...
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Trail running and brain training
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Trail running. Image from here . I was asked to maybe write something about "trail running and the brain", so I gave it a sh...
Sunday, 19 January 2014
Optimal speed on an indoor track
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Consider yourself running on an indoor running track surface. The turn has a banked incline, which ostensibly helps making fast turns easier...
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Running strides part 2: Takeoff angles and other predictions
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In Part 1 I showed that some basic predictions can be made about running contact times knowing only one's turnover rate R (caden...
Sunday, 12 January 2014
Running strides Part 1: ground and aerial contact times
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I'm going to break apart my discussion of running into two posts. This first post lays out the foundations of how to calculate certa...
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