Here at the Science of Sport, we take a reasonably serious view on sport, since we try to analyse and dissect what goes into what you see. Of course, we try to keep things light and easy to follow, so that the science is interesting, but it’s still pretty factual. But we’re as open to […]
Archives for June 2007
The Comrades they don’t show on TV
Today is our final look at the behind the scenes of the Comrades marathon, and as promised, we’ll have a look at some of the human interest stories and the science behind Comrades training. This is probably a bit late for many, but hopefully it’ll be interesting and stimulate some decent training for the next […]
Comrades Marathon 2007 – observations
The other day Andrew from Cape Town visited us for the first time, and dropped off some very kind and constructive comments. In a brief exchange between myself and Andrew, he dropped in this pearl from the Comrades broadcast on Sunday, which I think, more than any other, illustrates exactly the point I was making […]
The Comrades – inside the medical tent
So Durban (and South Africa) woke up to the sad news this morning that two runners had died during yesterday’s race. As I promised yesterday, today we’ll have a look at what goes on behind the scenes, especially in the medical tent (since that’s about all I saw of the race), and I suppose we […]
Comrades Marathon 2007
The first ever Comrades Marathon held on the 17th of June has come and gone. I was in the medical tent, for the third year running, doing a research study, and so missed much of the race (next year, maybe I’ll watch it!). But it was once again a memorable race, though perhaps for different […]
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