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Archives for January 2008

Exercise in the Cold: Part II

The Science of Sport · 29 Jan 2008 ·

While we are all still thinking about the , we thought we would carry on with our series on exercise in the cold. Most of us are still firmly in the depths of the northern-hemisphere winter, and so we hope you found relevant—it was meant to introduce some basics of heat loss and temperature regulation, […]

Sports news – athletics and tennis

Ross · 28 Jan 2008 ·

Just a quick filler news article today, to comment on some very interesting sports performances from the past weekend. First, we look at some results from the distance races at the Reebok Indoor Athletics meeting from Boston – Ethiopian women in fine form and Craig Mottram signalling his intent for 2008. Then we look briefly […]

Amazing marathon video

Ross · 28 Jan 2008 ·

Kayoko Fukushi’s debut In our most recent post, we looked at some really interesting stories from the indoor athletics and tennis worlds. But here’s one that I felt should be added to this, and it includes a video which I found through the Let’s Run website (great source of news). The story, and the video, […]

Exercise in the Cold: Part I

Ross · 24 Jan 2008 ·

As promised (a while back, admittedly), today we kick off a series on exercise in the cold. A challenging one to write, mostly because most of you reading this will (hopefully) never be exposed to conditions that are so extreme that your physiology is challenged to the point where it can’t cope. Because most of […]

Haile Gebrselassie: 2nd fastest time ever

Ross · 20 Jan 2008 ·

Haile Gebrselassie at the FBK Games 2009 in Hengelo. Photo by Erik van Leeuwen.

The Standard Chartered Marathon in Dubai offered the richest payday in the history of the sport – $250,000 for the win and a bonus of $1 million dollars for breaking a 4-month old world record. And Haile Gebrselassie had his eye on both prizes as he lined up for his first marathon since claiming the […]

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