Yesterday, towards the end of the post, I mentioned that we’d leave the Speedo Swimsuit issue for a while, and pick it up again in a few weeks when the sport’s governing body, FINA, meets with Speedo and other manufacturers to discuss the issue of new swimsuits. However, I received some interesting new information on […]
Archives for March 2008
Speedo’s LZR racer swimsuit
Thanks to all who have commented on yesterday’s post, which focused mainly on the newly developed swimsuit by Speedo, the LZR Racer. This suit is making waves in the swimming world, since it has been worn for 9 out of 9 world records in the pool this year! Some coaches believe the issue of fairness […]
Lessons from Two Oceans
Two Oceans Ultra Marathon, and the state of the “industry” A rather “South African-centric” post today, but for those outside SA, please do read on, or bear with me for the post focusing on one of South Africa’s biggest road races – The Two Oceans Ultramarathon (and Half-marathon). This is a race that few outside […]
Running shoes Part III
The intelligent biomachine and implications for running Well, it’s been a week and a half, and an interruption of our series on Running Shoes thanks to Gebrselassie’s announcements, but I have finally managed to get back to the topic that had caused so much debate and discussion: What is the value of running shoes? Do […]
The Beijing Olympics: pollution and performance
Yesterday bought the sensational news that Haile Gebrselassie had made the “99% sure” decision to withdraw from the Olympic Marathon in Beijing and rather enter the 10,000m event. His reason? The pollution, combined with his asthma, the heat and the humidity in Beijing posed a risk to his health, and he did not wish to […]
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