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On performance analysis: Common sense, guided
Performance analysis is never 100% definitive, but it guides understanding. Here's why choosing blindness just because 20/20 isn't on offer is a foolish response for cycling's followers
Healthy skepticism, dealing with doping and denial
Skepticism is an essential part of cycling's quest to regain the trust of its followers. Here's why
Tour 2013 rest day: Pondering the unanswerables with physiological implications
Chris Froome's near-record ascent of Ax-3-Domaines asks some challenging physiological questions. Proof is impossible, but the implications warrant consideration.
Clean performances to surpass doped performances?
A brief look at the the effect of doping on performance, with a view to predicting when, if ever, a clean performance will surpass a doped one
Froome’s non-published TDF power output: Noise for ‘pseudoscientists’?
Team Sky have refused to publish their cyclist's power outputs for fear of misinterpretation by "pseudoscientists". Does he have a point, or is transparency better in all circumstances?
The Power of the Tour de France 2013: Performance analysis groundwork
The 2013 Tour de France gets underway this weekend, and in preparation for our analysis, I explain the principles and concepts behind analysing Tour mountain performances.
A minimalism/ barefoot fad and inconsequential footstrikes?
Was the barefoot and minimalist running 'explosion' just a fad? Recent stats from the shoe industry suggest a decline. Here's why it's more likely a "sustainable niche", along with more caution on extremism and advocacy.
Pacing, fatigue and the brain. Lessons from London
The 2013 London Marathon highlighted the importance of pacing strategy. The science of pacing, and thus fatigue, offers fascinating insights to the limits of performance and the 2-hour marathon
The Kenyan success genetic controversy
Is Kenya's distance running success genetic or environmental? The polarization of this question and debate is an oversimplification. We look at the complex interaction, and why genes can't be discounted