Emmanuel Mutai hopes he will return to running fast again when he competes in the Haspa Marathon Hamburg on Sunday. The Kenyan is the fourth fastest marathon runner ever with a personal best of 2:03:13. In what is probably the strongest men’s elite field ever assembled in the history of...
Aussie have never been slower - Basic Stats Analysis
Article by Ivanka Nikolova Ph.D.
Participation in marathons has increased x 8 over the last 20-years – however data shows that Aussie marathon runners are slowing down. Why is this?
*Note from editor: This is a generalised stats analysis that has not taken into...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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PORTLAND, ORE. (18-Mar) -- The stage is now set for the IAAF World Indoor Championships Men's 1500m final, and it is shaping up to be a race for the ages. With a field that includes an Olympic medalist, the...
This episode focuses primarily on his Grossmont College and UCLA years, his approach to balancing coaching and family life, and why threshold training works. We talk about that Meb guy on Friday.
For this week’s episode, we sat down with elite trail runner Matt Crehan. Matt is well known on the east coast of Australia, and has some legit results under his belt, including wins at the Margaret River Ultra, the Alpine Challenge Miler and the Brisbane Trail Ultra Miler. Matt...
The IAAF today announced the appointment of new CEO, Olivier Gers, following a six-month search which attracted more than 200 potential candidates from around the globe in sport, business and entertainment.
Olivier Gers, 46, has more than 20 years of commercial, marketing and media experience, leading large global teams in...
Even before the men’s 100m final, traditionally the most anticipated event of the Olympic Games, this was a thrilling night of athletics.
In the minutes before the world’s fastest men took to the track for their showdown on Sunday (1), Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas had destroyed the 26-year-old triple jump world...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(14-Feb) -- With a month to go before the USA Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles, defending champions Meb Keflezighi and Shalane Flanagan are leaving nothing to chance in their training, despite being the fastest qualifiers for the February...
PORTLAND - Olympic champion Jenn Suhr of the USA claimed the first gold medal of the World Indoor Athletics Championships on Thursday with victory in the women's pole vault.
Suhr claimed gold after a dominate display at the Oregon Convention Center, winning with a championship record clearance of 4.90m.
The victory was the first world indoor crown for Suhr,...
When it comes to training, are you a simplifier or an optimizer? Simplifiers look for the easiest way to get a task done, and accept that there are some costs or lost opportunities that come with their approach. Optimizers continually tweak, adjust and update their plans in order to get the best possible outcome.
