Legend states that after the Greek army defeated the invading Persian forces near the city of Marathon in 490 B.C.E., the courier Pheidippides ran to Athens to report the victory and then immediately dropped dead. The story—and ...
Aug 29, 2019
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Researchers have found no evidence of elevated cardiac risk in runners who completed a 24-hour ultramarathon (24UM), despite the transient elevation of blood biomarkers that measure cardiac health. According to the study ...
Jun 27, 2019
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Maybe running comes easy, each stride pleasant and light. Maybe it comes hard, each step a slog to the finish. Either way, the human body is constantly calibrating, making microscopic adjustments to keep us from falling as ...
Mar 28, 2019
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Contrary to long-standing popular belief, running at a prescribed, one-size-fits-all "optimal" cadence doesn't play as big a role in speed and efficiency as once thought.
Mar 27, 2019
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Alex has a problem with running; he has become addicted to it. "I have to get out and run, whether my family like it or not," he says. "It's just who I am."
Mar 15, 2019
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If you're out sweating with your Fitbit aiming for 10,000 steps, Kinesiology's Dr. Reed Ferber, Ph.D., wants you to know you don't need to feel guilty if you don't hit that goal.
Mar 6, 2019
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As you can tell by all those 26.2-mile bumper stickers popping up around the country, the popularity of marathons and long-distance running continues to grow. But so has the number of studies examining whether consistent ...
Mar 1, 2019
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Casual runners could knock chunks off their 10K times by improving their bounce, say scientists in the UK.
Feb 27, 2019
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Think state-of-the-art shoes, performance diets and well-thought-out racing strategies are only for elite runners? Think again.
Feb 12, 2019
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Identifying variations in how populations prone to extreme fatigue experience it might hold the key to better management of exhaustion, especially in cancer patients, according to research out of the University of Alberta.
Jan 15, 2019
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