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THE DOCTOR SAID NO RUNNING
“After you recover from the knee replacement, I don’t want you to do any more running. A few foolish...
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The longer the race, the stronger they get
Some ultramarathons are run on very strange courses: through blazing hot deserts, frozen land at the North Pole, on...
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Pedestrianism
The recently published book by Matthew Algeo describes a brief episode in sports history long forgotten. The full title...
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Don’t Become A Chimp
Our closest relatives are chimpanzees and gorillas. In some ways, however, we are very different. Humans are world-class endurance...
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How to undo a great workout
Let’s say you run three miles really hard, working up a sweat and feel exhausted. And, you know you...
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Fitbits Nation
The New York Times recently carried an article on the increasing popularity of step counters such as Fitbits. People...
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Running and Eating
True or false: The more you run, the more you eat. Answer: True sometimes and false other times. It...
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Back-Space
As someone who has been dealing with back problems for some time, I became interested in studying the recent...
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Sprint Up Those Stairs
Medical experts are always advising people to exercise in order to derive health benefits, but most of this advice...
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Can Believing Make It So?
A fascinating study conducted at Stanford University and reported in the Nature Human Behavior journal indicates that beliefs about...
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Running Humor
Who fartleked? Author and perpetrator unknown To run or not to run? What a stupid question. Before you criticize...