Before I get too into the weeds, I want to first be incredibly sappy and say a bunch of thank yous, because gosh darn it I am so far from a one man show. Thank you to my family and friends off of ARTC who always keep me afloat and who made Bo
2017 was my first full year of running after graduating college, where I was a sprinter/hurdler, and I don’t think that I had a great first year. After racing a half marathon in December while dealing wit
Flotrack just published what may be the document referred to by the New York Times in their recent article about the Nike Oregon Project and potential doping violations.
The NOP was intended to promote American distance running and compete on the world stage with more prominent distance running countries. While there are plenty of other groups across the country who have runners routinely succeeding without allegations of dopi
Hey everyone! I saw this study in r/science and figured I'd post it here. It's behind a paywall (I can probably email you a copy of the PDF if you want to read it), but the summary is useful.
Basically, researchers at Yale took blood samples from nearly two dozen marathoners before and after competing in the 2015 Hartford Marathon to look for biomarkers of acute kidney injury (AKI) and other tissue damage. While everyone's kidney function returned to normal, they did find evidence of AKI in the short term. So, the question remains whether repeated stressors to the kidney (and perhaps other parts of the body) during marathons w
More discussion about Nike's Breaking2 project and their new shoe, this time in the NY Times. Is that carbon fiber plate in the midsole "spring-like" enough to warrant it not being allowed in competition? At what point does the IAAF need to revise its rules?
All throughout high school and college I've been a hurdler/sprinter and starting in July, I began transitioning to distance running and road racing. I have very little distance running exp
