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Enduring Questions: Downhill Running
By Amby Burfoot on 09/06/2006 14:51:54
The Boston Marathon drops 480 feet from start to finish, so it should be the fastest, easiest course around, right? Tell that to your trashed quads
ran 2:42:24 in 1975, and Joan Benoit Samuelson ran 2:22:43 in 1983. ("World best" was the euphemism instead of "world record" for road-race performances before January 1, 2004.) This year saw a course record set in the men's race, but, at 2:07:14
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Enduring Questions: Mile Markers
By Amby Burfoot on 07/08/2006 08:45:42
It's more than 60 years since Roger Bannister broke the four-minute barrier, so how long before runners break 3:30?
on the back of an envelope. In 1886 a British man, Walter George, ran a 4:12.8 mile. The mile record dropped by a little more than 13 seconds in the 68 years leading up to Bannister's 3:59.4. In the 50 years since Bannister, the record has dropped another 16.3
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Enduring Questions: Mile Markers (Preview)
By Amby Burfoot on 07/08/2006 08:51:47
It's more than 60 years since Roger Bannister broke the four-minute barrier, so how long before runners break 3:30? (Non-subscriber preview)
on the back of an envelope. In 1886 a British man, Walter George, ran a 4:12.8 mile. The mile record dropped by a little more than 13 seconds in the 68 years leading up to Bannister's 3:59.4. In the 50 years since Bannister, the record has dropped another 16.3
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Enduring Questions - Are Free Radicals Harmful?
By Amby Burfoot on 05/12/2006 11:18:36
Should you be afraid of free radicals? Running produces them, illness is caused by them, antioxidants combat them. Or maybe not
has been studying questions like this for more than 20 years, in between running 58 marathons (with a 2:37 PB) and ultra-marathons. He is also a doctor of public health and a professor of exercise science at Appalachian State University in the USA. I
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Enduring Questions: Armstrong vs The Marathon
By Amby Burfoot on 03/07/2006 14:23:22
In the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong would devour riders over 2,000-plus miles. Could he do the same over 26.2?
Oxygen Power: Performance Tables For Distance Runners in 1979. According to Daniels, who's rarely off by more than a smidgen or two, a VO2 max of 83 roughly suggests a 2:06 marathon.The problem is, Daniels is talking about the oxygen power of runners
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Enduring Questions: Is Chocolate Good For You?
By Amby Burfoot on 15/05/2007 10:27:23
Chocoholics rejoice - there's increasing evidence that a little of the brown stuff does more good than harm (non-subs preview)
physiologist at the University of California in San Francisco, Engler, along with her twin sister and fellow PhD Marguerite, has spent the last 15 years researching the connection between diet and blood vessel health. In 2004, the Englers published the first
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Enduring Questions - The Perfect Training Plan
By Amby Burfoot on 02/04/2007 12:24:33
Note these ten principles next time you draw up a schedule
training schedules and his philosophy, but mostly I peppered him with questions. He answered many by reaching for the bulging folders in a nearby filing cabinet. “I studied that back in the 1960s [or 1970s or 1980s], and I’ve got the answer right here,” he
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Enduring Questions: Is Chocolate Good For You?
By Amby Burfoot on 14/05/2007 12:17:13
Chocoholics rejoice - there's increasing evidence that a little of the brown stuff does more good than harm
physiologist at the University of California in San Francisco, Engler, along with her twin sister and fellow PhD Marguerite, has spent the last 15 years researching the connection between diet and blood vessel health. In 2004, the Englers published the first
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Enduring Questions: Should I run naked?
By Amby Burfoot on 15/05/2008 17:21:53
US Editor At Large Amby Burfoot looks at the hydration and heat challenges facing summer marathon runners
crashed. He now believes he did too many hard 20-milers in the heat. "I was exhausted from the first step of the marathon," he says. He finished 15th in 2:14:19.HydrationEveryone knows drinking fluids is supposed to help you run faster. But you have
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Enduring Questions: Armstrong vs Marathon: Preview
By Amby Burfoot on 03/07/2006 15:09:52
In the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong devoured riders over 2,000-plus miles. Could he do the same over 26.2? (Non-subscriber preview)
Oxygen Power: Performance Tables For Distance Runners in 1979. According to Daniels, who's rarely off by more than a smidgen or two, a VO2 max of 83 roughly suggests a 2:06 marathon....ContinuesRW magazine subscribers can see the article in full here
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