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Posts Tagged ‘research’


Twice As Many Researchers Advise Against Stretching

By on Monday, December 1st, 2008 | 7 Comments

Stretching was always a mainstay for distance runners in an effort to both reduce injuries and improve performance. Over the past decade, however, a lot of research has come out that seems to contradict that popular belief. In fact, according to Running Research News, almost twice as many research studies advise against stretching compared to [...]

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This Week Last Year: Physics, Snow and Vacation Workouts

By on Saturday, December 29th, 2007 | No Comments

This week last year, I looked back at both my training, my health, and my writing. I think that this has helped me improve all three areas this year. I looked at the final numbers for 2006. Last year, I ran less than 1400 miles, held a pretty steady weight and wrote 560 articles. This [...]

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Are your racing problems psychosomatic?

By on Friday, September 7th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Photo by knox_triA recent issue of Running Research News (Volume 23 Issue 5) has an article about overuse muscle damage in runners and it’s effects on performance. The article analyzes the results of research published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports and concludes that aerobic performance is not negatively impacted by [...]

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This Week Last Year: Pulleys, Brains, and Donut Burgers

By on Saturday, March 17th, 2007 | No Comments

I did not write every day this week last year, but I did write quite a bit. Local running news mixed with weight lifting tips and hob-nobbed with research on running and the brain. There was even a diet note for folks out in Illinois who like concept of hamburgers but would prefer to eat [...]

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Steve Pavlina does not trust health research

By on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007 | No Comments

Steve Pavlina believes that health studies are worthless. He believes that no matter how altruistic somebody is, all health research is biased at some point by somebody with an agenda. He think that the real truth is not just hidden, but that in most cases it really is not relevant. Everybody is different, and even [...]

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Nanotechnology, Physics, and Running

By on Wednesday, December 27th, 2006 | No Comments

Chris Schauerman, one of the Coast to Coast runners, recently made his way into the news because of the undergraduate research that he has been doing. The experience of running across the country with the team really brought home to Chris how important teamwork is in accomplishing a goal. “How hard do you want to [...]

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Does time of day affect clarity of mind on a run?

By on Saturday, March 18th, 2006 | 5 Comments

In a recent comment by Scott, he asked if I found much difference in my clarity of mind depending upon the time of day that I run. Time of day does not seem to have a big impact for me. How tired or stressed I am seems to have a bigger impact, as well as [...]

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Running by yourself is not so good

By on Tuesday, March 14th, 2006 | 6 Comments

According to some research out of Princeton University, running by yourself has few brain benefits. According to Dr. Elizabeth Gould, In the absence of social interaction, a normally beneficial experience can exert a potentially deleterious influence on the brain.

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