This should be a great series by PBS’s always great NOVA

The Marathon Challenge

Original PBS Broadcast Date: October 30, 2007
How do you run 26.2 miles if you have trouble making it around the block? With good coach­ing, discipline, and lots of group support, as NOVA shows when it follows 13 generally sedentary people through a training […]

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Cool article on the Daily Camera about the “Zatopek Phenomenon”. Emil Zatopek was the great Czech distance runner who may have inavertedly discovered tapering. Zatopek was known for his legendary training regimen doing 100×400 interval sessions, training in army boots etc. But in 1950 before the European Track Championships, Zatopek ate some bad goose […]

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Well it maybe obvious but the science is now showing there is a genetic link. From Science:
Marathon running might be in some people’s genes, according to a new study, which shows that a genetic mutation that boosts muscle endurance has spread widely in some human populations.
There are two types of skeletal muscle fibers. Fast fibers, […]

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This is was just posted on the Trail Running Blog and I think everyone should agree Terry Fox is the greatest endurance athlete of all time. Everyone should try and get out to a local Terry Fox Run this Sunday.

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The NY Times has a great article on sleep and exercise. Ever wonder why you have more energy after an easy jog but after a hard run you are beat? Turns out it has to do with your immune system:
One possibility, Dr. Chediak said, is that cytokines — hormones that signal the immune system […]

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