Posts tagged with 'World-Championships'

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The Latest on Injuries I once injured the IT band in my left leg, then injured the IT band in my right leg. My physical therapist suggested that I had altered my stride to compensate for the injury in one leg, which led to the injury in the other leg. The Los Angeles Times explored [...]

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The 2007 World Championships begin on August 25 in Osaka, Japan. The current issue of ESPN the Magazine has an interview with the two favorites in the 100 meters, Jamaica’s Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay of the United States. Powell holds the world record, but Gay has run the fastest time in the world this [...]

Introducing: The News Roundup »

Welcome to what I hope will be a biweekly survey of recent news related to fitness, nutrition, training, and competition. My goal is to pass along links to articles that summarize recent medical research, offer insights into training, as well as other articles of interest to runners. You won’t see many articles from Runner’s World, [...]

An Inspirational Runner »

Ask most runners who their idol is, and you usually get one if the greats, Zatopek, Prefontaine, Shorter, Rodgers, Gebrselassie, and so on. My personal choice is different. The runner I have the greatest admiration for is America’s sole Olympic marathon participant in 2000, Rod DeHaven. He was never world class, though a marathon PR [...]