Sprinting: what a simple concept. This sport could easily be summarized as running a short distance as quickly as possible, and for most of us amateurs, it would be making a foolish attempt at ...

Marathoners generally don’t lose any sleep over how fast they can sprint, nor do they spend time developing their top-end speed. But Veronique Billat, a French exercise physiologist and author of The ...

Starting a running habit is hard in the beginning, but also really satisfying—especially when you hit a big goals like running your first 5K or setting a new personal record. For every new runner, ...

The researchers also challenge the long-held belief that movement variability should be eliminated. What some coaches have viewed as inconsistency is described in the paper as a crucial factor in long ...

Running a half or full marathon is on many runners’ bucket lists, but to be the best runner possible, it’s important to regularly challenge yourself with different distances and types of runs—and that ...

What Really Determines Your VO2 Max? That’s why we approach speed training differently. The purpose of training speed in running is really two-fold: First off, we want to recruit more Type-IIa muscle ...

A new international research paper is challenging long-held beliefs about what makes the world's fastest sprinters so quick, offering fresh insights that could transform how Australia develops its ...

Sprinting is a motor task for humans using maximum physical features and demands considerable training. In this regard, an understanding of the leg morphology of sprinters from a biomechanical ...