‘There’ one moment; ‘Gone’ the next !
If you’ve been around the distance running scene for a while, you’ll probably have noted this phenomenon. It is often seen in longer races, or long slow runs, where a reasonably talented athlete is ‘there’ one moment, and ‘gone’ the next. This phenomenon particularly...
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle
In exercise physiology, there is nothing more ‘obvious’ than the existence of lactic acid, ‘known’ for its debilitating effects on exercise performance. That’s been ‘known’ since 1922, when the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was divided...
How to correctly run your high-aerobic effort runs.
Nine years ago I was in the United States, and was talking with a very good Lydiard-based coach who was amazed at the improvement in his athletes’ general immune health and training ability when he replaced their anaerobic threshold tempo run that was formerly done...
Is Running Success based on Talent, or Skill?
There’s a world of difference between talent and skill. Talent implies natural ability. There are plenty of talented athletes who never make it to the level of performance their inherent talent seems to indicate they are capable of. Skill implies a trained ability. In...
Dr Livingstone has just released his account of his survival: Staring Down the Beast-How I Enjoyed Myself Well from a Terminal Brain Tumour Death Sentence