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Our success as a species is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration.
Does a post-workout pint undo all the health benefits?
Running causes new brain cells to grow. But why does this happen? What is the evolutionary advantage?
How did jogging go from a Victorian gentleman’s pastime to the most popular form of exercise on the planet?
If you use one of the many apps to map your walking, jogging or cycling route then you could be giving away information that could be abused by others.
It can take the body up to three weeks to fully recover from the strain of running a marathon, so here’s some foods that are scientifically proven to help aid recovery.
The mind matters when it comes to marathon running, and here are some top mental tips to help you on your way.
Studying how athletes’ bones contort during exercise is helping scientists understand which exercise is best for maintaining healthy bones as we age.
Since avoiding injuries is a priority for runners, many end up buying expensive footwear for their purported safety features. But do the promises made by global footwear companies stack up?
Synchronising his steps with the next fastest runner may have helped Usain Bolt win the world record in the 100 metre sprint.
Research on distance runners reveals evidence of a large sex difference in competitiveness.
This fall Dennis Kimetto set a new world record in the marathon, clocking 2:02:57 at Berlin. He is the first man to run those 26.2 miles in under 2:03 and his time sparked speculation about when the two-hour…
It is never easy to run 100m in less than ten seconds, as the recent Commonwealth Games demonstrated. However, as the world record stands at 9.58 seconds, the attention in recent years has turned to whether…
Running five to ten minutes a day at slow speeds is associated a reduced risk of death from heart disease, new research shows…
There’s so much information out there on how to run, but here’s the best way to do it long distance.
The number of Australians running or jogging has almost doubled since 2005-06 and - with the rise of smartphones - running and fitness app development has also exploded. So how many of these runners have…
Mexican scientists have used maths to reveal just how impressive Ussain Bolt’s world-record dash was. The calculations show…
Oscar Pistorius – the South African double amputee athlete known as Blade Runner – will run at the at the London Olympics. Until a week ago, his hopes of inclusion in the South African Olympic team looked…
The human species is one of the most efficient terrestrial animals. We adapted to run on dry riverbeds and grasslands, but development of modern society has strained the evolutionary process. Footwear…
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