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Athletics

18 articles

The false start threshold is a rule pretending to be physics

Cadence drift tells you the marathon is over before your legs do

Athletics

The double session day is where athletes quietly underfuel

Athletics

Block spacing measured in foot lengths is inherited folklore

Athletics

Fast small children are not the same thing as fast young athletes

Athletics

You do not run out of fuel in a long sprint, you run out of relaxation

Athletics

A hurdler sets the blocks from the first barrier backwards

Athletics

Overstriding is the most misdiagnosed fault in distance running

Athletics

In a hot final the cooling budget decides the pacing, not the legs

Athletics

You cannot rescue a bad start, only the fourth step

Athletics

The bend taxes your left leg and your lane draw decides how much

Athletics

A championship is three races and most athletes trained for one

Athletics

The starter's rhythm is part of your race and nobody trains it

Athletics

Quick feet cues are making your sprinters slower

Athletics

The eight hundred metres is not a percentage split

Athletics

The four hundred start deserves its own block settings

Athletics

The last lap is won by whoever kept their contact time

Athletics

Your lactate test was sold to you, not designed for you

Athletics